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- From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.)
- Newsgroups: vmsnet.vms-posix
- Subject: Re: name of VMS product has changed...
- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.182842.3645@spcvxb.spc.edu>
- Date: 18 Aug 92 22:28:42 GMT
- References: <2415@mitech.com> <1992Aug18.091028@mccall.com>
- Followup-To: vmsnet.vms-posix
- Organization: St. Peter's College, US
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- In article <1992Aug18.091028@mccall.com>, tp@mccall.com (Terry Poot) writes:
- > Has anyone else noticed that lately all the marketting hype and even published
- > benchmarks are for software versions that aren't out yet? I've been reading
- > about Rdb 4.1 for a long time, I think since last year. It isn't out yet either,
- > but DEC has already published TPS numbers to convince everyone how great it is.
- > Slimy marketting.
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- Just think how much they're saving by not having to mail out urgent reminders
- to "do not install Rdb 4.1" "do not install Rdb 4.1A", etc.
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- Consider VAX COBOL:
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- ADD ONE TO ONE GIVING ALMOST-BUT-NOT-QUITE 2.
-
- Seriously, there is a growing quality problem with DEC's software, and sup-
- porting the same product across N platforms (VAX/VMS, Alpha/VMS, VAX/Ultrix,
- RISC/Ultrix, ANY/OSF) is only going to make it worse.
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- Terry Kennedy Operations Manager, Academic Computing
- terry@spcvxa.bitnet St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ USA
- terry@spcvxa.spc.edu +1 201 915 9381
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