[Info-vax] VSI has a new CEO

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <secjk1$1ts$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=
<arne at vajhoej.dk> writes: 

> You may not like those auditors and they may be
> a real PITA.
> 
> But their point is not totally off.
> 
> 3/4 of support team is at retirement age.
> 
> Itanium systems are no longer being produced.
> 
> It will be difficult to hire people with VMS Basic
> and Macro-32 skills.

But easy to train them.  I've taught some introductory VMS courses to 
people who had never heard of it before.  They all took to it readily 
and appreciated the advantages over Linux.  :-)  I really don't see that 
as a serious problem.  And they are cheaper than seasoned professionals.
Sure, they won't be experts, but they can learn.  No reason the same 
can't apply to Basic and Macro-32 (though are there any applications 
using those languages which need to be maintained, as opposed to just 
running?).