[Info-vax] the document describing the system service transfer vector

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 9/20/22 10:06, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 9/20/2022 9:05 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> On 9/19/22 21:19, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> On 9/19/2022 8:12 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>>> On 9/19/22 19:56, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> But I don't think anything on VMS can read them.
>>>>
>>>> Who's fault is that?
>>>
>>> Is it anybodys fault?
>>>
>>> Word processors is a desktop application.
>>>
>>> That has not been VMS'es domain for decades.
>>
>> And who's fault is that?   :-)
> 
> Who made the decision for VMS to go after the
> expensive server market and not the cheap
> desktop market?
> 
> I suspect Ken Olsen is ultimate to blame or get
> credit for the decision.
> 
> But whether one think that was the wrong or the right
> decision, then that doesn't change where we are today.

In Ken Olsen's day VMS only ran on proprietary DEC hardware which
meant DEC would have had to make the desktop hardware as well as
the software.  That's not true today.  Maybe it's time to re-look
at the situation with an eye towards a much more secure desktop
option.  especially when one considers that the majority of attacks
start at the desktop.   :-)

bill