[Info-vax] OpenVMS training - now in VSI's hands (?)

[Paul Sture]

On 2015-03-14, johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk <johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On Saturday, 14 March 2015 11:07:47 UTC, Jan-Erik Soderholm  wrote:
> [snip so I don't upset Richard again]
>
>> What disturbes me a little, is that that "news&Events" entry
>> is dated February 2, 2015. I'm sure I have been there well
>> after that date and did not see that entry then (?).
>> 
>> I also think it is a mixup between the "News&Events" on the
>> front page, the "About/News" page and the "Update" page. Why
>> not just have *one* "News" page with the last 3-4 entries
>> mirrowed on the front page?
>> 
>> About the topic, I'm too old for training... :-)
>> 
> [snip]
>> 
>> Why would they need that? They can very easily parter with someone
>> who has the facilities and people to run the training.
>> 
>
> This could well be excellent news.

Indeed it could.

> I too thought I'd looked at the VSI site since Feb 2nd and don't
> remember seeing this announced. But maybe I'm misremembering.
>
> The course schedule looks to cover the kind of material people used to
> expect historically. Whether it's what they expect today, at the price
> they expect today, we'll see.
>
> One thing I don't yet see is something that could appeal to those VMS
> sites that *had* basically abandoned VMS but are hopefully now renewed
> prospects for VMS. Basically, something to bring people up to date with
> what's happened to VMS in the last few years?
>
> A few hours of highlights of new and improved features used to be the
> kind of thing presented at HPUG or by resellers or whatever.

It's been a while, but I used to give courses to customers on the
features of new releases of VMS and how they could be used in the
context of their applications.

> Beyond that, a bit more in depth on particular aspects, maybe a day
> or two on a paid for training basis, targeted separately at admins,
> programmers, security types, whatever.
>
> Heck, if software sales and training sales are now back in the same
> company's books (which for a long time wasn't the case), maybe the 
> concept of "training credits" with serious software sales could make
> a comeback.

That's a excellent idea.

> And given the way the world has changed in recent years, howsabout
> something along the lines of "open source software in the world of
> VMS and VSI", if such doesn't already exist somewhere?
>
> Happy days are here again?

Let's hope so.

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