[Info-vax] Accuweather new contract

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <mailman.1.1427203772.925.info-vax_info-vax.com at info-vax.com>,
	Kerry Main <kerry.main at backtothefutureit.com> writes:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Info-vax [mailto:info-vax-bounces at info-vax.com] On Behalf Of
>> Bill Gunshannon
>> Sent: 24-Mar-15 7:57 AM
>> To: info-vax at info-vax.com
>> Subject: Re: [New Info-vax] Accuweather new contract
>>=20
>> In article <meqgq9$a1i$1 at dont-email.me>,
>> 	David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
>> > clairgrant71 at gmail.com wrote:
>> >> Accuweather is one of our Field test sites.
>> >
>> > One of the problems at DEC, which you're probably much more familiar
>> > with than I am, was hearing that some VMS customers did not want to
>> be
>> > known.  At least that is what some of us were told.
>> >
>> > I think one thing that VSI might want to consider is to urge customers
>> > to allow their names to be used in marketing.  It is in their best
>> > interest, I'd think, to have VSI be successful, and marketing to new
>> > customers will to some extent determine that success.
>> >
>> > Just my thoughts on the subject.
>>=20
>> Yeah, lets see someone convince Accuweather to drop the "Microsoft
>> Cloud" commercials and publicly announce that they are running on
>> VMS.
>> :-)
>>=20
> 
> If a Cust is using Office365, or their SharePoint cloud offering, then MS=20
> could legitimately claim Cust X is using the Microsoft Cloud.  They may=20
> have some Azure based applications which would also be legitimate
> claims to be using the Microsoft cloud.

Well, the pictures shown in the commercial were not people using Word
or Excel.  They were people doing weather modeling.

> 
> That would not change the fact that OpenVMS is being used in other=20
> areas of the company.

And yet, we never see this in a TV commercial.  Perception is reality.

> 
> One needs to understand that the underlying platform is seldom of
> interest to the senior execs in any Cust environment. It is usually
> only of interest to the IT folks and the vendor of that platform.

And they are not the ones who sign the purchase orders.  How can one
expect the CIO to sign a PO for a product he has never heard of?  He
won't hesitate to sign one for Microsoft Cloud Services.

bill

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