[Info-vax] Programming languages on VMS

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 02/12/2018 05:34 PM, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
> Den 2018-02-12 kl. 23:18, skrev Stephen Hoffman:
>> On 2018-02-10 04:18:23 +0000, DaveFroble said:
>>
>>> Consider a mfg company, which is what Jan Erik has.  IT is a 
>>> necessary expense.   Not directly something that produces income.
>>>
>>> The purpose of a mfg company is to produce goods, which are sold, 
>>> thus creating profits.
>>>
>>> Now, if, and that is a valid question, the IT system is meeting the 
>>> company's requirements, why would the company waste money to replace 
>>> their IT system?  As requirements change, the system(s) can be 
>>> modified to reflect changing requirements.  But rarely, if ever, will 
>>> things change so much that the current IT system is so far away from 
>>> requirements.  It just doesn't happen.
>>>
>>> So, replacement of the entire system just isn't going to happen.
>>
>> When next the manufacturing line gets rebuilt, the folks will be 
>> looking for upgrades and replacements.
> 
> Funny seeing other speculating about an environment they know very
> little about (apart from that it currently uses VMS)... :-)

I think you would be surprised how many here actually have experience
with computerized manufacturing environments.

> 
> Now, there are something like 15-20 lines, not one line. We have
> two projects right now for one completely new assembly line and one
> upgraded line. Both will use the current VMS based support system
> 
> Any replacement of the support system will run as a separate project.
> 
> 
>> In short: don't look to existing sites for innovative suggestions...
> 
> Right...
> 

Manufacturing automation has come a long ways int he past 20 years.
Anyone who fails to consider modern improvements is being very
foolish.  They may still continue to operate, but just how much
profit will they be flushing down the toilet.

bill