[Info-vax] VSI presentations today.

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2019-04-10 kl. 19:53, skrev 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.
> 

The target is simpler management tasks. Checking queues and so on.

>>
>> "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.

That question was quickly passed by, as I remember.

> 
>>
>> 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. :-)

And if so, it will not. All VMS integration is by SSH commands.
There is no server part to install.

> 
>> - 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?

I can't see how that matters a bit. It is just an URL after all.

> 
>>
>> 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...

Have you asked? But yes, it might very well be that all hobbyist
efforts are targeting x86. Fine by me...