[Info-vax] Accuweather new contract

[David Froble]

Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> 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
> 

He should.  He really should ....