[Info-vax] VSI presentations today.

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2019-04-11 kl. 14:19, skrev Simon Clubley:
> On 2019-04-10, Jan-Erik Söderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
>> Den 2019-04-10 kl. 19:53, skrev Simon Clubley:
>>> On 2019-04-10, Jan-Erik Söderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "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.
>>
> 
> Pity. That would have been fun. I wonder why they are not running
> it this time around ?
> 

To be fair, yes it might be "fun", but that is it. And as Brett also
said, executing a DIR command doesn't give you a complete OS.


>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>
> 
> Yes, I understood that. What I meant is people asking if they can use
> DECnet as a command transport instead of using SSH as a command transport.
> 

Ah, of there was anyone asking about DECnet at this specific event?
No, there was only professionals looking into the future there,
as far as I understood... :-)

>>>
>>>> - 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.
>>
> 
> The idea is to not scatter various VMS resources across multiple domains
> and to give people a single starting point for everything VSI VMS related.
> 

You do not understand "the web", do you? A page with a vmssoftware.com
URL can have a link to a page with a vmssoftwaretraining.com URL. Most
users might not even notice the difference.

www.vmssoftware.com can still be a/the single starting point.

My best guess is that there is some technical reason that it has been
split up, such as the user account management on the "training" site.


>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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...
>>
> 
> No, I haven't asked. My comments are based on multiple public postings
> from VSI employees about VAX/VMS.
> 

OK. Those that care about VAX-hobbyists might ask then. Yes there are
some that want VAX versions for historical reasons, but most probably
just want to fire up a VirtualBox session and install the x86 version.


> Simon.
>