[Info-vax] Vax Station 4000 VLC

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 12/25/18 4:43 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> 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.
> 

OK, let's turn it around and look from a different view.
If I have to have Windows on all  my desktops, why would
I choose to put something else in my server room when I
can also put Windows there and then I only have one type
of system to administer and maintain.

bill