[Info-vax] HP short of ideas - hiring dancers for inspiration

[David Froble]

Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
> MG wrote 2013-04-26 11:57:
>> On 26-apr-2013 3:54, David Froble wrote:
>>> Keith Parris wrote:
>>>> HP has continued to spend millions of dollars on a continuing basis on
>>>> OpenVMS.
>>>
>>> I've been told, by someone who'd know, that for less than 1/2 of just
>>> one of those billions VMS could be running on x86.  Wouldn't really need
>>> the itanic then, at least for VMS.
>>
>> But then those supposed Bs are likely just BS.
>>
>>   - MG
> 
> Hm, I don't get it...
> When did "millions" become equal to "billions" ?

http://aswathdamodaran.blogspot.com/2012/11/hps-deal-from-hell-mark-it-up-and-write.html

Do you so soon forget the 8.8 billion (yes, billion) write off for the 
Autonomy acquisition ?