[Info-vax] CRTL and RMS vs SSIO

[John Dallman]

In article <2e2e70e9-4e82-46b8-b7e8-74c3d08c9c73n at googlegroups.com>,
lawrencedo99 at gmail.com (Lawrence D_Oliveiro) wrote:

> > Do people use FUSE NTFS on Linux for serious work, on which their 
> > organisations' finances depend?
> 
> I would imagine yes, at least during the transition away from 
> Windows servers. Would you entrust mission-critical business 
> functions to an OS that can only handle 26 drive letters?

Ah, sir is not aware that Windows has grown some useful capabilities over
the last 25 years. The Distributed File System looks a little odd, but
it's actually equivalent to an auto-mounter that needs less configuration
and it works well. 

> > They need to be able to transition to a commercial-grade VMS on 
> > x86-64 before they're forced to drop VMS and thus stop paying 
> > VSI. So VSI need to take the route from here-and-now that 
> > produces a commercial product most rapidly. 
> 
> Precisely my point.

So you're claiming all the VMS APIs and services can be implemented on
top of Linux, with a reasonable level of effort, by this time next year?
May I suggest you start a project to demonstrate this? 

John