[Info-vax] VSI has a new CEO

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <memo.20210805095050.14388g at jgd.cix.co.uk>, jgd at cix.co.uk
(John Dallman) writes: 

> 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 

As a Linux 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.