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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2022-10-23, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> On 10/22/2022 5:09 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> When Banner was brought in to replace the custom apps on VMS at the
>> University it was understood upfront that everything was going to
>> change the users were the one's that would have to adapt.
>> 
>> Compare that to where I worked in 1980 where I was tasked with
>> developing a microcomputer based data entry system to get the
>> "keypunch" people off the mainframe to free it up for production
>> and development work.  The first requirement was that what I was
>> to develop had to present itself to the users exactly like what
>> they had been using on the Univac-1100.
>> How times change.
>
> Usually adapting usage to the standard packages way of doing things
> is the smart approach.
>

I dare you to walk into an office of 100 people and tell them that to
their faces. :-)

Even better, tell them that you expect them to carry on doing their
normal work, at their usual workloads and without interruption,
while doing that.

Before doing that however, it might be a good idea to ask a friend if
they are willing to deliver your eulogy. :-)

Simon.

PS: The serious point is that changing to "a standard approach" is a
_lot_ harder than it appears and the userbase may only be able to hit
the current workload targets because the current system is so tightly
integrated into their workflow and meets their needs exactly.

-- 
Simon Clubley, clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
Walking destinations on a map are further away than they appear.