[Info-vax] VSI strategy for OpenVMS

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 9/12/2021 6:45 PM, John Dallman wrote:
> 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.

The money is in business applications.

So COTS business applications and in-house business applications.

Those two need the same: compilers, libraries, databases, web servers,
message queue servers, cache servers etc..

Arne