From: clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP   
      
   On 2025-07-14, Arne Vajhøj  wrote:   
   > VSI just announced their fall training program:   
   >   
   > https://trainings.vmssoftware.com/fall-school-2025   
   >   
   > Which to me seems very much geared towards the new VMS   
   > system manager.   
   >   
   > Which is good and bad.  I assume that the course   
   > offerings reflects the demand.   
   >   
   > It is good that companies are hiring new people to manage   
   > their VMS systems and are willing to invest in their training.   
   > It indicates that those companies expect VMS to be around   
   > for a long time.   
   >   
   > It is bad that there are no courses geared towards the   
   > new VMS application developer. It indicate that companies   
   > are not making significant investments in new applications   
   > on VMS or major enhancements to existing applications on VMS.   
   >   
      
   That doesn't surprise me unfortunately. It is very clear that you   
   will need ongoing staff to give the servers a good kick when they   
   go wrong, but it is also clear that those same systems are now in   
   legacy mode, so you don't need people to make changes to them.   
      
   In other words, this just formalises what has already generally   
   been accepted to be the case.   
      
   Simon.   
      
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