[Info-vax] Ghostscript and HTML Browser on X86

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/14/2022 9:37 AM, chris wrote:
> 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.

It would be ridiculous with a modern desktop OS or
smartphone OS without a modern browser.

But for server OS I think no browser is sort
of the standard.

I don't think z/OS, i and Windows Core has a browser.
Linux servers obviously have browser available, but
rarely installs it. Browser support in Solaris, AIX
and HP-UX are better than in VMS but not good.

Most people run their servers more or less headless
and access them via browsers running on desktops.

Arne