[Info-vax] OT: Rob Short: Operating System Evolution

[Richard B. Gilbert]

John Wallace wrote:
> On Jan 6, 4:50 am, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilber... at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>> Bob Koehler wrote:
>>> In article <oe6dnbsExJlqqtzWnZ2dnUVZ_uCdn... at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilber... at comcast.net> writes:
>>>> I wouldn't expect ANY word processor to be a huge success on VMS.  It's
>>>> damned difficult to run a WYSIWYG processor on a system that natively
>>>> can output only ASCII text.  You can run it on a workstation but I think
>>>> it's a great deal cheaper to run it on a PC.
>>>    Why in the world do you think VMS "can output only ASCII text"?  I've
>>>    been using other data formats on VMS since 1980.
>> Which tools in VMS (not layered products) output selectable fonts and
>> selectable type sizes?  I can do a lot with TeX and LaTeX but that's not
>> native VMS.
> 
> Let's assume that you consider DECwindows Motif not a layered product.
> Is that OK?
> 

No, it's not OK!  It's a layered product, separately licensed and, of 
course, expensive!  If the license had not been included with my Alpha 
Station 200 I couldn't afford it!