[Info-vax] VMS Software Inc. OpenVMS 8.4-1H1 Boots on i4 System

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <00AF4404.42259F0F at sendspamhere.org>,
	VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
> In article <2eb3bc69-e2d7-4fc9-b997-972d053778fe at googlegroups.com>, Bob Gezelter <gezelter at rlgsc.com> writes:
>>On Monday, March 16, 2015 at 10:43:29 AM UTC-4, VAXman- wrote:
>>> In article <140b370d-93af-474d-8e6d-15e277ecd700 at googlegroups.com>, Bob Gezelter <gezelter at rlgsc.com> writes:
>>> >On Friday, March 13, 2014, the Engineering Team at VMS Software booted a built from scratch OpenVMS 8.4-1H1 DVD on an i4 system.
>>> 
>>> Were you there?
>>> 
>>> 
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>>
>>Brian,
>>
>>I was echoing the information received from Skonetski the Elder on LinkedIn. I noticed it had not been put on comp.os.vms.
> 
> I was wondering where you'd garnered that info.  IMHO, it should have been
> posted to comp.os.vms and also to the VMS-SIG list.  

That's funny.  People are against using modern non-standard (at least in
the opinions of people here) media but expected them to post it on
something as obsolete asd USENET a media outlet for dinosaurs.

>                                                     The new-fangled social
> media mechanisms might be fine for others but I find them way too busy with
> way too much noise to sift through to find anything of real interest.  

That's you.  But hen, I doubt for VSI it is all about you.  :-)

>                                                                       Both
> comp.os.vms and the VMS-SIG list have a long history of VMS-focused banter,

And they are ancient history.  If it is expected (and desired) that VMS
continue into the future, don;t you think it should use the methods that
are accepted today rather than a system used for preaching to the choir?

> and either would be the first place I'd expect news about VMS to appear.

Spoken like a true dinosaur.  I know hiow much people here hate the term
"legacy", especially when used inthe same sentence as VMS but USENET is
LEGACY.  Twitter and Facebook and LinkedIN are todays technology.

>                                                                         I
> realize that there's some expectation that social media can somehow garner
> new VMS advocates, but dissing or ignoring the base/faithful isn't sage.

Attitude check.  I, personally, don't place nearly so much value on
myself.  I doubt VSI cares about me personally and I am not surprised
or hurt by that.

Oh, and by the way, Yes, I do LinkedIN.  I do not do Twitter at all and
I don;t "follow" or "Like" anything on Facebook.  But then, I'm a dinosaur,
too.  Just ask my grandson.  :-)
 
bill

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