[Info-vax] Current VMS Usage Survey

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <52a0c941$0$2079$426a74cc at news.free.fr>,
	"Gérard Calliet (pia-sofer)"   <gerard.calliet at pia-sofer.fr> writes:
> Le 05/12/2013 17:56, Phillip Helbig---undress to reply a écrit :
>> In article <529f684b$0$2042$426a74cc at news.free.fr>,
>> =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22G=E9rard_Calliet_=28pia-sofer=29=22?=
>> <gerard.calliet at pia-sofer.fr> writes:
>>
>>> Ok. I heard about USA as a free country, and liberal economics as
>>> freedom bases.
>>
>> One of the main principles of liberal economics is that who owns
>> something decides things about it.
>>
>>> In a free country, with free customers and free market, it is not
>>> possible to act against twenty dumb managers ?
>>
>> No.
>>
> I think it is the word "market" we don't understand the same way. 

Oh, I agree with that.

>                                                                    What 
> would say "rule of supply AND demand" evangelists about it ? 

They would say that the demand has been decreasing over the years
until it reached the point where the ROI is nearly 0 or even minus.
At that point, the product ceases to be supplied.  True supply and
demand economics.

>                                                               What about 
> the beautifull Adam Smith's "invisible hand of the marketplace" ?

As far as VMS was concerned, the marketplace withdrew its invisible
hand and the result is the demise of VMS.

> 
> What you say seems to be more adapted to mean age concept of three-part 
> serf lord and vassal organization.
> 
> Or behind your assertion, there is some hidden critic about property ? I 
> shudder !

You really need to do some studying on economics.  VMS was a classic
case of supply and demand.  While the demand existed VMS thrived.  And
the supply was plentiful. You could buy it from its owners or any number
of VAR's.  But that demand started dropping.  As it dropped, so did supply.
VAR's moved on to other businesses.  At this point, the demand is too
small to support any continued supply and the supplier has announced that
they will, in the near future, stop supply entirely. 

bill

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