[Info-vax] openvms-ng cancelled ?

[Tom Wade]

On 2023-07-25 13:53, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
> Den 2023-07-25 kl. 13:25, skrev Ian Miller:

> Put it into Copenhagen or such with a more central location to possible 
> OpenVMS users. Croatia is nice from a vacation point of view, but maybe 
> not the actual area there this event was planned.
> 
> It might not be lack of interest for an OpenVMS event in general, just 
> that this one was a bit "off" for many OpenVMS users.

This is precisely why I didn't go in the end, even though I would be 
keen to meet up at an OpenVMS event again.  The location was an isolated 
tourist location (great for a holiday), but cheap flights to nearby 
airports didn't operate every day of the week, which would mean staying 
three or more extra days.  Also, getting from Venice to there would be a 
costly car rental or ridiculously pricey coach or limo service (location 
was not on any rail service).

If the event was in Paris, London, Berlin, Amsterdam, Brussels, Milan or 
even a city in the US East coast, I'd have happily travelled from 
Ireland, and I would expect many other people would too.

It would be a pity if it were concluded the lack of interest applied to 
OpenVMS in general.

Tom Wade
tom dot wade at tomwade dot eu