[Info-vax] DCL Syntax

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 08/31/2018 10:37 AM, Dave Froble wrote:
> 
> 
> Now, what about the old VMS management station software?  Actually, is 
> requiring a weendoze or other desktop for GUI management of VMS systems 
> all that bad of an idea?  

I am sure there are many here who would say yes, especially if it
required Windows.  :-)

>                           Not a major cost for the desktop.  I think the 
> problem would be insuring that the interface to the desktop, the desktop 
> part of the system, would always be the same as the command line based 
> management.  Might be a whole bunch cheaper and easier than graphics on 
> a VMS system.
> 

And who is going to write and maintain this non-VMS software needed
to administer VMS systems?  How do you decide which other OSes that
offer desktops your going to support?  Or are you happy alienating
some of the customer base?

bill