[Info-vax] web browsers for VMS on ALPHA

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

JF Mezei wrote 2011-02-20 22:03:

> If you don't need
> patches/new softrware, then you don't need a browser on VMS to download
> them.
>

I have fetched and installed patches and other kits on VMS for
something like 20 years now without ever using a VMS based browser.
Get real...

> And what browsers are available are probably enough to download patches.
> You don't need fancy flash, javascript, CSS on VMS they would argue.
>
> Remember that VMS is just a server OS now. There is still X11 but only
> meant for system management, not for desktop use. For desktop you need
> to use a real HP hardware running windows for that.

No, any hardware that runs some common desktop OS is just fine. It doesn't
have to be HP hardware and is doesn't have to be Windows.

I can't for my life understand what gets you going with
your sometimes plain idiotic posts.