[Info-vax] VSI strategy for OpenVMS

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2021-09-14 kl. 02:14, skrev Arne Vajhøj:
> 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>  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.
> 
> Arne
> 

I'd say that the browser is *never* run on the system that is managed.