[Info-vax] Final Orace release on VMS.

[Marc Van Dyck]

Phillip Helbigundress to reply brought next idea :
> In article <rommta$1vs$3 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
> <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes: 
>
>> On 2020-11-13, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) 
>> <helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de> wrote:
>>> In article <romb9o$f0s$2 at dont-email.me>,
>>> =?UTF-8?Q?Jan-Erik_S=c3=b6derholm?= <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com>
>>> writes: 
>>>> I have not heard anyone leaving VMS due to the lack of a browser.
>>>> 
>>>> Has anyone requested a browser? I mean, any paying customer?
>>> 
>>> The thread was about attracting new customers to VMS.  :-|
>>> 
>> 
>> Think of VMS as more like z/OS. Do you run a web browser on z/OS ?
>
> I don't run z/OS at all.  But why should I think of VMS as more like 
> z/OS?  I do run a web browser on VMS, because it is more convenient than 
> running one elsewhere for many things.  What I miss is some 
> functionality.  There  was a time when VMS did have reasonably modern 
> web browsers.  Of course, if you've never run a web browser on VMS, you 
> don't know what you are missing.

If I wanted to run a VMS-based web browser on my desktop, I would just
run any of the many Xwindows emulation packages available on the market
(mind you, Excursion still works on Windows 7, I use it) and fire the
browser from any of my datacenter VMS systems with display on my desk.
So that capability still exists if you really need it.

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Marc Van Dyck