[Info-vax] Vax Station 4000 VLC

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 12/26/18 8:52 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 12/26/2018 12:36 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> 
>> Define "vendor".  All of the current browsers, except one, are
>> developed by third party sources.  Why should it be otherwise?
>> No one here is asking VSI to develop a web browser.  Only to
>> provide the OS necessary parts to run one.
> 
> And what does that mean?  Turn VMS into WEENDOZE and Linux?  Why bother?
> 
> If the browsers are developed to work in specific environments, then how 
> can an environment that is different be expected to support those browsers?
> 
> If the tools used to develop a browser are specific to Linux or 
> WEENDOZE, then the development of the browser(s) itself precludes 
> environments where the tools don't exist, or perhaps cannot exist.
> 

Sigh.....


Back in September of 1980 there was a paper written called "A
Virtual Operating System".  This was long before POSIX was even
a gleam in some programmer's eye.  It consisted of Primitives,
Utilities and a Shell.  It allowed a lot of programs to be
that could be run on a number of very disparate Operating
Systems.  GCOS, Primos, MP/OS, TOPS, RSX, RT-11, RSTS, Unix,
Multics, Exec-8, UCSD-Pascal, CP/M, ISIS, MVS, VM/CMS and
numerous others, and yes, VMS.  Sadly, it was an academic
endeavour and we all know what happens when academics get
bored.  But the fact is it was done and could be done again.
We now have the POSIX standard as a target.  It was another
failure by the owners of VMS when they dropped yet another
ball.  It can be fixed.

bill