[Info-vax] Accuweather new contract

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <00AF3F7A.A9A6CB05 at sendspamhere.org>,
	VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
> 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.
> 

Might want to talk with him again.  In the past week I have seen numerous
commercials lately claiming Accuweather is based on "The Microsoft Cloud".
I doubt that is VMS based. 

bill


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