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

[David Froble]

Michael Moroney wrote:
> I am following this thread with interest because I put
> a bunch of effort getting DECnet V/DECnet Plus to build
> at VSI, what we got from HP was a bit of a mess.  Since
> then I wondered, how many customers actually use DECnet V
> (or DECnet IV), and for what.
> 
> Of course the VMS builtin where you could access any
> file on your DECnet with almost any software just by
> using the file spec node::dev:[dir.sub]file.ext is
> really great, and is missed on TCP/IP.

Ok, more thoughts.

I'm guessing TCP/IP is sort of the same on multiple platforms.  Maybe not.  But 
if it is, then implementing some of the DECnet capabilities using TCP/IP might 
not be considered part of TCP/IP, but VMS extensions (tools) to the product.

But, then it could be argued, DECnet as it is now is just that, VMS specific tools.

One could ask, why re-invent the wheel?