[Info-vax] Vax Station 4000 VLC

[Dave Froble]

On 12/26/2018 9:11 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> 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

POSIX ended up being "everybody look and act like Unix".

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