[Info-vax] eCube OpenVMS survey

[Kerry Main]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Info-vax [mailto:info-vax-bounces at info-vax.com] On Behalf Of
> Stephen Hoffman
> Sent: 14-Mar-15 10:28 PM
> To: info-vax at info-vax.com
> Subject: Re: [New Info-vax] eCube OpenVMS survey
> 
> On 2015-03-15 01:30:47 +0000, iloveopenvms at gmail.com said:
> 
> 
> > Any chance of creating a module / revamping your product to integrate
> > with Visual studio?
> 
> The eCube NXTware Remote package is associated with the Java-based
> Eclipse environment.   IIRC, it'll run on Windows, Linux, OS X and
> probably some other platforms.  I would not expect that environment to
> be portable to nor integrate particularly well with the Microsoft
> Visual tools.
> 
> > One of the greatest threats to OpenVMS I see is actually the opening
> up
> > of Windows
> 
> Can you elaborate on this?   Also on what you mean by a threat, here?
> Microsoft Windows was on a bazillion desktops and laptops, and
> Windows
> Server was the foundation for many of the core communications,
> collaboration and infrastructure services — mail, DNS, authentication,
> collaboration — in many companies.   For its foibles, Windows does
> these jobs and does meet the needs of its users.
> 

[snip..]

> So... that's why I'm skeptical.  But in all seriousness, please do 
> indicate why you think Microsoft is a thread, and .NET would help.

One possible benefit might be to provide a means to address the
VM sprawl issues (technical and costs) and Windows OS security issues 
that plague many Customers today. Stack more than one or two bus 
apps per OS. Providing better clustering under the .Net covers might 
also be of interest to Customers. (yes, this assumes new licensing
model that is much more competitive with other X86-64 OS platforms)

Course, have no idea what the technical and/or license challenges that 
might be required to get something like this implemented.

Regards,

Kerry Main
Back to the Future IT Inc.
 .. Learning from the past to plan the future

Kerry dot main at backtothefutureit dot com