[Info-vax] web browsers for VMS on ALPHA

[Michael Kraemer]

Richard B. Gilbert schrieb:
> On 2/20/2011 3:06 PM, Michael Kraemer wrote:
> 
>>
>> I wonder when some people will finally get it:
>> it's not about browsing the web the *cheapest* way,
>> it's about browsing the web with *VMS*.
> 
> Go thou, and write your browser.  I predict that it will fall flat on 
> its face in the market place.

A browser is not about making money.
It's about keeping the platform usable
for more than just dumb server tasks.

> Face it, VMS has been on life support for the last ten or twelve years!
> MUMPS and CACHE experience is almost a requirement for any job involving 
> VMS!

And how soon will we see those apps going Weendoze as well,
so one has everything on a single platform?

> Comp.os.vms is a pale shadow of what it was twenty years ago.

That may be true actually.
20 years ago nobody here would have applauded the VMS owner
for not providing a decent browser anymore.