[Info-vax] VSI presentations today.

[Simon Clubley]

On 2019-04-10, Jan-Erik Söderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Was earlier today at the Swedish HP-Connect VMS-SIG annual
> meeting, and there was some presentations from the Swedish
> VSI office. It was said that the presentation material would
> be made available in some way, but here are a few notes...
>

Thanks for the update Jan-Erik.

> - WebUI. Web interface to common VMS mgr tasks.
>

Depending on the level of functionality, this could help a lot
with integrating VMS into a modern environment.

>
> "First boot is hours away". Number of hours not specified...
> I think that estimate was a couple of weeks to a month.
>

I assume VSI are not running the boot contest then if it's as
close as that.

>
> New IDE:
> - Get MS VS Code from MS.
> - Get VMS extentions from "MS MarketPlace".
> - No additional softare on VMS, all done through SSH.

I really hope no-one asks if it will also run over DECnet. :-)

> - See https://www.vmssoftwaretraining.com/wiki/VMS_IDE for info.
>

Having different domain names may not be a good idea. Wouldn't it
be better to have everything under the normal and well-known VSI
domain name ?

>
> VSI quickly commented on "Hobbyist licenses".
> - It is "in the works".
> - Maybe a self-service portal with free downloads.
>

Nice to see this is in the process of being addressed.

The interesting question is what happens to the VAX hobbyists ?

VSI can't release anything associated with VAX, and HPE are likely
to terminate the HPE VMS hobbyist program when they end VMS support.

Simon.

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