[Info-vax] Anyone interested in another public access system

[Richard B. Gilbert]

JF Mezei wrote:
> Bob Koehler wrote:
> 
>>    What's wrong with having the right tool for the job?  Sometimes a
>>    stream of bytes is the right tool, sometimes it's not.  Generally
>>    adding data structures and organization helps solve a problem.
> 
> 
> I think RMS should be updated to understand the structure of images. You
> could $OPEN a .JPG file, and have the FAB/RAB populated with all of the
> image attributes (including EXIF information) and you could then read
> record by record (scan line) with RMS doing the decompression for you
> automatically.
> 
> Later on, they should add RMS capabilities to parse movie files as well.

It's not going to happen!  Most people want VMS for serious work.  If 
they want to watch video, they'll use a PC and Windows or, more 
probably, DVD and a TV set.