[Info-vax] Updated HPE/VSI OpenVMS V8.4-2L1 Marketing Brochures

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Den 2016-10-01 kl. 16:56, skrev Kerry Main:
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>> Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> Subject: Re: [Info-vax] Updated
>> HPE/VSI OpenVMS V8.4-2L1 Marketing Brochures
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>> On 2016-10-01 13:25:57 +0000, David Froble said:
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>>> I'll just ask, other than the concept that there is something
>> special
>>> about open source, just what real world benefits can you
>> imagine there
>>> might be?
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>> Asking a question is a very good start to learning.   Apache and
>> nginx are available, common and with active development, known
>> configuration syntax and other benefits.   As good as WASD is and as
>> well- integrated as it is, it's yet another thing that folks would
>> have to learn, if WASD were to be the web server integrated into
>> OpenVMS. Postfix and other common packages are similarly known.   ISC
>> BIND is already part of OpenVMS, albeit not particularly integrated
>> and a very old version. And yes, there are platforms that put very
>> effective GUIs in front of Apache, Postfix, BIND and other tools.
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> While ports are available on different platforms, Apache and nginx are
> native *nix developed so have a *nix focus of development.
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> IIS is a good example where the vendor Microsoft has developed a
> platform specific alternative to Apache/nginx. While many could argue
> which web solution is better on a Windows platform, there are a lot of
> Windows focused groups who do IIS because it is a native Windows
> solution.
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> Imho, the bundling of a solution developed specifically for a platform
> e.g. WASD does not prevent an alternative solution like Apache from also
> being used on a specific platform. A pre-installed Apache on LD
> container similar to how Perl is distributed on OpenVMS might be one
> option.
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> In terms of overall solutions enhancement, I remember what a Microsoft
> Engineer told me one time - the biggest driver for new features and
> enhancements to the core Windows platform did not come from Customers,
> but rather the internal SQL Server, IIS and Exchange groups at
> Microsoft.

Same with Rdb. Many VMS enhancements was on request from the Rdb group.
Even after Rdb was sold to Oracle.

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> Regards,
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> Kerry Main Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com
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