[Info-vax] Bliss was Re: Learning VMS application programming

[JF Mezei]

On 14-09-13 06:48, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:

> Define "market".
> An OpenVMS desktop market? No.
> A (real) market asking for an OpenVMS browser? Probably no.


If  VMS itself moves to browser based management interfaces, then it
must have a browser so you can manage the machine within the machine.
(consider when you reconfigure the network stack, you may wish to do
this locally without using the network).

In other words, the browser shouldn't be seen as a desktop market thing,
but rather as a tool required to manage your systems.

One can argue that systems management can be done from a desktop and
that the VMS servers need not have their own browsers. This philosophy
has been used for network gear. But note that while CISCO has been
pushing ackward web based management, serous network managers stll use
text based config files, and telnet/ssh access to switches to do command
line management, as well as stuff like SNMP.

The problem here is that a stable VMS system could be managed pretty
much like a network appliance. However, a VMS system that supports
developmenrt teams, new apps, lots of testing and thinkering would
likely want a very more "hands on" system management.