[Info-vax] VSI strategy for OpenVMS

[Dave Froble]

On 9/14/2021 8:16 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 9/14/2021 12:41 AM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Most VMS systems runs something important and do not have
> access to download directly from the internet.
>
> Arne
>

Well, if we're talking a "desktop system", perhaps that is not doing all 
those "important" somethings.

If such exists, then it could be used for such communication tasks.

A browser is not needed for communications ....

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