[Info-vax] Accuweather new contract

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <mdnlp3$lpt$1 at news.albasani.net>,
	Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> writes:
> Kerry Main skrev den 2015-03-10 18:55:
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Info-vax [mailto:info-vax-bounces at info-vax.com] On Behalf Of
>>> Bob Koehler
>>> Sent: 10-Mar-15 1:22 PM
>>> To: info-vax at info-vax.com
>>> Subject: [New Info-vax] Accuweather new contract
>>>
>>>
>>>     Accuweather has just won a contract with Verizon, taking it away
>>>     from The Weather Channel.
>>>
>>>     Last I heard, Accuweather was a big user of VMS.   I wonder if this
>>>     new contract will lead to increased sales of VMS to Accuweather?
>>>
>>
>> Not sure what the latest is wrt to Accuweather and OpenVMS, but
>> these are some past testimonial links:
>>
>> OpenVMS - Attunity:
>> http://tinyurl.com/VMS-Accuweather-1
>>
> 
> “Our long-term plan is to keep our backend AccuWeather
> Forecast Engine on OpenVMS because it has a viable future,”
> comments Fiore. “HP is breathing new life into OpenVMS by
> porting it to their industry-standard Integrity servers..."
> 
> 
> The Times They Are a-Changin'...
 
Can anyone even verify that Accuweather is still using VMS?
That testimonial, like the others, is ancient history.

bill 
 

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