[Info-vax] Problem with patch access with support contract.

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In article <5255d15c$0$10777$c3e8da3$1cbc7475 at news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
>On 13-10-09 08:30, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>
>> Hopelessly Pathetic successfully poisoning the eco-system supporting Vernon.
>> It won't be long now before Vernon is seen floating belly up in the waters.
>
>Since HP has already announced Vernon would soon be floating belly up in
>the waters,  there is no need for it to add more insult to injury,
>especially if it hopes to retain a certain percentage of the VMS
>customer base who will migrate to x86 servers from HP.
>
>I doubt these snafus are voluntary. They are more likely the result of
>inexperienced staff in charge of those systems.
>
>One must remember that under Hurd, a lot of qualified people were culled
>because Hurd was a beancounter type and treated employees as a costly
>commodity.  And when you treat employees as a low cost commodity you get
>high churn, and there is nobody left with enough experience with YOUR
>systems to run them professionally as the whole staff is in a constant
>learning curve.
>
>So while HP management likely didn't decide to make life miserable for
>VMS customers, they sure as hell aren't going to admit that their
>decision to replace experienced people with constantly changing low cost
>workers results in problems. Remember that they promised those changes
>would be transparent to customers.
>
>
>> Time to invest in the Tofu-dog cart I'll be pushing along the NJ boardwalk.
>
>I hear business is slow in winter though :-) Suggest you head for the
>bus/train terminals at Atlantic city and catch hungry passengers before
>they hit the casinos and lose all their money :-)

Nah, the 'ho's would just hang around my cart for its warmth when they're
not "entertaining" the casino clientelle.

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