[Info-vax] VMS Software, Inc. Acquires All OpenVMS Support Business from Hewlett Packard Enterprise

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <qp09th$6at$1 at dont-email.me>, Dave Froble
<davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes: 

> >  Also, many young
> > people don't want to be trained in something perceived as a dead end
> > except perhaps if they were offered a life-long contract which continues
> > to pay even if they can't work with VMS anymore without requiring them
> > to learn anything new, which in most situations is just not realistic.
> 
> Young people don't want a lot of things.
> 
> Golf courses are closing.  No new young people are interested in golf.
> 
> Neither of my grandsons played any sports.  Then had their X-Box, that's 
> all they wanted.

I don't care if golf courses close; I do care if VMS disappears.

> Go to a small airport.  You won't see any (or very few) young people 
> there.  Just a bunch of old geezers.  Airlines are now considering 
> training new pilots.  They cannot find people who are already pilots.

But there is no alternative, and the investment is repaid quickly.

Remember the "if operating systems were airlines"?  :-)

No-one thinks that airlines will disappear for lack of young pilots.  
VMS IS ALREADY DISAPPEARING IN SOME PLACES BECAUSE PEOPLE SAY THAT THEY 
CAN'T HIRE ENOUGH YOUNG PEOPLE.  That is a FACT.  Misplaced comparisons 
do not help at all.