[Info-vax] Happy new Year !

[JF Mezei]

H Vlems wrote:

> JF, I'm afraid that the next decade will see the end of a truly great
> Operating System.

This does not worry me anymore. There could still be a miracle which
gets HP to change its mind about VMS, but I am not waiting for it.

I think the next decade will be the "moving on" decade where things
introduced during this past decade really replace stuff. On-line
music/movies replacing CD/DVD, VoIP replacing POTS telephone, and
perhaps on-line entertainment replacing legacy television.

We have to learn to let go of cherished things when they no longer have
a future. People didn't have a problem letting go of Telex when fax
replaced it.

The problem these days is that it seems that the replacements are not
better than the older stuff. Itunes music is lesser quality than CD for
instance. And VoIP isn't as reliable as POTS.  And there are many good
features in VMS that are not present in the products meant to replace it.