[Info-vax] The real problem that needs solving to grow VMS

[Dan Cross]

In article <tnid7f$3e2h0$1 at dont-email.me>,
Dave Froble  <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>On 12/16/2022 10:07 AM, Dan Cross wrote:
>> In article <tng03p$35io8$1 at dont-email.me>,
>> Dave Froble  <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>> Yeah, if you got over 40 years of development of a product that does exactly
>>> what it's intended to do, you should just seriously consider pitching it, huh?
>>
>> If you can only run it on a system that may not exist in 5
>> years, then yes.
>
>The planet "MAY" not exist in 5 years!

Yeah, because the planet not existing in 5 years is absolutely
in the same risk category as VSI being defunct in 5 years.

>Using that type of argument could mean that nothing ever gets done.

More things are done on Linux daily than have been done on VMS
in the history of VMS.

We're talking about relative risks here and how they motivate
software development here.

	- Dan C.