[Info-vax] Ghostscript and HTML Browser on X86

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <7edad537-9467-4134-892f-b7fa5d1056ean at googlegroups.com>,
abrsvc <dansabrservices at yahoo.com> writes: 

> > 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. 

> OpenVMS has never "required" a browser for admin tasks or any other for
> that matter. Not only is history part of the reason for this, but also
> the fact that there is often little to do. I have seen systems that run
> for years with little to no "admin" because they just WORK. No reboots,
> no changes to the apps, little maintenance, automatic backups etc. 

Right.

> How much Linux based admin requires a browser?

Probably none.

Don't mention the OpenVMS Management Station, result of the notorious 
DEC/Microsoft alliance.