[Info-vax] OpenVMS x64 Atom project

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 6/3/2021 11:41 AM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 6/3/2021 11:03 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 6/3/2021 10:45 AM, plugh wrote:
>>> Apple turned an also-ran Unix into a global desktop & mobile OS.
>>> Remember when the VAX instruction set was designed for VMS? And yet
>>> only Apple seems to understand the combination of hardware and
>>> software is what drives sales. Other than MacOS, I can't think of a
>>> major OS that's been ported to so many different ISA. It's sad that
>>> the owners of VMS never understood that sales/engineering dynamic. So
>>> many Dilbert cartoons, so little time...
>>
>> I am not sure that I see your point.
> 
> His point is, when narrow minded thinking is not involved, many things 
> are possible.
> 
> "Can't" never accomplished anything ...
> 
> Not every "try" is a winner, but not trying is guaranteed to fail.
> 
> I know that you're tired of my "stories" by now, or at least you should 
> be.  But brace yourself, here comes another one.
> 
> Many years ago I took on a friend to run and grow one of my ventures.  I 
> chose the wrong type of individual.  Every time I suggested something 
> the business might be able to do, he always had reasons why "we can't do 
> that".  The venture did not grow, and eventually I could not carry him 
> any more.
> 
> "Can't" will never accomplish anything.
> 
> Should work on a VMS based browser happen?  Perhaps, and perhaps not.
> 
> Clear thinking on the worth of such a venture would be required.  Can it 
> be done?  For sure.  Is it worth doing?  Best guess is no.  I've been 
> wrong before.

I actually agree with that point.

I always liked the well-known quote:

"The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high 
and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark."

But it was not obvious to me that was the point of the
Apple story.

Arne