[Info-vax] Ghostscript and HTML Browser on X86

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 12/14/22 13:32, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> 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.

This is like most polls.  Just ask a question worded so the results meet
your desires.

While very few (some small number greater than 0) require a browser
or GUI, many offer it and many admins use them.  I, personally, still
doing as much as I can from the shell but sometimes the GUI admin is
the only usable game in town.

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

I had (maybe even still have) some Windows package from one of the many
owners of VMS that did GUI admin from a Windows PC.  I don't recognize
the name mentioned above so it seems there may have been more than one.

bill