[Info-vax] VMS is 44 today

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-10-25, abrsvc <dansabrservices at yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Monday, October 25, 2021 at 8:16:12 AM UTC-4, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> VAX and VMS were announced 44 years ago on this day. 
>> 
>> For those of you old enough to be working in the DEC world at the 
>> time, did you think you would still be using VMS 44 years later ? 
>> 
>> I wonder if VSI is planning anything for the 45th anniversary 
>> next year ? 
>> 
>> Simon. 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Simon Clubley, clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP 
>> Walking destinations on a map are further away than they appear.
>
> As I continue with my 42nd of VMS/OpenVMS work, I can honestly say that I did not expect this.
> But, who ever thinks that they will be either doing or working with the same thing for this long?
> I view my career as lucky in that I have always been able to maintain VMS work that has never truly been work.
> I have always enjoyed my jobs and when they became work, moved on to something else. 
> The common denominator has always been VMS with the exception of a 3 year period in the early 2000s where
> I built commercial playgrounds fulltime and did consulting (within OpenVMS world) part time.
>
> Good times...
>

Indeed. Just writing that number "44" down brought home just
how long this is.

Simon.

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Simon Clubley, clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
Walking destinations on a map are further away than they appear.