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

[Dave Froble]

On 11/14/2019 5:07 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> In article <qqkht8$qqi$1 at dont-email.me>, Dave Froble
> <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
>
>> 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.
>
> Sure I do, just so that I can connect enough disks.  :-)  Also, rolling
> upgrades are possible.

And you need how many disks?  How much storage?

>> 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.
>
> They are there for a reason.  If you don't make use of the benefit, that
> is your problem.

I don't have a problem.

>> 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?
>
> No.  Functionality.  Consider the command
> DIR/SIN=<date>/BEF=<date>/FROM=<sender>/SUB=<subject> to select such
> messages.  Can Thunderbird do that?

Actually, without doing a bunch of testing, yes, I do believe I can do 
all of that.  Different technique.  Same results.

>> 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.
>
> The intrinsic quality of something is independent of whether one can get
> new ones.  Where can I get a cheap painting by Leonardo?  (In my case, I
> have enough spares to last me the rest of my life.)

You like using that expression.  So, what are you going to do if one of 
you lifetime supplies runs out?  Jump off the bridge?  Bungie jump 
without the bungie?

>> I've used SEDT, I think that is the name, in the past.  It's a WEENDOZE
>> based tool.  Pretty much EDT on WEENDOZE.
>
> Why use an OS whose name you mock?

It serves my purpose for some things.  Not for others.

>> Replying to you on a WEENDOZE XP system.
>
> Why?
>

To show it's possible?

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