[Info-vax] Using VMS for a web server

[johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk]

On Monday, 8 June 2015 19:40:59 UTC+1, Jan-Erik Soderholm  wrote:
> David Froble skrev den 2015-06-08 19:21:
> > Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> >
> >> Exactly.  I would never run a webserver on a machine that was intended
> >> to do the data processing for the business.
> >
> > It would depend, but I'd usually agree with this.
> 
> David, how many web servers have *you* setup and managed?
> On VMS or on any platform?
> 
> There isn't anything magic with a web server, it is just
> another application out there. You can use it and you can
> missuse it as much as you like. Just as any application

It's not really to do with whether Dave's run a webserver
(I've tried webservers occasionally and usually given up as
other folks have been better qualified for the task).

The magic in this picture is that there is a vision in "the
market" that any 13 year old (or is it IQ of 13, I forget)
can set up and manage a webserver using "commodity"
components.

Whether this is an accurate vision is a different question,
but it is widely held.

Whether the resulting setup is likely to be safe, secure, and
trustworthy is another different question.

Selling VMS as a webserver platform? There may be more rewarding
places to start, in general. Doesn't mean there aren't places
where it would make good sense. Dave needs to get out more, and
so do I :)

One size may not always fit all, even in webserver stacks.