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 Re: a sad day ( RE: How much did IBM pay to not do EV79?( Re: How much did IBM pay to not do EV79? Re: Sun using the "I" word  F ----------------------------------------------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 20:31:41 -0700 # From: "Tom Linden" <tom@kednos.com>  Subject: Re: a sad day( Message-ID: <opsw9323g8zgicya@hyrrokkin>  / On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 04:21:54 +0200, Dr. Dweeb   ( <NOSPAM_5msg0h202@sneakemail.com> wrote:  J > ps: Income != Salary... US$87m seems an excessive salary - but I suspectL > that for those with incomes that high, a very large percentage is return   > onB > investment (business, stocks etc. etc) and as such is a reward   > determined by G > the financial markets and so on.  There are few people in the US with = > salaries (or packages) that high - if indeed there are any.   E Well if my memory serves me correctly, Carla and Curly got a bonus of K $180 Million toogether if they stayed some length of time after the merger. I Don't remember if it was one or two years.  I am surprised that the board ; was never sued for approving such an outrageous shenanigan.    ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 15:05:27 -0400 ' From: "Main, Kerry" <Kerry.Main@hp.com> 1 Subject: RE: How much did IBM pay to not do EV79? R Message-ID: <FD827B33AB0D9C4E92EACEEFEE2BA2FB6B29C3@tayexc19.americas.cpqcorp.net>  ? 	From: O'Brien Paddy [mailto:Paddy.O'Brien@transgrid.com.au]=20 ! 	Sent: September 17, 2005 5:05 AM  	To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com2 	Subject: RE: How much did IBM pay to not do EV79?   Paddy,  G Your html email kind of screwed up with the quotes etc, but in response  to:   D >>> 	Of the products that I use and have died:  FMS (do not know who! that went to, perhaps just died); @ >>> GKS (same comment); DECset went to EDS and has died; various' excellent system admin products went=20 H >>> to CA (too exorbitant and have probably died); DECwrite that has had some recent publicity here.=20  F As Robert pointed out, you are mistaken about some of the products you
 mentioned.=20   D DECset is certainly still available (new versions, IPF support etc).C Reference the following "Whats new" OpenVMS web site to re-acquaint ? yourself on some of the happenings in the last year or so ..=20   @ In August, there was an announcement of DECset V12.7. Reference:7 http://h71000.www7.hp.com/new/index.html (whats new)=20 G http://h71000.www7.hp.com/news/decset_version127.html (New DECset info) E http://h71000.www7.hp.com/commercial/decset/decset_index.html (DECset 	 web site)   G In addition, while some folks have had some issues with CA in the past, G they are trying to turn this image around. Reference the CA OpenVMS web  site:  http://www.ca.com/openvms E http://www3.ca.com/Solutions/Collateral.asp?CID=3D69373&ID=3D4246 (CA  roadmap for OpenVMS)  F In addition, CA is working with HP on a travelling roadshow to promoteH their OpenVMS offerings. Additional information on time and place can be	 found at: D http://www3.ca.com/Events/Eventdetail.aspx?CID=3D17106&CEVID=3D73340  F If you would also like to catch up on ISV's that have either ported orF announced ports to OpenVMS Integrity servers, check out the following:9 http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/integrity/partners.html F http://h71000.www7.hp.com/solutions/matrix/i64partner_A.html (click on different letters)   Regards     
 Kerry Main Senior Consultant  HP Services Canada Voice: 613-592-4660  Fax: 613-591-4477  kerryDOTmainAThpDOTcom (remove the DOT's and AT)=20  4 OpenVMS - the secure, multi-site OS that just works.   =20    ------------------------------  + Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 21:01:15 -0500 (CDT) * From: sms@antinode.org (Steven M. Schweda)1 Subject: Re: How much did IBM pay to not do EV79? 2 Message-ID: <05091721011550_202003A2@antinode.org>  ' From: "Main, Kerry" <Kerry.Main@hp.com>   F > DECset is certainly still available (new versions, IPF support etc).E > Reference the following "Whats new" OpenVMS web site to re-acquaint A > yourself on some of the happenings in the last year or so ..=20  > B > In August, there was an announcement of DECset V12.7. Reference:9 > http://h71000.www7.hp.com/new/index.html (whats new)=20 I > http://h71000.www7.hp.com/news/decset_version127.html (New DECset info) G > http://h71000.www7.hp.com/commercial/decset/decset_index.html (DECset  > web site)   D    Please wake me when MMS can cope with ODS5 lower-case file names.  (    For how long has ODS5 been available?  1    Not that I'm complaining.  Don't get me wrong.   B    Also, "For more information, go to the DECset Web site.", whereF http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/decset.html says "V12.4".  Of course, ifD nothing significant has changed, there's not much need to update the docs.   H ------------------------------------------------------------------------  4    Steven M. Schweda               (+1) 651-699-98183    382 South Warwick Street        sms@antinode-org     Saint Paul  MN  55105-2547    ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 20:20:19 +0200 3 From: "Dr. Dweeb" <NOSPAM_5msg0h202@sneakemail.com> # Subject: Re: Sun using the "I" word = Message-ID: <432c5e63$0$78284$157c6196@dreader1.cybercity.dk>    bob@instantwhip.com wrote:@ > vms will be ported or a lot of unhappy customers will leave HP
 > forever!  G AFAICT they have (a) already left or (b) planning to do so in the near  F future (which for this style of customer usually means about a 5 year  transition - minimum).   Dweeb    ------------------------------   End of INFO-VAX 2005.521 ************************