[Info-vax] VMS Software, Inc. Hires New Vice President of Sales and Marketing

[David Froble]

Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
> Den 2017-07-04 kl. 16:57, skrev David Froble:
>> Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
>>
>>> Is there *anyone here* that doesn't know that the name is "openvms"?
>>
>> I'm very sure there are.  Are they relevant?  Don't know.  There are 
>> still people calling it "the VAX".
>>
>> As a possible example, some shop has an old VAX still in use, and the 
>> people there know it only as "the VAX".  It's also possible that they 
>> don't know about paths forward for "the VAX".
>>
>> Don't assume that what you know is universal.  It isn't, and never 
>> will be.
> 
> 
> He, at my customer some calls the Alpha installed in 1994 "the VAX"... :-)
> 
> But then, they are not *here*. I ment those of use that read c.o.v.
> I do not think that anyone here on c.o.v doesn't know what the
> (correct) name of the product is...

I'd agree that that's likely.  But notice, it's c.o.v, not c.o.o

:-)

> So sticking to "VMS" when communicating with the world at large,
> is just plain silly.
> 

That I won't agree with.  I will admit to arguments for both sides of the issue.