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

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2018-05-31 kl. 17:51, skrev 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.
> 

Right, I have to ask...

Exacelly *what* would you use a graphic driver for in VMS?
Why would anyone (apart from hobbyists) want that?
Why whould VSI spend resourses on this?

Development for VMS will in the future not be done on VMS anyway.
Not if you like modern and full-featured tools anyway...