[Info-vax] PC/VT Keyboarrd Mapping

[Kerry Main]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Info-vax [mailto:info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com] On Behalf Of
> Stephen Hoffman via Info-vax
> Sent: 23-Jun-16 10:39 AM
> To: info-vax at rbnsn.com
> Cc: Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid>
> Subject: Re: [Info-vax] PC/VT Keyboarrd Mapping
> 
> On 2016-06-23 13:55:10 +0000, Kerry Main said:
> >
> > Another view of this would be "carpenters should never tell another
> > carpenter what tools they should use on a project"
> >
> > Can you imagine telling Microsoft Engineers what tools they should
use
> > to build Windows?
> 
> "Dogfooding" is a term originally used by Microsoft, and intended to
> encourage their own folks to use their own tools.
> 
> To use what they are selling.
> 
> In the case of OpenVMS, that usage doesn't and can't happen when
> you're
> using keyboards that simply aren't available anymore.
> 

The dog food concept has been around forever (ok, long time), but 
telling developers what type of keyboard to use on a Windows laptop 
for developing OpenVMS code is a huuuuge stretch .. 

It's a personal preference whether an emulated or physical keyboard
is used.


Regards,

Kerry Main
Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com