[Info-vax] DCL Syntax

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2018-08-31 kl. 17:29, skrev 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.  :-)

There are other desktop environments that supports up to date
web browsers. It really doesn't matter, let the user use whatever
desktop environment they want.

> 
>>                           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?

There is no "non-VMS software" to write. The support is already
built-in in any modern browser. Yes, some browser JS maybe, but
that is expected from any modern web application. And it is
plattform independant.

> How do you decide which other OSes that
> offer desktops your going to support?  Or are you happy alienating
> some of the customer base?

Go web-based and you will support all popular desktops...

> 
> bill
>