[Info-vax] Open Source on OpenVMS Conference Call - 08:00 EDT 16 Sep 2021

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 9/10/21 3:46 PM, John Dallman wrote:
> In article <shfk82$1fce$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, arne at vajhoej.dk (Arne Vajhøj)
> wrote:
>> On 9/10/2021 12:40 AM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>>> Something to think about: LaTeX and associated software is used
>>> by a huge number of people.
>>
>> Depends on what you consider huge number.
>>
>> There must be hundreds of thousands of people using Tex/LaTex at
>> universities particular at math and natural sciences departments.
>>
>> But there are billions of people using MS Office, LibreOffice,
>> Google Docs etc..
> 
> Pick the low-hanging fruit first? Getting LaTeX going will be
> substantially simpler than porting Libre Office or a full-fat web browser.

Only real problem with that is no one in academia is still using VMS. 
And updating Tex/LaTex (yes, updating as it was always available on
VMS in the past) is not going to bring anyone back.

bill