[Info-vax] openvms and xterm

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/20/2024 11:40 AM, Grant Taylor wrote:
> On 4/20/24 07:32, bill wrote:
>> Nothing wrong with DECTerm.  But there was a lot more you could do 
>> with DECWindows.  Worked great back when I had labs of X-terminals to 
>> support both VMS and SunOS for the students (and yes, faculty liked 
>> it, too.)
> 
> I think that X11's ability to work across platforms is something that's 
> unmet by any other protocol that I'm aware of.
> 
> GUI applications could run on their native / optimal platform and 
> display on whatever platform the user wanted to use.
> 
> No, I don't consider web based interfaces to be comparable.

Cool feature.

But how many does really need it?

Closest equivalent may be the "screen copy" technologies
(RDS, Citrix etc.).

Arne