[Info-vax] Haven't seen this in a while

[Kerry Main]

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> From: Info-vax [mailto:info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com] On Behalf Of
> lawrencedo99--- via Info-vax
> Sent: 21-Jun-16 10:04 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Info-vax] Haven't seen this in a while
> 
> On Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 11:38:54 PM UTC+12, seasoned_geek
> wrote:
> > A company looking to hire a recent college grad with VAX/COBOL
skills.
> >
> >
> http://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=3d6bd1c0ca0bb0a5&q=vax+cobol
> &tk=1alov5osc05213aq&from=ja&alid=573d33fee4b0f90143fe2b7e&utm
> _source=jobseeker_emails&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=job_a
> lerts
> >
> > Didn't know United Health was a big VMS shop.
> 
> Such a person would even have been born when the last VAX was made
> ...

May or may not be the case here, but many Customers have moved to 
Alpha and/or Integrity servers, but their Mgmt. still refers to the
platform 
as "VAX-VMS".

Btw, there are still numerous Cobol shops on OpenVMS doing mission 
critical  work behind the scenes.

I know one primarily Cobol on OpenVMS cluster that controls most of the 
trucking between the US & Canada. It is also a heavy new enhancements
environment.

If the App stops, so do the trucks crossing the border. They have manual

methods, but line-ups would go for miles if invoked.

Regards,

Kerry Main
Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com