[Info-vax] Programming languages on VMS

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 2/1/2018 6:22 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 02/01/2018 06:00 PM, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
>> Den 2018-02-01 kl. 23:37, skrev Bill Gunshannon:
>>> On 02/01/2018 05:27 PM, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
>>>> Den 2018-02-01 kl. 20:42, skrev Bill Gunshannon:
>>>>> Really.  So when the system disk dies who replaces the software
>>>>> on it?  The PC weenie down the hall?
>>>>
>>>> You replace the failing disk in the mirror-set and HBVS rebuilds
>>>> the failing disk. No software is "replaced".
>>>
>>> Who is "you"?  The secretary?  The Credit Union Manager?
>>> The PC weenie down the hall who is lucky if he can install
>>> a printer?
>>
>> Well, if you do have a system, I guess you do also have someone
>> to fix small issues or someone to call in. Note that a failed
>> disk in a mirror-set is not that urgent, in particular if it
>> is an 3-disk mirror set. It is not a show-stopper and you
>> can get it fixed at office times.
> 
> But that was my point exactly.  It would take someone familiar with
> not only VMS but the hardware that VMS runs on, which is not PC
> class hardware.

You don't think a normal bright guy can pull out a hot swapable
disk and put another one in?

Arne