[Info-vax] Vax Station 4000 VLC

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/25/2018 4:07 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> 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.

Sure - there will be a decent number of people that would like
that.

But VSI is a business. If the "would like" does not mean
extra sales, then ...

And we should not blame VSI for that. We want them to
prosper.

Besides most web browser technology is open source today.
Nothing prevents us from creating a browser for VMS ourselves
if we really want it.

:-)

Arne