[Info-vax] Vax Station 4000 VLC

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2018-12-25 kl. 22:07, skrev 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...

What does "running VMS" more specifically mean?

There is absolutelly no reason not to mix and match your tools.
Use VMS for your backend processing where it works OK. Then use
other platforms for your desktop tools (incl. tools to access your
VMS systems) where there are much better alternatives then VMS.

> may want to browse the web
> without having to go to a different machine just for that one
> trivial task.
>

If you have your VMS system accessed in a terminal window or a tab
in your browser, you do not have to "go to a different machine" to
access anything else from the web. Or write a Word document. Or
check your mails on the corporate MS Exchange systems.



> bill
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