[Info-vax] last "Rendez-vous around VMS" (october 17th) reports and documents

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/22/2023 8:23 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2023-12-21, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>> On 12/21/2023 12:07 PM, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
>>> On 12/21/2023 9:30 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>> My comment: sounds like VSI is in good shape. I don't understand why
>>>> VSI is doing development in Denmark - that can't be cost efficient.
> 
> Why do you say that ?

Because it is an expensive place.

High taxes + expensive housing + expensive cars + expensive food & 
clothes => very high salaries => expensive place to do software
development.

>                        Perhaps the people who live have the experience
> to make it the right choice.

Maybe. But I am slightly skeptical.

There are very few people in Denmark that has recent work experience
with VMS.

Denmark is more Microsoft and less open source than many other
European countries.

Danish IT educations are totally fucked up. A very small number
of extremely good CS and SW engineering people and a lot of
people with a short and not very good IT education (a few of
them are good anyway but that is despite not due to the education).

>>> Teracloud's worldwide headquarters are in Copenhagen.
>>>
>>> Another office is in Malmo, Sweden (a short train ride from Copenhagen).
>>
>> I am not surprised that Johan Gedda like Copenhagen for HQ.
>> Nice town, centrally located in Europe, good connectivity with flights.
>> My concerns was for development - Copenhagen is just bloody expensive.
> 
> I didn't realise you are a manager Arne. :-)

Not my fault.

> You are confusing the price for something with the cost of that something. :-)

Unless it is an asset where the accounted cost is the depreciation then
the price paid is the accounted cost.

Arne