[Info-vax] Purveyor

[Dave Froble]

On 8/22/2023 1:37 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2023-08-22, ultr... at gmail.com <ultradwc at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> can you ask Process to port Purveyor to intel OpenVMS? VSI should assist as they really need to offer a webserver that isn't ported from unix
>> like tomcat. Purveyor is much simpler to use.

Instead of asking others to work on what you know, (can't believe I'm writing 
this), perhaps consider learning WASD?

> Tomcat Bob ??? Are you confusing it with Apache ?

Don't you know, Bob is always confused?  Must be that ASR33.

> Why would people spend money buying Purveyor when Apache is available ?

Why would anyone use any other, when WASD, developed for VMS, is available, and 
the price is right?

> How much effort would be involved in bringing Purveyor up to modern
> standards ?

More than zero ...

> What is the possible business case for either Process or VSI to spend
> money and time on modernising Purveyor when everyone knows Apache and
> Apache is freely available for VMS ?
>
> And what exactly is the problem with software ported from Unix anyway ?
> A lot of code that VSI are using on x86-64 VMS elsewhere came from there
> (for example LLVM/clang/etc).

The Unix mindset can be confusing ...


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