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From: Single Stage to Orbit <alex.buell@munted.eu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Why are VSI so focused on Sweden ?
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 06:25:51 +0000
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On Tue, 2024-10-29 at 00:08 +0000, Chris Townley wrote:
> On 28/10/2024 23:17, Single Stage to Orbit wrote:
> > On Mon, 2024-10-28 at 21:43 +0000, Chris Townley wrote:
> > > > > Back in the 80's and early 90's VMS was used by several
> > > > > big manufacturing companies, 2 out of 3 telcos, 1 oil
> > > > > company,
> > > > > 1 mid size bank, several parts of the government, lots
> > > > > of educational institutions (out of 9 big higher education
> > > > > institutions, then 3 were VMS shops, 3 used VMS some places
> > > > > and only 3 did not use VMS).
> > > >=20
> > > > I developed an addiction to VMS at university during the 90s!
> > >=20
> > > You obviously went to a good University!
> >=20
> > I only wish I could indulge it more often. But the hobbyist
> > programme
> > of old is dead.
>=20
> Have you thought of applying for the Ambassador role?

I did. They acknowledged it, then nothing else happened.
--=20
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