[Info-vax] OpenVMS Development Annoyances

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 5/7/2019 1:14 AM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 5/6/2019 8:31 PM, seasoned_geek wrote:
>> A more direct issue is that many of the custom business applications 
>> running on OpenVMS have been running 30+ years. Any significant change 
>> to itemlist or the other things being complained about will trash the 
>> installed base.
> 
> I don't see it that way.  If alternative methods are implemented, why 
> should the item list API be removed?  It should be possible to have 
> both.  It's not like there are all that many system services.

Most likely VSI will not remove old API's but just add new API's.

Given the VMS user base it would be a disaster to break all
existing applications.

Arne