[Info-vax] Ghostscript and HTML Browser on X86

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2022-12-14 kl. 20:04, skrev Simon Clubley:
> On 2022-12-14, chris <chris-nospam at tridac.net> wrote:
>> On 12/12/22 15:36, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
> 
> Neither can I.
> 
>>
>> 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.
>>
> 
> Typically, what you would do in that situation is to run an embedded
> webserver on the device in question and manage it from across the
> network using a web browser running on a PC.
> 
> Simon.
> 

Today you cannot buy the smallest piece of electronics without
an embedded web server for the mangement/config.

And there is no (rounded value) professional in the IT business
that doesn't use a desktop such as Windows (the wast majority)
or Apple/Linux for their daily work. And there runs the browser.

Those claming that VMS needs a web browser are simply not up to
date with todays IT world.