[Info-vax] Comment on the future of OpenVMS

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

FredK wrote:
> 
> "seasoned_geek" <roland at logikalsolutions.com> wrote in message 
> news:fb59f1bd-cb14-48bc-881d-4147d1ab29f6 at z4g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
>  On Oct 27, 12:03 pm, Jan-Erik Söderholm <jan-erik.soderh... at telia.com> 
> wrote:
>> 
>> Maybe India but still HP so not outsourced.
> 
> HP OpenVMS Engineering has been outsourced to India.
> 
> Outsourcing implies the work is done by an outside company.  The 
> engineering group in India, which has worked on various parts of VMS for
>  years, is part of HP.

So then *not* "outsourced", right ?

> 
> What makes you believe HP has even one U.S. citizen still working on 
> OpenVMS development?

I have never said I believe that, and I couldn't care less.
I have just said that VMS has not been *outsourced*.

> 
> I understand the sentiment of offshoring work from the US to other 
> countries for cost reasons.  However, you apparently lack any actual 
> experience with the individuals and organizational support.  Regardless
>  of what you feel about the flight of jobs to India (which is a economy
>  wide thing), the actual people are well educated, smart, motivated,
> hard working, and highly capable.

Yes, that is also the impression I've got from the representatives
from the Indian group that I have meet. They seems to know what
they are doing. The future will tell who's right or wrong.