[Info-vax] Process a .pdf file ?

David J Dachtera djesys.no at spam.comcast.net
Sun Nov 15 20:48:36 EST 2009


Michael Kraemer wrote:
> 
> Hein RMS van den Heuvel schrieb:
> 
> > But if you want to solve the problem, then forget about OpenVMS for
> > this problem and grab PERL or similar tools to muck with this on the
> > PC.
> 
> It is always kind of amusing how on one hand people
> are bemoaning the neglection of VMS in the market place
> and on the other hand recommend PCs for just about every piece of
> practical work.
> Why should HP market VMS if even VMS-aware customers prefer PCs?

Not a question of "preference".

Not a personal attack on you, but:

"It's the applications, stupid!"

If there were a suitable set of products available to run on VMS, folks
certainly would do that.

D.J.D.



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