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

[Dave Froble]

On 9/1/2022 4:27 PM, Alexander Schreiber wrote:
> 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?

Ya know, that's a pretty good way to put it ...

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