[Info-vax] OpenVMS Hobbyist Notification

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 3/10/2020 1:33 AM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> In article <r46koh$13bs$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=
> <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
>> But I would expect many such companies using VMS to have:
>> * the VMS system running core app
>> * a Windows system as AD and file & print server
>> * a Linux system for web
> 
> But why?  VMS is perfectly capable of running a webserver.

It can.

But if they want to run something easy to support
then they will go for Linux. When they need something
special then on Linux they can either get binaries or
source that just build and there will be plenty of
guides available on the internet. With VMS they will
be starting a porting project.

Arne