[Info-vax] VMS Features I Wish Linux Had

[Kerry Main]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Info-vax [mailto:info-vax-bounces at info-vax.com] On Behalf Of
> Stephen Hoffman via Info-vax
> Sent: 13-Jun-16 8:23 PM
> To: info-vax at info-vax.com
> Cc: Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid>
> Subject: Re: [New Info-vax] VMS Features I Wish Linux Had
> 
> On 2016-06-13 22:34:16 +0000, Kerry Main said:
> 
> > "Henry Ford looked at problems people actually had, and came up with
> > new solutions that people couldn’t articulate or conceive of."
> >
> >
> >
> > Or in other words - "blue oceans vs red oceans"
> >
> 
> Ayup.   Though it does appear that DVCS is an area that you cannot
> articulate nor conceive of.   Or that you prefer to disbelieve the
> usefulness of the tools.   Given that OpenVMS isn't particularly good
> at accessing a DVCS — yes, jgit or the Python Hg bits — unfamiliarity
> with these tools and these approaches is not a huge surprise, though.
>  Windows (Visual Studio) and macOS (Xcode) both integrate with git, so
> that's a little more natural for developers working with those tools on
> those platforms, and there are command-line and other GUI tools
> available.   I don't know off-hand if eCube NXTware or the old Netbeans
> bits for OpenVMS integrate with git.
> 

Knowing what our requirements are, and a fair bit of research, a DVCS 
just does not seem like a good match for us. We shall see - things might
change.

Re: NXTware Remote is a multi-platform (Windows, Linux, MAC) eclipse
based GUI editor for OpenVMS code that integrates with SVN, CMS  (not 
sure what others).

Available  gui language Eclipse plug-in editors include COB, Java, FOR 
(77, 90, 95, 2003, 2008), BAS, PAS, C/C++, Lua, Erlang, Python, JavaScript, 
Perl, Ada)

Integrates with DECset products as well (MMS, CMS LSE etc)

http://www.ecubesystems.com/products/nxtware-remote.html

Also integrates with Jenkins on OpenVMS: (have not looked at this fully,
but looks promising)
http://www.slideshare.net/ecubemarketing/why-nxtware-remote-for-jenkins

May 2016 news:
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/05/prweb13418603.htm

Regards,

Kerry Main
Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com