[Info-vax] "Clever code", was: Re: wrong file format

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/8/2021 10:16 AM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> Ponder the very long list of feature requests at VSI, and at the very 
> limited budget and staff available, and at what from that list can get 
> implemented, and what revenue that work might bring in. VSI hasn't 
> surveyed the paying folks and prolly won't, but I'd put the x86-64 port, 
> the 2 TiB and other file system limits, and better integrated database 
> support, all ahead of extended line editing, among other details.

Of course.

VSI is a business - they want to sell VMS licenses.

So they need to focus on work that prevent loosing customers
and get new customers.

And that is very much about getting the applications running on VMS.

ISV support, compilers available and uptodate standard wise, not
too strict limits (file system or otherwise).

If the applications can run on VMS then some times they will end
up running on VMS.

How it is to work at the $ prompt means very little.

Arne