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

[Dirk Munk]

Michael Moroney wrote:
> David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
>
>> Michael Moroney wrote:
>
>>>  Since
>>> then I wondered, how many customers actually use DECnet V
>>> (or DECnet IV), and for what.
>
>> Then you would know more than most how much effort it will be to keep DECnet
>> around, perhaps without any new work.  Can you answer that question?  How much
>> effort is required to keep DECnet on VMS?
>
> Now that it builds, essentially zero if there is no new work and no
> bugs reported.  But we had to be able to build it in case someone
> does report a bug, and we are to create a version with the fix.
>
> Of course, once x86 comes along, we would have to build it (and
> everything else) for x86.
>
> There is always a chance some big VMS project breaks something in
> DECnet that would require fixing ( = $$$) Perhaps the new file system?
> I don't know.
>

I see no reason why the new file system should break DECnet. I suppose 
it would require making changes to FAL.