Camiel Vanderhoeven appointed "Chief Architect and Strategist for OpenVMS"

[Hans Bachner]

Here's the official announcement:

<https://vmssoftware.com/about/news/2024-04-15-camiel-v-chief-architect-and-strategist-for-openvms/>

Hans.

[Simon Clubley]

Post by Hans Bachner
<https://vmssoftware.com/about/news/2024-04-15-camiel-v-chief-architect-and-strategist-for-openvms/>

First, congratulations Camiel.

Second, after 10 years of what was originally going to be a 3-year port,
I imagine Clair is looking to retire for good this time, so if you are
reading this Clair, I wish you well, and thanks for everything you have
done to drive development to this point.

[BTW, I am surprised the above announcement didn't say anything about taking
on some of Clair's responsibilities, unlike the earlier discussion here.]

Simon.

[John H. Reinhardt]

Post by Simon Clubley
[BTW, I am surprised the above announcement didn't say anything about taking
on some of Clair's responsibilities, unlike the earlier discussion here.]
Simon.

There was an announcement somewhere that I saw which mentioned Camiel taking some of Clair's responsibilities. Maybe it was on the VSI FaceBook page.

[Camiel Vanderhoeven]

Post by Simon Clubley
First, congratulations Camiel.

Thank you!

Post by Simon Clubley
Second, after 10 years of what was originally going to be a 3-year port,
I imagine Clair is looking to retire for good this time, so if you are
reading this Clair, I wish you well, and thanks for everything you have
done to drive development to this point.

Clair is not retiring; he is going to cut back his hours a bit, but I'm
very glad that we don't have to do without his invaluable contributions yet.

Post by Simon Clubley
[BTW, I am surprised the above announcement didn't say anything about taking
on some of Clair's responsibilities, unlike the earlier discussion here.]

I'm not taking on Clair's title of "CTO" for a reason, and that's
because it's not a one-on-one transfer of Clair's responsibilities. I'm
taking on a lot(but not all) of responsibilities that were Clair's, some
that were others', and some that were not clearly defined before.

Camiel

[Subcommandante XDelta]

Post by Hans Bachner
<https://vmssoftware.com/about/news/2024-04-15-camiel-v-chief-architect-and-strategist-for-openvms/>
Hans.

May he have a productive sojourn for preferable outcomes for VMS ecosystem, in the near and the long term - across generations of both people and hardware.

Two phronesis principles:

1. Pay close attention, and heed the received wisdom, advice, and navigational guidance, from Gerard Calliet (Asterix) and the VMS Generations group. (the Hoff', of course, is the Druid Getafix).

2. Pay close attention, and heed the received wisdom, advice, and navigational guidance, inklings gleaned from the proceedings and transactions of the august comp.os.vms collegial colloquium, the collective wisdom of the old hands, that still draw breath. (Or at least assign an AI/LLM instance to give you daily, weekly, and monthy summaries)

As always, light a candle.

[gcalliet]

Post by Subcommandante XDelta

Post by Hans Bachner
<https://vmssoftware.com/about/news/2024-04-15-camiel-v-chief-architect-and-strategist-for-openvms/>
Hans.

May he have a productive sojourn for preferable outcomes for VMS ecosystem, in the near and the long term - across generations of both people and hardware.
1. Pay close attention, and heed the received wisdom, advice, and navigational guidance, from Gerard Calliet (Asterix) and the VMS Generations group. (the Hoff', of course, is the Druid Getafix).
2. Pay close attention, and heed the received wisdom, advice, and navigational guidance, inklings gleaned from the proceedings and transactions of the august comp.os.vms collegial colloquium, the collective wisdom of the old hands, that still draw breath. (Or at least assign an AI/LLM instance to give you daily, weekly, and monthy summaries)
As always, light a candle.

Dear Subcommandante XDelta (Obelix?) "que la force soit avec toi".
("Obelix" is for the strenght, not for the mind, of course, don't take
offense).

I light a candle, too.

Gérard Calliet

[Camiel Vanderhoeven]

Post by gcalliet

Post by Subcommandante XDelta
As always, light a candle.

Dear Subcommandante XDelta (Obelix?) "que la force soit avec toi".
("Obelix" is for the strenght, not for the mind, of course, don't take
offense).
I light a candle, too.

Merci chers amis!

Thank you for the advice and kind words.

Camiel