[Info-vax] web browsers for VMS on ALPHA

[Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOeGER]

In article <ed14e8a8-e2d1-49ff-88b1-b884218c76d7 at l22g2000pre.googlegroups.com>, Wendell <wendellxe at yahoo.com> writes:
>On Feb 18, 4:39=A0pm, hel... at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---
>undress to reply) wrote:
>>  I want to
>> get a somewhat more modern web browser to run on VMS on ALPHA.
>
>I was wondering why the HP Firefox Web Browser V2.0-18 isn't available
>for Alpha. Is there a lot more than a recompile involved?
>
>http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/products/ips/firefox/index.html

HP isn't interested in having browsers on VMS.
Firefox was a one time port for a large customer.
It isn't kept current (even on Itanic) - unless someone pays again.

Sigh
And another Sigh for HPQ talking (for years now) over this old/single port

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Peter "EPLAN" LANGSTÖGER
Network and OpenVMS system specialist
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