[Info-vax] Any large VMS users in St. Helena ?

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 12/6/18 2:57 PM, John Reagan wrote:
> On Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 1:46:02 PM UTC-5, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2018-12-06, Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 12/6/18 8:30 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>> No, I haven't lost it. :-)
>>>>
>>>> I've just looked at OpenVMS queries using Google Trends and came
>>>> up with some interesting results.
>>>>
>>>> Using the search term "openvms", all lower case, results in
>>>> "Massachusetts" being the top location on the list when looking
>>>> at the United States over the last year. (What a surprise!).
>>>>
>>>> When you switch from United States to "Worldwide", you get the
>>>> following top 5 for interest by region for the last 12 months:
>>>>
>>>> 1) St. Helena
>>>> 2) China
>>>> 3) Sweden
>>>> 4) Puerto Rico
>>>> 5) Finland
>>>>
>>>> Anyone like to have a go at explaining the order on this list,
>>>> because I can't (apart from maybe Sweden) ?
>>>
>>> And you believe that the results returned by Google are in
>>> some way accurate and reflect anything other than typical
>>> Google gibberish? I should show you the results of some of
>>> (tech related) searches I have done.  If it weren't for the
>>> fact that I usually need the information at the time it
>>> would be downright funny.
>>>
>>
>> These are not searches. They are Google Trends lookups.
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Do you see the same results if you do a Google Trends lookup
>>>> from your part of the planet ?
>>>
>>> Afraid I really place no value on whatever his concept called
>>> "trending" is.  I get notices in things all the time about
>>> what is "trending" in the world and it is usually nothing of
>>> value or interest to me.
>>>
>>
>> Not "trending", but Trends. Google Trends is a service which has
>> been around for about a decade and which lets you see which Google
>> searches are currently popular. For specific search queries you
>> specify, you can see which parts of the planet that query is most
>> popular in.
>>
>> Here's the direct "openvms" lookup link for the US:
>>
>> https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=openvms&geo=US
>>
>> And the worldwide one which, for me, shows St. Helena at the top
>> of the list:
>>
>> https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=openvms
>>
>> Simon.
>>
>> -- 
>> Simon Clubley, clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
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> 
> Does some VPN service have an exit point near St Helena?
> 

To what point?  Have you looked at where and what it is?  I doubt they
have enough electricity to even power up anything larger than one of
My 3100's.  And the famous VMS uptime might be a problem as I also
doubt they  have 24 hour a day power.  :-)

bill