[Info-vax] How to Avoid Old Software, Old Bugs?

[Dave Froble]

On 11/14/2019 3:07 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> In article <qqjkmq$ujn$3 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
> <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>
>>> 7.3-2 Alpha is probably better, in many respects, than many much newer
>>> operating systems.
>>
>> Why ?
>
> Clustering from the bottom up rather than the top down, built-in
> low-level file-versioning system, nice MAIL utility (much better than
> many others I have used: Outlook, Lotus Notes, Pine, Elm, web-based
> email, etc), support for the very nice LK keyboards, the wonderful EDT
> editor, and so on.  None of that really available elsewhere.
>

Phillip, the only reason you may not get hammered for the above is 
because you're talking to other VMS bigots.

For what you're doing, there is no way you need clustering.  You do it 
because you want to do it.  A shop that needs clusters can benefit, but 
not you.

I'm used to file versions.  Doesn't bother me.  No such on my WEENDOZE 
systems, and, that doesn't bother me either.  I'm sure some people 
really detest them.

VMS mail is so 1980 or so.  I use Thunderbird, and while it has warts, 
it's rather well done.  Of course, not on VMS.  Guess that's the killer, 
huh?

Support for any KB is not, as much as I can tell, any part of an OS. 
Yes, some utilities support the LK keyboard.  For what it's worth, I 
much prefer the LK KB.  Now, tell me where to get any new ones.

I've used SEDT, I think that is the name, in the past.  It's a WEENDOZE 
based tool.  Pretty much EDT on WEENDOZE.

Replying to you on a WEENDOZE XP system.

:-)

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