[Info-vax] Ghostscript and HTML Browser on X86

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/14/2022 7:12 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 12/14/2022 2:59 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> On 12/14/22 14:00, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>> C?? levels don't have a problem with management of devices from a PC.
>>> In fact, it's a well-known and comfortable concept for them.
>>
>> No, but I imagine a lot of them do have a problem with that red-headed
>> step child called VMS and will use any excuse they can find to get rid
>> of it.
> 
> Why would most people want to get rid of something that is doing it's 
> job, and doing it well?  Do you think they all have a death wish?
> 
> Most VMs systems that exist today exist because nothing could replace 
> them.  Got to wonder how many other systems can make that claim.

Anything can be replaced.

But it will cost time and money. And It will come with risk.

If the system running on VMS could have been easily migrated to
Unix/Windows/Linux, then it would probably have happened.

Someone did the analysis and concluded that it was better
to stay on VMS. Or as it seems to often have been the case:
the conclusion was to postpone the migration 3-5 years, which
would make it a future problem instead of a current problem.

Arne