[Info-vax] Happy new Year !

[Richard Maher]

Hi Arne,

"Arne Vajhøj" <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote in message
news:4b3d5ecb$0$279$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk...
> On 31-12-2009 05:28, H Vlems wrote:
> > JF, I'm afraid that the next decade will see the end of a truly great
> > Operating System.
> > The optimism generated by the port of VMS to Itanium, early 2003 is,
> > for me at least, completely gone.
> > If somebody would want an answer to the question "Name an extremely
> > reliable platform for a mission critical application"
> > then I would no longer dare to suggest VMS.
> > I understand the need for standardization, just trying to figure out
> > what kind of memory fits in a certain VAX or Alpha is a RPITA at
> > times.
> > However if standardization also means being stripped of high quality
> > solutions then it is not for me.
>
> I think there is every reason to believe that the decline
> in the number of VMS systems will continue in the next decade.
>
> In 2020 there will be few left.
>
> Sad, but realistic.

That's as maybe; one thing's for sure, and that's the fact that no one needs
a crystal ball to predict that from here till then (day-in, day-fucking-out)
there will be not shortage of white-ants in this group gleefully heralding
the demise of VMS :-(

How inconsolable some must be that VMS is still here in 2010, or are they
all in denial that those of us here with long memories have had to endure
their apocalyptic perditions for over 10 years now?

As one (of many) VMSer who has had to turn his hand to Linux/Windows to
secure any sort of an IT future, I simply cannot understand how VMS's
stengths can go unwitnessed even by those that should no better.

Ah, who cares? I'm off to the Linux server team to hear how they can't
simply upgrade one layed product without upgrading to a new distro (or
whatever it is they call it) of the operating system. And .NET *is* a Web
1.0 server-centric piece o' shit that is there for all to see!

"The browser *is* the client!"
"The browser *is* the computer!"
"The browser can talk to *anything* at the backend!"
"VMS *is* the best server platform on the planet!"

The problem lies not in VMS but in the same scum that has been making the
decisions in VMS for the last 20 years still stalking the corridors :-(

"Yes, but IPsec and IPv6 are not important to VMS as it won't be around long
enough" - you still all make me sick!
>
> Arne

Regards Richard Maher

PS. Nice to see my brother delayed on QANTAS for an hour because "a server
went down". Sheesh - I wonder if there's any technology that could fix that?

PPS. And then ther's the true story about my old boss who was suggesting
rebuilding MySQL from sources to get around some problem :-o