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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2018-12-06, Jan-Erik Söderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
> Den 2018-12-06 kl. 20:57, skrev John Reagan:
>
>>>> On 12/6/18 8:30 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>
>>>>> 1) St. Helena
>>>>> 2) China
>>>>> 3) Sweden
>>>>> 4) Puerto Rico
>>>>> 5) Finland
>
> Doesn't matter what you search for, S:t Helena is almost always
> in second position. I tried "MVS", "Linux", "TCPIP" and some other
> computer related phrases. So, what was your point, Simon?
>

The point in this case is that I wasn't expecting what you found
below, especially given the US based data for "openvms" looked
so reasonable, so I _thought_ this list was genuine...

> It it is also easy to find references like:
>
> https://medium.com/@sangare/google-search-the-very-strange-case-of-tristan-da-cunha-st-helena-ad6e2d61028c
>
> https://twitter.com/justindeed/status/933725222213177344
>
> Anyway, this thread has nothing with VMS to do.
>

Well, that's something new I have learned today. Thanks for the
links Jan-Erik.

>> 
>> Does some VPN service have an exit point near St Helena?
>> 
>
> Doesn't have to be near St Helena, only to have a similar
> tcpip address range fooling the Google tools...
>

Now I can see this is part of a much larger mystery, I would
love to know what is going on.

Simon.

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