[Info-vax] VMS Software, Inc. Launches Performance SWAT Team Service

[mcleanjoh at gmail.com]

On Friday, August 28, 2015 at 5:01:26 AM UTC+10, Keith Parris wrote:
> On 8/26/2015 4:09 PM, mcleanjoh-mail.com wrote:
> > "... participated in the effort to port OpenVMS from Alpha to Itanium."
> >
> > Who wrote this?  It implies that "the effort" might not have been successful.  It should have said "... participated in the porting of OpenVMS from Alpha to Itanium" or better yet, "... was a key member in the porting of ..".
> 
> "Effort" in the context here means "project" or "work," not "attempt."

Keith, you said

 ... "Effort" in the context here means "project" or "work," not "attempt."

It's a poor reflection on the writer of the original statement that you now have to explain what it means.