[Info-vax] VSI strategy for OpenVMS

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <shopgc$b49$3 at gioia.aioe.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=
<arne at vajhoej.dk> writes: 

> On 9/13/2021 8:01 PM, chris wrote:
> > On 09/13/21 18:24, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> >> Bill Gunshannon<bill.gunshannon at gmail.com>Â  wrote:
> >>> Any browser requires a desktop.  I thought that idea had been abandoned?
> >>
> >> No it doesn't, that is the beauty of DECWindows.  Mind you, there's 
> >> really
> >> no reason to have a browser on a machine without a desktop, other than
> >> for diagnostic purposes and downloads.  But it's not required, and it is
> >> occasionally handy.
> >>
> >> Does "occasionally handy" warrant an enormous effort to port a modern 
> >> browser
> >> to VMS?  I don't think so.  But if someone here wants to give it a 
> >> try, have
> >> at it.  That's the beauty of open source.
> > 
> > A lot of system management is done via browsers, for years now. Also, 
> > for software dev, nothing beats a windowing system with multiple
> > terminal windows and tabbed full screen editors. I used to be pretty
> > deft with edt on a vt terminal but those days are gone forever. All the
> > ilom i've worked with works far better using a browser for access. A 
> > sort of universal access method for systems. So yes, lack of a browser 
> > might be seen as a serious disadvantage.
> 
> Web interfaces are very common for admin stuff today.
> 
> But usually running the browser on a PC will work fine.

Right.  But if one downloads and uploads files from VMS, then a browser 
on VMS allows one to avoid going through a third system.