[Info-vax] VMS-based InfoServer

[Michael Kraemer]

In article <e1df2a7d-5384-4917-8055-220e0264218f at i24g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>,
John Wallace <johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk> writes:

> 
> Any technologist or even any craftsman or even any car fleet operator
> (etc) who believes that there is one universal best tool (or even tool
> family) that fits all requirements needs their head examining and
> should immediately be disqualified from serious consideration for any
> real work.
> 
> Afaict it is only in the world of IT that the insanity of "one tool,
> one supplier, one ecosystem, any business, any application" has become
> widely acceptable.

I think the single tool analogy isn't quite appropriate.
An OS is more like a toolbox containing various tools.
The current mainstream OS's have tools for just about everything,
including server tasks.
VMS toolbox appears to be rather empty, its contents
reduced to wrenches for pentagonal screw heads
or similarly useless tools,
but lacking simple screwdrivers or hammers.
So if you're looking for a versatile toolbox,
which one would you buy?