[Info-vax] VSI strategy for OpenVMS

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On Sunday, September 12, 2021 at 6:46:05 PM UTC-4, John Dallman wrote:
> In article <shldvp$1jl$1... at gioia.aioe.org>, ar... at vajhoej.dk (Arne Vajhøj) 
> wrote:
> > But to me the focus should be obvious: operating systems are 
> > sold by applications - VMS needs more applications, so work 
> > should focus on getting more applications developed for and 
> > ported to VMS.
> Yes, but which applications? What fields of computing will give the best 
> return for VSI? 
> 
> I doubt, for example, that Libre Office or Firefox will be especially 
> worthwhile. Current GUI apps are likely to need more than the X11/Motif 
> stack, and providing Qt looks like a big job. Databases, middleware and 
> the like might well be more worthwhile. 
> 
> John

the same that made it grow in the past, reasonable licensing fees so small developers can develop apps
that are secure and reliable. Unfortunately the current licensing environment does not allow that.