[Info-vax] VSI OpenVMS Community License

[Dave Froble]

On 3/27/2024 4:57 AM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
> Well well...
>
> Took my first VMS/DCL introduction course some 30+ years ago.
> Have been doing VMS work every single workday since then.
> Up to 2000 as emploided and up to now running my own company.
>
> My current/last assignment was cancelled by the customer on the
> last on June 2023 (last summer). I'm now into retirement plans...
>
> So what now? It is very mixed feelings. As much as I have loved
> my VMS work over the years, it is an very "empty" feeling at the
> moment. I have obviously put to much work and devotion in this
> and it is today clear that I have been very close to loosing both
> my wife and my familly over the years. That hurts *a lot* today.
> The only positive part is that I have provided an economical
> stability today for my wife and familly, but I have lost a lot
> of my childrens grow-up time.
>
> It is like all my efforts spent on work are just worthless today.
> Now I'm 100% devoted to my wife who I try to make up for all the
> lost time the last 40 years (incl my 10 PDP-11 years).
>
> I will probably simply leave everything VMS related behind and
> will not be either here on c.o.v or on the VSI forum.
>
> I might get a call from my last customer to do some consulting
> when they start up the project to move of the VMS platform into
> something else. I can just as well milk some last money from them,
> as long as it doesn't interfere with my devotion to my wife.
>
>
> It has been some fun also, with VMS and c.o.v. Thanks all!
>
> Jan-Erik Söderholm
> Sweden.

Wow Jan-Erik, are we twins?  Some of what you write is also my story.

Note, you can still hang around here in any spare time.  Someone(s) need to keep 
Simon honest.

:-)

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