seasoned_geek

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   by seasoned_geek 9y ago

   It was originally a DEC specific design copied/stolen by others. DEC created the design concept of a common back plane. Other than some logic switches to control power/enabling, there was nothing it provided. Every machine was com
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   by seasoned_geek 9y ago

   It takes a minimum of 7 years to design from scratch, develop, test then settle in a "simple" customized order and inventory processing system, sans a WMS and picking component. The "services" people subscribe to when se
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   by seasoned_geek 9y ago

   To some extent this is true. One, used to be Fortune 50 but now probably not even Fortune 1000 famous corporation has been "going to replace TOLAS on OpenVMS" for the past 20+ years. Every attempt, without exception, has failed sp
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   by seasoned_geek 9y ago

   Adding more OpenSource to OpenVMS is __NOT__ a good thing. Especially adding it at the compiler level. Moving to a common back end, especially for BASIC, would be a truly wretched decision. It would also be the final nail in the coffin of t
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   by seasoned_geek 9y ago

   For those who have never heard of OpenVMS they might want to get themselves a copy of this book: http://theminimumyouneedtoknow.com/app_book.html VMS was the OS of choice when it posolutely absitively had to work. It was ev