[Info-vax] Java on VMS, was: Re: So is there still a hobbyist program or not

[Richard Maher]

On 22/07/2019 3:29 am, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 7/21/2019 1:41 PM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
>> Den 2019-07-21 kl. 16:55, skrev Arne Vajhøj:
>>> On 7/21/2019 8:46 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>> On 2019-07-21, Simon Clubley 
>>>> <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:
>>>>> However, even though it is the newer of the two, Java will actually
>>>>> probably die off quicker than COBOL, especially given the stunts
>>>>> that Oracle are pulling over its licencing.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> A question about Java on the server (instead of client):
>>>>
>>>> For those of you using Java on the server, what are you moving to
>>>> for new development if you are thinking of moving away from Java ?
>>>
>>> The likely options for the server side of a total new
>>> business application are pretty well known:
>>>
>>> The current king: Java.
>>>
>>> The big contenders:
>>> * .NET
>>> * PHP
>>>
>>> The more exotic choices:
>>> * keep JVM but switch language to Scala or Kotlin or Groovy
>>> * .NET Core
>>> * Python
>>> * Ruby
>>> * node.js (JavaScript)
>>>
>>> There are plenty of options.
>>
>> And all those are availble on VMS? Not bad...
> 
> Not all. But most.
> 
> Java, PHP, Scala, Kotlin, Groovy, Python and Ruby are available
> (but not necessarily in latest version).
> 
> I don't think node.js is available on VMS.
> 
> .NET and .NET Core are not available on VMS.

Maybe someone can ask Microsoft to "leverage the affinity"? :-|