[Info-vax] Desperately Seeking OpenVMS ecosystem

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote 2013-12-07 13:03:
> In article <l7ut58$nq4$1 at news.albasani.net>, Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> writes:
>> David Froble wrote 2013-12-07 06:07:
>>> Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>>> In article <2e2dnZ5RgYRurDzPnZ2dnUVZ_sCdnZ2d at giganews.com>,
>>>>      "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
>>>>> On 11/24/2013 3:57 AM, "Gérard Calliet (pia-sofer)" wrote:
>>>>>> Le 23/11/2013 12:49, Jan-Erik Soderholm a écrit :
>>>>>>> Richard B. Gilbert wrote 2013-11-23 03:01:
>>>>>>>> On 11/18/2013 3:42 AM, "Gérard Calliet (pia-sofer)" wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Le 18/11/2013 08:09, Michael Kraemer a écrit :
>>>>>>>>>> Gérard Calliet (pia-sofer) schrieb:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Have a look on our site (www.hp-interex.fr), download a .ppt (Vms
>>>>>>>>>>> friends, season 1). Have a look on the two first slides.
>>>>>>>>>> And what shall we do with a ppt on VMS?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> In these ppt, there are arguments and analysis, notably an analysis
>>>>>>>>> about how VMS community can be manipulated by HP.
>>>>>>>>> But what is to be done are actions, for sure. We initiated in france
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> survey you can read on our site. As a milestone. Perhaps the first
>>>>>>>>> think
>>>>>>>>> is to know who we are as VMS users, how many, which needs...
>>>>>>>>> In france, like in another countries, I think, we have very few means,
>>>>>>>>> and an initiative like ours must be relayed to succeed.
>>>>>>>>> VMS friends need friends.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I give up!  What is "ppt"?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>> If you are crippled and unable to type the full text, e.g. "Power Point"
>>>>> you may have some excuse for for abbreviating "Power Point".
>>>>>
>>>>> My English Composition Instructor would have insisted that the full name
>>>>> be used.
>>>>
>>>> omg!!  lol...
>>>>
>>>> English ain't what it used to be.
>>>>
>>>>>>> What a childish behavior...
>>>>> I'd call it "Lazy".
>>>>
>>>> Or just using common behaviour.  When was the last time you wrote out
>>>> "American Standard Code for Information Interchange".  Or are you "lazy"
>>>> and just type ASCII.
>>>>
>>>>>>> Entering "ppt" in Google gave these two pages as
>>>>>>> the *first two* hits:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPT
>>>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_PowerPoint
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But then, if one can post silly posts about simple
>>>>>>> spelling errors, I guess one also feels free to spam
>>>>>>> c.o.v with this kind of idiotic posts...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Grow up.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Don't worry about it Jan-Erik : perhaps Mr Richard B. Gilbert give up
>>>>>> about VMS, and his message is just despair.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And, like me, he doesn't unserstdand how just three letters P P T can
>>>>>> transform a bunch of professionals in a sort of delirious court.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Perhaps VMS is already in hell, and all we can do is, like Dante (oups,
>>>>>> some european culture,I apologize) claming some poems as we go down
>>>>>> throught circles of hell.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> More seriously, I repeat : who is going in Barcelona at HP Discover, 6th
>>>>>> december ? Can we meet there ? And do something ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> bill
>>>>
>>>
>>> I call bullshit!
>>>
>>> Vehicle Management System
>>>
>>> Nothing sucks like a VAX
>>>
>>> CYA, now, is it "Cover Your Ass", or is it "See Ya"
>>>
>>> The list could go on and on, but I think I got the point across.
>>>
>>> Just because you know some people who will recognize an abreviation in the
>>> context you intended, doesn't mean the whole world will do so.
>>
>> When the context at hand is "electronic presentations", *no* IT
>> professional today would missunderstand what PPT stands for!
>
> I didn't until I Googled the three letters.  A "professional" today might do
> that before griping about it here on comp.os.vms.  I'm not so convinced that
> a "professional" could use M$ Gaming Console and profess to be professional.
>

Then you are way out of touch with reality.
Your loss, even if you fail to understand that.