[Info-vax] openvms and xterm

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

On Sun, 21 Apr 2024 19:14:59 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

> On 4/21/2024 7:07 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, 21 Apr 2024 11:20:03 +0200, Andreas Eder wrote:
>>>
>>> I think the problem is that they grew up in a Windows dominated world,
>>> not like us greybeards.
>> 
>> If only Windows had Linux-style service management, don’t you think?
>> Imagine being able to add/remove, enable/disable and start/stop
>> individual services without having to reboot the entire system!
> 
> They don't need to imagine. They have been doing that for decades.

Windows can’t even update a DLL that is in use by running processes. I
suppose it inherited that file-locking mentality from VMS.

Look at the long list of reasons why Windows needs a reboot here, from
Microsoft itself:
<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/installing-updates-features-roles/why-prompted-restart-computer>.