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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 3/13/2023 9:09 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> 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

I don't think it is security per se that they are
unaware of - I believe it is more general than that.

There has been written about it in the press in recent months:
despite the hype about the young generations having
grown up with computers, smartphones and internet
then they are actually not tech savy.

Example:

https://www.worklife.news/technology/myth-buster-young-workers-are-not-tech-savvy-in-the-workplace-and-its-a-growing-problem/

It seems to me that if we look at the 3 groups:

A) those that understand IT aka understand what
    programs, servers and network are
B) those that can use IT aka click the right
    buttons on the screen
C) those that are lost with IT

then even though group C has shrunk dramatically
from a large portion among older to practically
zero among younger, then group A has also shrunk
from a small portion to an even smaller portion.

Arne