[Info-vax] VSI presentations today.

[Dave Froble]

On 4/10/2019 1:53 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> 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. :-)

Will it 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.

It would be nice if they just somehow allowed copies of the V7.3 
distribution to be shared, and one time issue a "forever" license. 
Figure, there is most likely no valid reason for anything beyond VAX/VMS 
V7.3.  And that already exists.


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