[Info-vax] System parameters (and a marketing suggestion), was: Re: What Will Drive More OpenVMS Adoption?

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-12-02, Mike K. <madcrow.maxwell at gmail.com> wrote:
> Honestly, I think that any new users will probably be coming out of the hobbyist/community license program. Basically people who try it out and use it for personal projects, and decide that they like it so much compared to Linux or Windows that when the time comes, they push to use VMS as a server platform for a work project. For this to happen, though, VMS needs to actually have all the pieces in place to serve a modern web app. This means not just a web server, but things like PHP, Python, node.js, etc. And a DBMS that folks can actually use. While Oracle may be planning to port Rdb to x86 eventually, it's not there yet, and even when it comes, will not have any hobbyist option available to allow new users to get to know it. This needs to be fixed, either by beating Oracle with a clue stick until something happens (unlikely) or by updating the woefully outdated version of MariaDB currently available for VMS. 
>
> Documentation specifically aimed at new users who are primarily familiar with Linux of Window would be a help, as would a more reasonable set of default system parameter values that don't require an AUTOGEN cycle every time a significant software package is installed.
>

I think VSI have done some work with parameter defaults so at least
some of them will not be an issue on x86-64 VMS.

Is there any option in VMS where, if a system/process goes past some
percentage (say 80% to 90%) of any system parameter designed to limit
use of a resource, VMS will issue an OPCOM warning about that system
parameter (and maybe log it elsewhere as well) ? If not, would this
be a good option to add to VMS ?

BTW, I do think that at this point, the type of people wanting to
explore VMS without a specific reason are also the same type of
people who just want to explore z/OS because its there.

I wonder if there's any benefit to VSI (and VMS growth/retention in
general) if VSI construct and run a z/OS style Master the Mainframe program ?

IBM's Master the Mainframe program is here:

https://www.ibm.com/it-infrastructure/z/education/zxplore

Simon.

-- 
Simon Clubley, clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
Walking destinations on a map are further away than they appear.