[Info-vax] What does VMS get used for, these days?

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <tkmps3$1g3j$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=
<arne at vajhoej.dk> writes: 

> On 11/10/2022 7:19 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> > In article <tkk3rr$em$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=
> > <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
> >>> Consider the fact that the user submitting the file might not have write
> >>> permission to the current directory or to the directory where the
> >>> procedure is located, but very probably does to SYS$LOGIN.
> >>
> >> Not having write access to the dir must be a special case.
> > 
> > I don't know.  Certainly there are environments where there is some
> > official software or whatever where normal users are not allowed to
> > write.  Think SYS$SYSTEM.  Should every user have access there?  Think
> > of a company's software package in some directory.  Same thing.
> 
> I am not saying that such cases does not exist - I am just saying that
> they must be rare.
> 
> I don't expect many users to SUBMIT COM files residing in SYS$SYSTEM.

That's not what I meant.  Many large software packages have a directory 
like SYS$SYSTEM where the software resides.  Like SYS$SYSTEM it is 
probably shared by several users.  It wouldn't make sense to have the 
log files there.