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

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 11/2/22 16:25, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 11/2/2022 3:10 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> On 11/2/22 14:11, Dave Froble wrote:
>>> On 11/2/2022 1:11 PM, Dan Cross wrote:
>>>> In article <tjrk05$qlu5$3 at dont-email.me>,
>>>> Dave Froble  <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>>>> [snip]
>>>>> The best tool for the job is the overriding criteria.
>>>>
>>>> And under what circumstances is VMS the right tool
>>>> for the job for a new installation?  I can't think
>>>> of any.
>>>>
>>>>     - Dan C.
>>>>
>>>
>>> You misunderstand.  The "right tool" would be the apps that the user 
>>> needs.
>>> OS doesn't matter, unless it is required for the "right tool".
>>>
>>
>> You just threw gasoline on Dan's fire.  What "tool", right or otherwise
>> is available on VMS and not on any of the more common systems?
>>
>> bill
>>
> 
> If I can mention one, does that prove my point?  Or do you need some 
> higher number?
> 
> The Codis ERP package that small power equipment distributors all over 
> North America use runs on VMS, written mostly in Basic.
> 
> 1) It isn't likely to be ported anywhere else.
> 
> 2) It has no ready replacements.
> 
> That is a tool that is vital to it's users.

Unless (as is quite common here) your use of ERP is different
from the industry use, there are dozens of alternative ERP
packages out there.  And, before you say "but they are already
using this one" look back at the earlier part of some of these
threads where we talked about people dropping something they had
used for yeas in order to go with a more modern canned package.

bill