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

[Kerry Main]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Info-vax [mailto:info-vax-bounces at info-vax.com] On Behalf Of
> VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG
> Sent: 17-Mar-15 7:30 AM
> To: info-vax at info-vax.com
> Subject: Re: [New Info-vax] VMS Software Inc. OpenVMS 8.4-1H1 Boots
> on i4 System
> 
> 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?
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker
> VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG
> >>
> >> I speak to machines with the voice of humanity.
> >
> >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.  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.  Both
> comp.os.vms and the VMS-SIG list have a long history of VMS-focused
> banter,
> and either would be the first place I'd expect news about VMS to appear.
> 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.
> 

The right answer is NOT comp.os.vms vs. new media, but rather ALL 
of the various media.

Reminds me of when we started to switch from notesfiles in HP.

Suggesting anything other than notesfiles was always followed up 
with many protective viewpoints like web conferencing is for kids,
not real conferencing.

Heck, imho, notesfiles are still the best conferencing media. How I 
miss the "next unseen" command !!

(next unseen allowed one to enter a conference and only see the 
notes you have not read yet)

:-)

Regards,

Kerry Main
Back to the Future IT Inc.
 .. Learning from the past to plan the future

Kerry dot main at backtothefutureit dot com