[Info-vax] VSI has a new CEO

[Dave Froble]

On 8/5/2021 5:54 AM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
> 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.

Well, I would not go quite that far.  I did have a few issues.  Maybe 
just personal issues.  I tried it out, but, I'm not using it today, 
because I didn't need the extra effort.  I will most likely use it, or 
some VM, for initial porting work.  As for production, I just don't 
know, yet.

Then again, maybe I'm just lazy ...

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