[Info-vax] VSI names Jim Janetos Chief Executive Officer

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On Saturday, 15 February 2020 21:35:04 UTC, Kerry Main  wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Info-vax <info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com> On Behalf Of Arne Vajhøj
> > via Info-vax
> > Sent: February 15, 2020 4:16 PM
> > To: info-vax at rbnsn.com
> > Cc: Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk>
> > Subject: Re: [Info-vax] VSI names Jim Janetos Chief Executive Officer
> > 
> > On 2/15/2020 3:41 PM, gérard Calliet wrote:
> > > Le 15/02/2020 à 02:00, Arne Vajhøj a écrit :
> > >>> I'm glad to see that the concept of "Chief Customer Advocate" has
> > >>> been brought back.
> > >>
> > >> In my opinion such a role should not be necessary.
> > >>
> > >> It definitely was necessary at HP.
> > 
> > > This function is associated for me with the excellent and necessary
> > > work of Sue, and she has been doing it in memory of the excellent
> > > times of Digital.
> > >
> > > You say that because VSI are the good guys and HP were the bad? And
> > > because now, VSI is a so good company that she does'nt need functions
> > > linking her with users? Is there such a company in the world like
> > > that, even composed only with best friends?
> > 
> > In a good company then everyone in senior management would be listening
> > to and trying to accommodate customers needs.
> > 
> > The role of a customer advocate must be to listen to customers and pushing
> > their message to the rest of senior management.
> > 
> > We all know that VMS was not a priority at HP and that VMS got little
> > attention. There was a need for someone to push VMS.
> > 
> > I don't see that need in VSI.
> > 
> > Instead of a Chief Customer Advocate then I would rather see a Chief
> > Community Officer with responsibility for:
> > * working with the open source community with a goal to
> >    make VMS a supported platform
> > * creating a VSI hobbyist program
> > * coordinate VSI & VMS web presence - comp.os.vms,
> >    StackOverflow etc.
> > * reach out to any remaining pieces of DECUS
> > * maybe organize something for smaller software
> >    companies (there are probably other in senior
> >    management that talk to Oracle, VMWare etc.,
> >    but who talk to the 1-100 employee companies)
> > 
> > Arne
> > 
> 
> Arne - re: working with open source community
> <https://www.vmssoftware.com/about_kmgr.html>
> "Dr. Brett Cameron, Chief Solutions Officer, is charged with defining and driving the strategy for OpenVMS application services and open source."
> 
> Excellent resource btw - the driver behind many/most of the open source offerings you see VSI coming out with these days. Very long history in App development world.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Kerry Main
> Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com

Kerry

Good to hear you are alive and well

I've started working with Brett on a consultancy basis so hopefully we'll be bumping into each other sometime soon (once this virus panic is over of course)

Chris Brown