[Info-vax] On weekends my name is "Mandy"

[David Froble]

Richard Maher wrote:
> On 9/5/2014 10:30 PM, Richard Maher wrote:
>> On 9/5/2014 7:54 PM, Robert Deininger wrote:
>>> On Friday, September 5, 2014 6:02:12 AM UTC-4, Richard Maher wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm used to the Kerrys, Michels, Alexes, Maxs, Dilons etc but Clare?
>>>
>>> Clair, not Clare.
>>>
>>> http://www.vmssoftware.com/about_kmgr.html
>>>
>> I think we're separated by a common language again :-(
>>
>> I (this continent + Europe + Africa and Asia) don't know any fucking
>> blokes called Clare or Claire.
>>
>> French Canadian fork-less family trees? A boy named Skonetski? 60s
>> magic-mushroom eater parents with a sister called moon-beam?
> 
> I get it, those in the UK will be familiar with the old VW add featuring 
> the bloke with a mo holding up the sign "On week-ends my name is Mandy"?
> 
> look, as someone whose high-school mates still refer to as Dick, I don't 
> want to throw stones but Clarice is not helping the VSI credibility issue.
> 

"Dick", huh?  Sure hope the last name wasn't "head" ....

Clair Grant was working in DEC software development back in the 1970s. 
I seem to recall some meetings when some customers were discussing their 
needs for VAX/VMS when it first was released.

Clair is most definitely someone you'd want leading the charge at VSI.