[Info-vax] VSI has a new CEO

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2021-08-05 kl. 10:49, skrev John Dallman:
> In article <seg6ci$rdq$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de
> (Phillip Helbig (undress to reply)) wrote:
>> In article <sef7om$i74$1 at dont-email.me>, Dave Froble
>> <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
>>> Now that is just plain wrong.  VMS is VMS, regardless if running
>>> in a VM instance, or not.  Actually, VM instances will be better
>>> for porting work.  One doesn't need a production level computer
>>> to do porting work.
>> Sure, but do you expect people with no previous VM experience to
>> learn about VMs just to port VMS so that they have a head start on
>> the time when VMS doesn't need a VM on x86?
> 
> VMs aren't actually difficult to use. Just about everyone who works as a
> system administrator knows how to set up VMs from supplied images and
> start them. This is probably easier than installing an OS onto unfamiliar
> bare metal.
> 
> You may well want to do some configuration of the VMS instance inside
> your VM, but that's normal VMS sysadmin.
> 
> John
> 

And anyway, most VMS sites already have the VM admins in other groups
that does the VM config and just present you with the VM environment.

When the VM is ready there should be very few differences from a bare
metal VMS installation.

If you are a single person shop, use VirtualBox. Just as easy as any
PC application to install and in it self way easier then to run VMS.