[Info-vax] Special deals on Tape Drives

[Simon Clubley]

On 2022-03-06, David Turner <dturner at islandco.com> wrote:
> Really?
> There must be over 5 Million IT Managers globally who only take care of 
> Windows based servers
> I would NOT trust any one of them to take care of/manage an Openvms server
> Period.
> Believe me, we deal with a lot of companies who fired, or lost (normally 
> due to retirement or even.... death!) their OpenVMS IT manager.
> These people hire replacements straight out of college (or not) and rely 
> on their Windows expertise.
> They know NOTHING about VMS. Even most Linux people now know very little 
> about other operating systems, outside of Windows or MAC OS
>

How many VMS people know about z/OS ?

You have just made an argument (in the eyes of management at least)
to get rid of those "strange" VMS boxes and replace them with boxes
that everyone knows how to manage and write software for.

z/OS has some unique features you can discuss with any management
thinking about getting rid of z/OS. What would you say to that same
management when the discussion turns to VMS ?

Simon.

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