[Info-vax] VSI strategy for OpenVMS

[John Dallman]

In article <shldvp$1jl$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, arne 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