[Info-vax] Accuweather new contract

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In article <cmarisFa639U1 at mid.individual.net>, bill at server3.cs.scranton.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes:
>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.

Well, I can state that Jess Goodman was in attendance at the last OpenVMS
bootcamp.  I can't imagine Accuweather sending him there if they were not
still running on VMS.

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