[Info-vax] Life after Digital

[winston19842005 at yahoo.com]

On Oct 27, 5:58 am, billg... at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:
> In article <hc6ds2$6p0$0... at news.t-online.com>,
>         Michael Kraemer <M.Krae... at gsi.de> writes:
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> > Arne Vajhøj schrieb:
> >> Michael Kraemer wrote:
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> >>> JF Mezei schrieb:
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> >>>> HP chose to NOT fix the problems of VMS (lack of marketing)
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> >>> the problem of VMS is lack of market rather than lack of marketing.
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> >> Market is somewhat influenced by marketing.
>
> > Somewhat, but not essentially.
> > A single company can't turn the tide by "marketing"
> > (whatever this diffuse term means).
> > Take a look at that ancient OS/2 vs Windows example.
>
> What about it?  IBM decided that wasn't part of their core business.
> And even at that I still know a number of people who us OS/2.
>
> > And as another example,
> > no marketing would convince people to return to analog cameras.
>
> I still have and use three of them.
>

I could not be parted from my Pentax K-1000!
And it would take quite an expensive digital camera to replace it...