[Info-vax] Which symbol to use for VMS?

[Dirk Munk]

MG wrote:
> Vernon (i.e. 'the shark'), definitely Vernon.  On J.F. Mezei's website*
> there's the how and why, from the DEC employees in question.  The nice
> thing also, in my opinion, is that Vernon was never officially ordered
> or even sanctioned by DEC nor Compaq, let alone HP (all the better),
> but just grew as the mascot and symbol of VMS over time, from what I
> understand.
>
>                       [* <http://vaxination.ca/vms/shark/history.html>]
>
>   - MG

OK, but the accompanying tag line was:

"In an ocean full of guppy operating systems, wouldn't you want to be 
the king of the seas?"

That may have been appropriate at the time, but is a bit over the top now.

As a symbol for what VSI is doing right now, the Phoenix is very 
appropriate i.m.h.o.

After all, DEC tried to kill off VMS, Compaq announced it just after the 
merger was made public, and HP announced it. So at least three times VMS 
rose from the ashes so to speak.

Wiki has more on the Phoenix:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_%28mythology%29