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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2022-11-06, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>
> Note that the premise is still that VMS is at a state where
> it has everything to make it a viable solution - it makes
> the shortlist as I called it 50 posts or so up.
>
> Also note that it is obviously a requirement for VMS success
> that when it gets picked it actually works. But I am not so
> concerned about that. Why wouldn't it work.
>

One obvious potential issue is some network stack incompatibility,
either within the network stack implementation or due to changing
external factors.

Two examples of the latter would be stronger encryption protocols
implemented elsewhere (this is currently a real issue within VMS),
or a sudden additional security requirement such as 2FA support
required for access to VMS systems.

Outside of security, there's also a possibility that some parts of
VMS may work just fine in testing, but have performance issues during
really heavy loads due to parts of VMS being much heavier weight than
in other comparable operating systems.

Simon.

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