[Info-vax] Ghostscript and HTML Browser on X86

[chris]

On 12/12/22 15:36, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 12/12/2022 10:07 AM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>> In article <tn7fft$1i5h$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=
>> <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
>>> Web browser is an entirely different story. I think the short
>>> version is that it will not happen.
>>
>> I remember when people were saying that VMS on x86 would never happen.
> 
> x86-64 became more capable and Alpha and Itanium was dropped, so
> suddenly there were a business case for porting VMS to x86-64.
> 
> Maybe it is my lack of imagination, but I cannot see any change
> in circumstances that would create a business case for web browser
> on VMS.
> 

Ridiculous situation, for any modern os not to have html browser
support. Admin and other everyday tasks have required the use of a
html browser for decades now and the lack of puts vms at a serious
disadvantage from a systems management point of view. People still
think a text only interface is good enough in 2022 ?, complately
naive.

Not easy to build Firefox, tried it here, endless dependencies on
other packages, but it will be needed, vms kicking and screaming or
not...

Chris



>>> * install a HTTP server on VMS and serve the files from that
>>
>>>     (requires opening up port 80)
>>
>> Or any other port.
> 
> It could listen on any port. But the port number does not really matter.
> 
> Arne
> 
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