[Info-vax] Vax Station 4000 VLC

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/25/2018 8:19 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 12/25/18 7:22 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>> On 12/25/2018 5:30 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>> 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.
>>
>> One could consider VMS as a much better server OS.  I most certainly 
>> do, and if it's being once again maintained, then it will be even 
>> better for some things.
> 
> Yes, but the industry doesn't rally around you.  When the time to
> spend the money comes VMS is the red headed stepchild.  If I have
> 500 Windows systems and one VMS system that requires special hardware
> and specially qualified people to work on it it better bring something
> really tangible to the table.  And one man's opinion that it is better
> compared to an industry that doesn't even remember what it is isn't
> going to do it.  VMS is playing catch-up and it is playing it from
> a very poor position.

VMS has many obstacles to overcome.

But not having a good desktop environment does not seem to be
one of them as people seem willing to run different OS on desktop
and server.

Arne