[Info-vax] [OT] Moore's Law dead within a decade

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Paul Sture wrote 2013-10-02 19:52:
> In article <l2gm94$bdl$1 at news.albasani.net>,
>   Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
>
>> JF Mezei wrote 2013-10-02 00:39:
>>> On 13-10-01 18:33, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am busy preparing for the handover of my job to HCL.
>>>
>>> Interesting. Of all the regulars here, you seemed to be the one who had
>>> the most confidence in the future of VMS and safety of your job,
>>>
>>
>> That are two different issues. :-)
>>
>> Now, I'm also an sub-contractor today. And HCL has not so far showed
>> anyone with VMS knowledge, so the jury is still out, as they say.
>> We'll see, the first face-to-face meeting will be in about a week.
>>
>> This is a 30+ year old system with everything in swedish. Docs,
>> source code comments, VT-screens, error messages and so on. Even the
>> variable names in the Cobol source are in swedish.
>
> That sounds like a good defence :-)
>
>>> Sorry to hear of this. Good luck. And while I am still being told to get
>>> a life, I hear many still have a life after moving on from VMS many
>>> years ago.
>>>
>>
>> I'm 54 and having some reumatic troubles. I still plan to end
>> my professional life when leaving VMS... :-)
>
> Sorry to hear about the rheumatic troubles.
>

This is what I have:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankylosing_spondylitis

and this is my current medication:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remicade
(Aprox $2.500 USD each 8 weeks. Thanks taxpayers :-) )