[Info-vax] Taking a break - Open Source on OpenVMS Conference Calls Resume in the FALL of 2022...

[Dave Froble]

On 6/16/2022 8:15 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2022-06-15, Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:
>> On 2022-06-14, <pedersen at ccsscorp.com> <pedersen at ccsscorp.com> wrote:
>>> We started these discussions  and exchanges a DECADE ago!!!  A LOT has been
>>> discussed and a lot has happened.   Many improvements have been made in the
>>> process.
>>>
>>> BUT.
>>>
>>> After thinking about the state of mind of many of us - tired, withdrawn,
>>> frustrated and detached.  As well as  my own commitments to work and family,
>>> I have come to the conclusion that we should all take a break from the
>>> conference calls and focus on ourselves and when there is time work to get
>>> some progress on the various Open Source projects we have been championing.
>>>
>>
>> That makes perfect sense - it's been clear for quite some time that the
>> current meetings have been a case of "going through the motions".
>>
>> Enjoy your well-earned break. I suspect that as September gets closer,
>> you will probably still feel the same way and that sometime next year
>> will be a more realistic goal for restarting the meetings (if you still
>> feel like you want to do so after having had the chance to reflect).
>>
>> In any case, thanks to you and others for your open source efforts on VMS.
>>
>
> I am surprised that no-one else has offered any comments about this or
> about how they see, at a technical level, the best way forward for
> porting open source software to VMS.
>
> Simon.
>

That supposes that one would want some Unixy software.

For me, it would all mostly be written in C, or worse (if that is possible) and 
I don't do C.

My attitude is, if I want something, I'll design and write it.  Or I'd use an 
existing design, and write it.

Yes, if one is using VMS, then one is already using some of "that stuff".

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