[Info-vax] The best VMS features, was: Re: openvms renaming file

[Dave Froble]

On 5/31/2018 7:38 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:

> My point was that there is little difference between desktop
> and server systems today and writing either off is a bad
> decision.  Can it really be that hard  to write a device
> driver for a limited set of graphics cards?  Remember, we
> are not looking at taking over the gaming market (VMS could
> not do that graphics support or not!!)

In the past it has been rather hard to write the graphics device 
drivers.  In no small part to the secrecy practiced by some graphics 
card mfgs.  I've read that some of that secrecy is less of a problem 
recently.

Also, remember past practices.  If the graphics mfgs wanted to sell into 
the weendoze market, they, not Microsoft, wrote the drivers.  It appears 
they have no such desire for VMS.

Didn't help that a new device would be produced every couple of months.

I've read about some issues with Linux at times, with poor or no support 
for certain graphics devices.

So, yes, it just might be that hard to produce graphics device drivers 
for VMS, even a limited set.

One might wish it was otherwise, but, it is what it is.