[Info-vax] VSI strategy for OpenVMS

Phillip Helbig undress to reply helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de
Mon Sep 13 16:31:53 EDT 2021


In article <sho6eu$7e1$4 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
<clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes: 

> On 2021-09-13, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
> >
> > That seems to be the problem with building an application by going out 
> > and pulling in a bunch of apps, tools, and such.  Consider how much 
> > better a browser might be if it was purpose designed and implemented 
> > rather than a kluge of pieces from elsewhere.
> >
> 
> Implementing a full-blown browser these days is probably about as
> much work as implementing an operating system.

There is something between Lynx (which runs fine on VMS) and a 
full-blown modern browser.  Most VMS users who want a modern browser on 
VMS would probably not need all of the features of a typical modern 
browser, but more than with what is available now, say with an old 
version of Mozilla.




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