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

[David Froble]

VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> 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.  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.
> 

Face it Brian, we're just two old farts who are lost in this new modern 
world.  Since I'm not sociable, what use is social media?