[Info-vax] Reopen OPERATOR.LOG from batch?
Jan-Erik Söderholm
jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com
Wed Sep 18 06:02:53 EDT 2019
Den 2019-09-18 kl. 11:32, skrev IanD:
> Disquiet about silly old things brings it to attention rather than being
> ignored for the next smuck to hit their head on it
>
> Sort of akin to the squeaky wheel getting the grease
>
> VMS had got a lot of catching up to do and I think it's great to hear
> about how other OS's have surged ahead while VMS has been sleeping
> because it helps set the bar for how high VMS needs to jump
>
> Hearing some of the loud snoring that goes on within the belly of the OS
> also serves as a reminder that the only way forward is to embrace
> beneficial change
>
> I don't think it's beneficial that so many things in VMS remain either
> undocumented or are just plain new user unfriendly
>
> Go ahead, keep thinking VMS in its current state is good enough and see
> how quickly that strategy will bring about an even quicker death
>
> I for one value Master Hoffman's critiques. He's obviously got a ton of
> comparative OS, programming, networking and business knowledge that
> should be being tapped for input into where VMS could go
>
> Can't say I can recall any rant of his about the shortcomings of VMS
> that weren't true and called for either
>
Yes, sure. He is not *wrong* as such. But the 10'th time the same rant
comes, that everyone has heard and read before, and that is mostly
unreleated to the question at hand, I at least have had enough.
And I prefer to say so, instead of blocking the/his posts.
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