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[Simon Clubley]

On 2022-03-06, abrsvc <dansabrservices at yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Sunday, March 6, 2022 at 7:49:53 PM UTC-5, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> How many VMS people know about z/OS ? 
>> 
>> You have just made an argument (in the eyes of management at least) 
>> to get rid of those "strange" VMS boxes and replace them with boxes 
>> that everyone knows how to manage and write software for. 
>> 
>> z/OS has some unique features you can discuss with any management 
>> thinking about getting rid of z/OS. What would you say to that same 
>> management when the discussion turns to VMS ?
>> Simon. 
>> 
>
> Yep.  Easy to manage, needs little management, doesn't fail.  Need more??
>

The problem with that is that VMS isn't easy to manage by current
standards although it certainly was by the standards of 25 years ago.

VMS management is still a very manual process, with no patch management
or notification tools, requires manual error-prone editing of command
and configuration files, no dependency management architecture, overly
complex resource management tuning, etc.

Compare that with the tools available for managing Linux and Windows systems.

This stuff matters because if you want VMS to survive in today's world,
it needs to have the management tools that people have come to expect
in today's world.

Simon.

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