[Info-vax] A possible platform for VMS?

[Dirk Munk]

Kerry Main wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Info-vax [mailto:info-vax-bounces at info-vax.com] On Behalf Of
>> Dirk Munk
>> Sent: 02-Mar-15 3:24 AM
>> To: info-vax at info-vax.com
>> Subject: Re: [New Info-vax] A possible platform for VMS?
>>
>
> [Snip..]
>
>>> Perhaps OpenVMS based thin client on cheap x86 is a future option?
>>>
>>> :-)
>>>
>>
>> Over 20 years ago I had a remote booting Vaxstation, so what's new
>> about
>> this concept?
>>
>
> Nothing (as my reply stated, flash from the past ..)
>
> As technology changes, solutions are re-invented and given new sexier
> names to sell products & concepts.
>
> In same fashion -
>
> OLD (DEC) NAS (Network App Services) = Today SOA
> OLD shared services (aka "utility") = Today Private Clouds
> OLD Selective IT Outsourcing = Today Public Clouds
> OLD (DEC) Notesfiles = Today Web Conferencing (still waiting
> for "Next Unseen" feature)
> OLD (DEC) VMS Phone Utility = Today Phone Chat (Whatsapp, BBM,
> texting etc etc)
>
> I am sure this list could go on and on ..
>
> :-)
>
> Regards,
>
> Kerry Main
> Back to the Future IT Inc.
>   .. Learning from the past to plan the future
>
> Kerry dot main at backtothefutureit dot com
>
>

Very true :-)
The number of wheels that are reinvented in the IT industry are 
sufficient to supply the whole automotive industry for a year.