[Info-vax] Accuweather new contract

[clairgrant71 at gmail.com]

On Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at 8:43:11 AM UTC-4, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> 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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Yes, Accuweather still uses VMS. We started talking with them at last fall's Boot Camp.