[Info-vax] What would you miss if DECnet got the chop? Was: "bad select 38" (OpenSSL on VMS)

[roger.ivie at gmail.com]

On Sunday, September 18, 2016 at 3:32:44 AM UTC-7, Dirk Munk wrote:
> 
> I will go further then that. By sticking to DECnet Phase IV, you will 
> affectively kill DECnet. If DECnet is nothing else then an IP port for 
> your network people, then who cares. If it is a completely different 
> network environment, it will be all the more reason to kick DECnet and 
> even VMS out.
> 
> Does this make sense to you?

I'll take the blame. I've also been blamed for killing CP/M (by sticking
with CP/M 2.2) and WordStar (by sticking with WordStar 4).

It's only obsolete when something better comes along.
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roger ivie
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