[Info-vax] Hobbyist program on The Register

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/12/2024 10:16 AM, bill wrote:
> On 4/12/2024 9:13 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 4/12/2024 8:56 AM, bill wrote:
>>> On 4/12/2024 8:32 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>> On 2024-04-12, mjos_examine <m6502x64 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> A baseline canned virtual machine for an OS is often how cloud-based
>>>>> Continuous Integration begins each of its passes. Once that 
>>>>> baseline VM
>>>>> is running, all the customization, add-ons and unique bits then get
>>>>> applied hands-free by scripts, often laid out by a yml file, or 
>>>>> similar
>>>>> mechanism.
>>>>
>>>> That could be an opportunity for someone to develop, if they get too
>>>> annoyed by having to rebuild their servers every year.

>>> Hmmmmm....  I wonder if this could be done with something like CFEngine?
>>
>> They probably could. But industry preference seem to be for other
>> tools.
> 
> Industry prefers other OSes, too.  Are all the VMS users moving?  :-)

No.

But that is not a good reason to go an unusual way with VMS.

VMS being available on x86-64 and common hypervisors make
VMS fit better into various IT strategies.

But having VMS use different tool sets than other OS will
sort of negate that positive development.

Arne