[Info-vax] Message from HP.

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

JF Mezei wrote 2013-12-07 12:18:
> As part of the announcement/admission that Compaq had murdered Alpha on
> June 25 2001, there was also an announcement of "Retain Trust" programme
> where Compaq would be talking to major customers about their options and
> provide incentives to help migrate to that IA64 contraption.
>
> It is interesting that HP does not seem to have prepared/announced a
> similar programme to help retain customers, especially since HP has such
> little relationship with its customers with so many local offices having
> closed and relationships rendered more anonymous.
>
> Announcing a programme to help VMS customers stay with HP would also be
> well seen by shareholders,

Very few shareholder knows what VMS is. Well, maybe if that shareholder is
also a VMS user, but not in general and not enough to make a difference.


> so it is rather sutprising that HP doesn't
> want to do that. Perhaps HP doesn't yet want to draw the attention to
> the abandonment of IA64 to HP-UX customers who have not yet been given
> their bad news.
>
> IBM and Oracle have a great oportunity to steal those customers who are
> given the silent treatment by HP in the face of the extinction of the
> environment customers rely on.
>