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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 10/24/2022 10:06 AM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 10/23/2022 7:18 PM, Arne Vajhøj 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.
> 
> This is where Arne departs from reality ...
> 
> He seems to believe in "lowest common denominator" ...

 > Reality is that some people suffer with poor tools, and if a well
 > designed package can be found, it can be an improvement.
 >
 > The other side of that is that some people are working with tools that
 > have been designed and refined over time to be exactly what they need,
 > and anything else will affect their work, sometimes quite drastically.

Not really. I don't think you got the point.

It may make sense to pay for a custom solution tailored for
specific needs.

It may make sense to go for a standard solution and use it
the standard way.

What I am skeptical about is the approach of taking a standard
solution and do extreme customization.

That sort of defies the point of the standard solution.

Arne