From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 8/8/2025 1:33 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:   
   > The VSI website has been updated and now says:   
   >   
   > |OpenVMS V9.2-3 is available and running on hundreds of servers worldwide and   
   > |the Cloud. Join the transformation and virtualize your OpenVMS environment!   
   >   
   > Given that this release has been available for over 6 months, I am not   
   > convinced the above reads any better.   
   >   
   > Am I expecting too much here, or would you expect the above to read well   
   > over a thousand by now (and ideally several thousand) or is the remaining   
   > VMS user base now much smaller than it was even, say, 5-10 years ago ?   
      
   It got changed.   
      
   And "hundreds of" is undoubtedly correct. As it strictly speaking   
   just say more than two hundred.   
      
   Some readers may assume that hundreds imply less than thousand. But   
   that is reading between the lines.   
      
   My suggestion: "lots of". But ...   
      
   There is no doubt that the VMS user base is smaller than 10 years ago.   
   There is an attrition rate among existing customers (decision to   
   migrate off VMS, company closing or some other reason). And practically   
   no new customers.   
      
   Arne   
      
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