[Info-vax] Vax Station 4000 VLC

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2018-12-25 kl. 08:18, skrev Phillip Helbig (undress to reply):
> In article <pvs0ti$1q65$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=
> <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
> 
>> GUI is not really important for VMS.
> 
> It depends on what one does with VMS.
> 
>> Sure a newer X and GTK could be nice, but I don't think it would help
>> VSI sell a single VMS license.
> 
> I'm not sure.  Obviously, people still on VMS are dependent on a modern
> GUI.  But it might open the door to some NEW customers.

That had been more logical with "...not dependent on...".

> It doesn't have
> to have all the bells and whistles.  A reasonably modern web browser
> would probably be enough.  :-|
> 

As have been said many times, a web *browser* is wasted money on VMS.
No sane person uses VMS as their "office desktop" today. And the ROI
from some hobbyists will probably not pay the development of it.

And regarding a "GUI for VMS" in general, it is today a web server (on
VMS) and browsers (on some common office desktop platform).