[Info-vax] Vax Station 4000 VLC

[Dave Froble]

On 12/25/2018 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.
>
> Arne
>

I'm going to predict that VMS will not have any browser that matches 
what's available today.  Though, what's available today can be 
questionable, at to it's worth.  Market is too small.

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