[Info-vax] OpenVMS x64 Atom project

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2021-06-03 kl. 14:11, skrev Simon Clubley:
> On 2021-06-02, ultr... at gmail.com <ultradwc at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> because then OpenVMS becomes available to the common user (desktop) apps
>> with the ad pitch being "eliminate ransomware, malware and security tools for good"
> 
> Don't go there Bob. Seriously.
> 
> VMS is missing the required desktop applications.
> 
> VMS is missing security protections common in other operating systems.
> 
> Anyone saying the above does not have a clue about what is required
> on the desktop or what is standard on other operating systems when
> it comes to security.
> 
> Simon.
> 

Right!

And this new "gadget" is (of course) not even targeted at the "desktop".

It is an embedded/IoT thing that will be managed over a web interface
and othervise just run by itself. Sure, it will have an CLI interface
also, but that is not suitable for beeing in this market segment.