[Info-vax] Radical command line suggestion

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2015-03-20 17:02:24 +0000, Bill Gunshannon said:

> Of course, given the right permissions, one could always include an emulator
> and a limited functionality, prebuilt VMS image for it to run so that people
> with the book could actually try some of the stuff.

AFAIK, something similar to that work is already underway; a pre-built 
OpenVMS kit for folks to do open source work.

> Yeah, but some of us still prefer paper copies.  Why, you say?  Well,
> as you already learned, no INTERNET access at home.

That's why I've been pointing to caching-capable options.   The 
Evernote package works decently well, and can work offline.  All of the 
major eBook readers can work offline, too.

> And then there
> were a lot of places I used to work where you couldn't even bring a
> cellphone (and they were a lot more limited then) in, much less a
> computer with network access.  I don't think I have to tell you what
> or where those places are.  :-)  And then, there are people, like me,
> who still like to read a real book once in a while.

Folks with those interests and those requirements can buy the books 
and/or can provide readers inside the perimeter.

> Someone mentioned MOOC here earlier.  There is probably nothing stopping
> some of our experts from creating Online Courses about VMS.  As a matter
> of fact, it might be very interesting to see how many people (and who)
> sign up for them.  Might even find a major institution who would host it
> for exactly that demographic data.  (Like Stanford who seem to be getting
> into this MOOC stuff ful throttle!)

Most universities either have these courses, or seem to want to add them.

The DCL book update was ~six months of evenings and weekends; no small 
investment of time.


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