[Info-vax] Vax Station 4000 VLC

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 12/25/18 2:15 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 12/25/2018 2:18 AM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>> 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.  It doesn't have
>> to have all the bells and whistles.  A reasonably modern web browser
>> would probably be enough.  :-|
> 
> You think there will be people willing to pay for a VMS license
> for a box used for web browsing running VMS?
> 
> I don't see that as realistic.
> 

Maybe not, but people running VMS may want to browse the web
without having to go to a different machine just for that one
trivial task.

bill