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

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

David Froble wrote 2013-04-26 17:07:
> 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 ?

Of course not! But *you* quoted the "millions of dollars"
spent on VMS. See above. And then talked about "those billions".

How did "millions of dollars" (spent on VMS) become "those billions" ?