[Info-vax] Accuweather new contract

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In article <cnahfkFh43jU4 at mid.individual.net>, bill at server3.cs.scranton.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes:
>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. 

Well, it wasn't M$ bootcamp he was attending. ;)

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