[Info-vax] Should VSI create a modern day VMS applications book ?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 8/20/2018 7:57 AM, Neil Rieck wrote:
> Update to my previous post. The two books published by "Digital Educational Services" were titled:
> 
> Utilizing VMS features from VAX (Lecture Guide)

I think you missed the language.

> EY-2321E-LG-0001 (Wire Bound)
> November 1984
> 
> Utilizing VMS features from VAX BASIC (Language-Specific Workbook)
> EY-2321E-WB-0001 (Wire Bound)
> November 1984
> 
> I began working with VMS in 1987 when I was transferred into a department where one guy (Harry S) had been given all the courses and the rest of us (~ 5 developers) were expected to learn from Harry (by osmosis?). During one of these events, Harry was too busy to answer my questions so he handed me these manuals.
> 
> So to answer the question asked in the original post, yes: if VSI wants to keep OpenVMS alive then they need to commission or re-market some material showing how to write OpenVMS applications. If they do not want to spend money writing paper-based manuals, then how about a website. That is what I tried to do here over the past 20 years.
> 
> http://neilrieck.net/demo_vms_html/openvms_demo_index.html

Note that the need for / desire to write OS specific code has decreased
a lot since 1984.

Arne