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

[Dirk Munk]

David Froble wrote:
> 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?

Hallelujah, thank you, thank you.