[Info-vax] OpenVMS STARTUP Whitepaper

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2020-12-05 20:29:25 +0000, geze... at rlgsc.com said:

> Section 11 (Improvements), is not meant to be comprehensive.

I clearly misinterpreted your earlier replies about this whitepaper, 
then. This material is not what I was expecting.

>From that earlier thread... App startup-related processing, PCSI and 
VMSINSTAL installations and the ever-problematic app removal 
requirements, app security and app signing and app isolation, the whole 
area needs an overhaul and substantial updates. There's no good way for 
an app developer to offload any of this from the end-user, and the 
expectations that somebody will need to manually complete an app 
install is archaic at best. Each layered product ends up with a 
different and generic sequence describing how to edit 
SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM, which may or may not be applicable locally. And the 
SYSMAN STARTUP hooks for installers got nowhere. It's all just 
hilarious. And sad.

Avoid passive voice in tech doc.




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