[Info-vax] Process a .pdf file ?

[David J Dachtera]

Michael Kraemer wrote:
> 
> David J Dachtera schrieb:
> 
> >
> > 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.
> 
> And why don't "folks" just create the apps?
> I mean, that's how they do it in Linux-Land.

In VMSland, "users" typically have more productive things to do than
cobble together hacked-up app.'s because none currently exist.

It may be more accurate to say that the app.'s exist, just not where you
need them (WhineBloze only or UN*X only or ...).

Rather the same reason why there were few competitors for the GUI market
outside of M$ and GEOworks. 

I suspect the same is the reason why no FreeVMS project has ever
progressed to the V1.x level.

D.J.D.