[Info-vax] Tired of virus and worm issues!! Want to replace my PC with OVMS Workstation. (Needs)

[H Vlems]

On 2 apr, 18:09, LenW <l... at psds.com> wrote:
> On Apr 2, 2:32 am, H Vlems <hvl... at freenet.de> wrote:
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> > On 2 apr, 02:04, Len Whitwer <l... at psds.com> wrote:
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> > > Is there a product or products that will run on OVMS "workstation like
> > > XP1000" that would
> > > allow me to dump my Microsoft XP PC and replace it with OVMS??  Don't
> > > even care
> > > if it is slower!!!  (Needs)
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> > > o Webb browser.
> > > o E-mail Service "hopefully like outlook"
> > > o Word and Excel like package
> > > o Other Misc
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> > > Anyone have any thoughts on this other than it's a stupid idea??
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> > VMS can do all those things, albeit slowly or incompatible with
> > Microsoft products.
> > Web browsers: there's Seamonkey which is ported to VMS on Alpha and
> > Itanium. The alternative is Mozilla which is showing its age. Mozilla
> > has a mail and news interface, I do not know about Seamonkey.
> > I run Mozilla on an AS1200 5/533 (dual cpu) and 2 GB main memory and
> > it is slow to start. Once it is running I have no problems using it,
> > other than that it lacks modern functionality (no multiple pages). It
> > is not noticably faster on a 600 MHz XP1000 while surfing.
> > There used to be a spreadsheet tool for VMS (portacalc?) no idea what
> > its current status is but I guess dead. It's not on the Freeware V8
> > cd's. Another poster mentioned Wordperfect, which ran on VAX/VMS.
> > If there's no need to be compatible with MS-Office then one of the
> > text editors may suit your needs.
> > It's not necessarily a stupid idea but VMS is way behind in
> > functionality now offered by, say, Sun's OpenOffice.
> > For programming VMS is my preferred platform, the software is for my
> > own use and amusement. I run the X displays on a pc which runs XP and
> > ReflectionX.
> > It's nice to be able to surf and read mail on a VMS platform, but the
> > truth is that 90% is done one the XP platform.
> > Linux may be an alternative but I never ever really liked unix.
> > Hans
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> Thanks for info. Do you know if Sun's OpenOffice has been ported over
> to OVMS??
> Looks like I'm better off staying with XP and just try to keep virus
> updates and firewall
> as tight as possiable.
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> Still open to any other ideas using VMS!!!!
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No, openOffice hasn't been ported to VMS.
I'm afraid that the days are long gone when VMS excelled as an
application server platform.
I still develop small programs on VMS, mainly games for my children
(Lingo, Mastermind) but commercial activities, even opensource
activities are very limited indeed.
So you're probably better served by an XP or Mac OS based system with
tightened security and a good virusscanner. AVG from Grisoft was
already mentioned and it has served me well (since 2002 or 2003). They
hide the freeware pretty well on the site, google for freeavg.
Hans