[Info-vax] Is it too late for VMS on x86-64 ?

[Simon Clubley]

On 2023-03-10, bill <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/10/2023 4:03 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 3/10/2023 11:39 AM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
>>> It is Usenet that is dead, not VMS.
>>>
>>> Most VMS professionals that I know of would not even think of
>>> posting or following anything *here*...
>>>
>>> And that is a good thing (that users are moving away from Usenet
>>> to more modern forum platforms). It helps drag VMS out of the view
>>> that VMS is old and that it's users are also old and tired...
>> 
>> I must admit that I am old-fashioned enough to actually
>> like usenet.
>> 
>> That does not change the fact that the below 50 crowd rarely
>> use usenet.
>
> Sadly, I expect the below 50 crowd don't use VMS much either.
>

And it turns out that the under 25 crowd don't give a damn about security,
only convenience. Let's see how long it takes for them to learn that lesson
the hard way. Just hope too many people don't get hurt while they are
learning this lesson:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64827885

Simon.

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