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

[Dave Froble]

On 11/7/2022 8:41 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2022-11-06, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>> On 11/2/2022 9:23 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>> You correctly talk about only small numbers being required to try VMS
>>> compared to the industry as a whole.
>>>
>>> You have not yet talked about _why_ even those small numbers would be
>>> persuaded to try VMS. IOW, you have not yet answered the question I asked
>>> at the start of this thread.
>>
>> VMS is not new.  It's capabilities are well known and documented.  If a person
>> is competent, and VMS best fits the needs, then choose VMS.  If VMS is the best
>> fit, and not chosen, that again goes back to "competent", right?
>>
>
> And now we are back to what is essentially my original question: In what
> situation would VMS be considered "the best fit" for a new installation
> these days ?
>
> Simon.
>

I don't know any answer to that question, and not just for VMS.  What would be 
the situation for any platform, OS, language, and such?  Any such answer would 
belong to specific requirements for a task.

Do you have any answers for any specific OS?

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