[Info-vax] VMS in the real world of 2022

[Alexander Schreiber]

Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
> On 8/24/2022 12:44 PM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
>> Den 2022-08-24 kl. 17:11, skrev Dave Froble:
>>
>>>> Good luck finding some who are familiar with VMS.
>>>
>>> Then don't hire any ...
>>
>> Why are you so fixed with this "hiring" of auditors.
>
> Ok, I'll explain a bit ...
>
> A company that I'm aware of hired auditors to audit their IT systems.  Seems 
> that is required for business insurance.  (Note: insurance is another con game.)
>
> According to auditors:
>
> Can't use VMS, it's old, not any good any more.  Ditto for apps written in Basic 
> (old).  Refuses to audit VMS apps.

Two red flags.

> Offers an introduction to an app "in the cloud", ie; we'll help you replace your 
> IT systems.
> The referral is to a wholly owned by the auditors company.
> About $5M later, new system doesn't do the job.

Are you sure they hired auditors and not sales weasels masquerading as such?
Because it sure sounds like the latter. And depending on the business,
cloud services can be particularly problematic wrt to e.g. data governance.

Kind regards,
           Alex.
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