[Info-vax] link to what is actually being ported to x86?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 6/3/2019 7:09 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 6/3/2019 11:01 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 6/3/2019 10:53 AM, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
>>> On 6/2/2019 7:16 PM, seasoned_geek wrote:
>>>> How many of you are actually using/maintaining/developing green
>>>> screen FMS
>>>> based applications today?
>>>
>>>      We have sold many DECforms and FMS licenses.
>>
>> That is not surprising considering that many VMS systems
>> are running 25-40 year old applications.
>>
>> So those products are a must to retain existing VMS customers.
>>
>> But getting new VMS customers will be a totally different
>> game.
> 
> While not something I'd choose, one option for new customers is to 
> interface to users via web server.
> 
> I haven't looked at it, but WASD has, I believe, a browser based 
> terminal emulator.
> 
> I don't think my idea is popular, but, what I'd consider is a WEENDOZE 
> client that can be closely coupled with VMS apps.  The user interface 
> could be fed from the VMS app, or be a WEENDOZE GUI app which is part of 
> the overall app.

New applications will look at some options:
* web application with server side generated HTML
* web application with static HTML/CSS/JS and only web services server side
* iOS apps (Swift) using web services
* Android apps (Java) using web services
* Windows desktop apps (most likely C# with WPF) using web services

I doubt VT terminal emulator will be considered by many.

Arne