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| From | Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh@hoffmanlabs.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.vms |
| Subject | Re: VMS FAQ (was Re: Where to locate software) |
| Date | 2016-06-10 10:58 -0400 |
| Organization | HoffmanLabs LLC |
| Message-ID | <njeki4$57d$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 2016-06-10 02:01:47 +0000, David Froble said: > The Wizard (Stephen Hoffman) maintained the FAQ while he was at DEC et > al, and I do believe he has a copy on his web page Hoffman Labs. So, > it's still available, but perhaps a bit dated, just like VMS. The 2006-vintage OpenVMS FAQ: http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/vmsfaq also known as http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/1 I looked at updating the FAQ and even started porting the FAQ text to more modern tools — the FAQ is written in DEC/TTI Document SDML, and I'm not inclined to buy a license for that — and slowly realized that both the old text format and the segmented newsgroup distribution was a whole lot of work and for rather less results than are available with other approaches and tools. > While helpful, some feel this should be provided by the OS vendor. Not > sure it matters, as long as it's available. The recommendations around how software kits and open source packages are organized and configured best come from the vendor, as they're the ones that inherently establish the related standards. For any OS vendor, this (in decreasing order of preference) is either with explicit recommendations and associated tools and frameworks (e.g. app bundles, sandboxes, containers, etc), through folks mimicking conventions based on what the vendor themselves present and document, or by whatever code perambulations the particular vendor happens to throw over the wall for end-user folks and third-party folks to deal with that particular week. As for user opinions, there are already various recommendations posted both in this thread and around the 'net. Many are good, some IMO not so good, and none that I've encountered are even remotely forward-looking. Were I to tell you how to configure your package, I'm just another bozo on this bus. I can assure y'all that some of my opinions here would be unpopular with the crowd that is used to OpenVMS as it is. I've been considering offering a "Alternate Future OpenVMS" presentation for the boot camp, covering my opinions around this topic and other drag-VMS-forward topics. Whether that'd even be of interest to the session reviewers or attendees? No sé. Certainly not something I'd expect VSI to implement, either. It's far outside any presentation I've encountered at a previously boot camp or symposium, so there's that. But I digress. > Don't know if Steve is taking and including new submissions for the FAQ. Have you looked at the HL web site? ~1800 articles. With a way to start discussions. That's where I've been putting articles. Articles which can be longer than the quick-hit FAQ-style Q&A format and discussions. If I were over at VSI, I'd have a web content management system deployed for the content (and a whole lot less of the stock photos), and — for discussions — I'd be pushing for either a Stack site, or would be using the existing Stack Overflow and related sites and tags. Discussions locally require forum administration and some very gentle moderation, or the forums tend to become filled with spam or vitriole. No, I wouldn't use Notes and the Notes-News or other gateways. At least not until Notes gets dragged forward. But I digress. -- Pure Personal Opinion | HoffmanLabs LLC
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Re: Where to locate software David Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com> - 2016-06-08 19:39 -0400
Re: Where to locate software "Paul Richards" <paulrichards@iinet.net.au> - 2016-06-08 20:28 -0500
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Re: Where to locate software "Paul Richards" <paulrichards@iinet.net.au> - 2016-06-08 22:57 -0500
Re: Where to locate software Steven Schweda <sms.antinode@gmail.com> - 2016-06-08 17:02 -0700
Re: Where to locate software "Paul Richards" <paulrichards@iinet.net.au> - 2016-06-08 20:31 -0500
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Re: Where to locate software Steven Schweda <sms.antinode@gmail.com> - 2016-06-08 22:19 -0700
Re: Where to locate software Richard Levitte <richard@levitte.org> - 2016-06-09 02:47 -0700
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Re: Where to locate software Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh@hoffmanlabs.invalid> - 2016-06-09 08:42 -0400
Re: Where to locate software Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm@telia.com> - 2016-06-09 14:58 +0200
Re: Where to locate software Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh@hoffmanlabs.invalid> - 2016-06-09 10:27 -0400
Re: Where to locate software David Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com> - 2016-06-09 11:33 -0400
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Re: Where to locate software David Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com> - 2016-06-09 22:01 -0400
Re: VMS FAQ (was Re: Where to locate software) Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh@hoffmanlabs.invalid> - 2016-06-10 10:58 -0400
Re: VMS FAQ (was Re: Where to locate software) Kerry Main <kerry.main@backtothefutureit.com> - 2016-06-10 16:50 +0000
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Re: Where to locate software Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh@hoffmanlabs.invalid> - 2016-06-09 11:16 -0400
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Re: Where to locate software Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2016-06-10 18:03 +0000
Re: Where to locate software Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh@hoffmanlabs.invalid> - 2016-06-10 15:59 -0400
Re: Where to locate software koehler@eisner.nospam.decuserve.org (Bob Koehler) - 2016-06-13 09:02 -0400
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Re: Where to locate software David Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com> - 2016-06-10 16:53 -0400
Re: Where to locate software Hans Vlems <hvlems@freenet.de> - 2016-06-11 00:27 -0700
Re: Where to locate software johnwallace4@yahoo.co.uk - 2016-06-11 01:37 -0700
Re: Where to locate software Hans Vlems <hvlems@freenet.de> - 2016-06-11 03:21 -0700
Re: Where to locate software David Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com> - 2016-06-11 22:02 -0400
Re: Where to locate software David Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com> - 2016-06-11 22:27 -0400
Re: Where to locate software koehler@eisner.nospam.decuserve.org (Bob Koehler) - 2016-06-13 09:05 -0400
Re: Where to locate software Kerry Main <kerry.main@backtothefutureit.com> - 2016-06-10 16:13 +0000
Re: Where to locate software Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh@hoffmanlabs.invalid> - 2016-06-10 15:50 -0400
Re: Where to locate software Kerry Main <kerry.main@backtothefutureit.com> - 2016-06-10 20:54 +0000
Re: Where to locate software Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh@hoffmanlabs.invalid> - 2016-06-10 17:47 -0400
Re: Where to locate software Kerry Main <kerry.main@backtothefutureit.com> - 2016-06-11 01:59 +0000
Re: Where to locate software lawrencedo99@gmail.com - 2016-06-10 19:13 -0700
Re: Where to locate software Kerry Main <kerry.main@backtothefutureit.com> - 2016-06-11 03:01 +0000
Re: Where to locate software lawrencedo99@gmail.com - 2016-06-10 22:47 -0700
Re: Where to locate software Kerry Main <kerry.main@backtothefutureit.com> - 2016-06-11 12:45 +0000
Re: Where to locate software Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh@hoffmanlabs.invalid> - 2016-06-11 15:02 -0400
Re: Where to locate software Kerry Main <kerry.main@backtothefutureit.com> - 2016-06-12 02:07 +0000
Re: Where to locate software David Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com> - 2016-06-11 22:05 -0400
Re: Where to locate software Kerry Main <kerry.main@backtothefutureit.com> - 2016-06-12 04:17 +0000
Re: Where to locate software Kerry Main <kerry.main@backtothefutureit.com> - 2016-06-11 03:09 +0000
Re: Where to locate software David Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com> - 2016-06-10 23:39 -0400
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Re: Where to locate software Richard Levitte <richard@levitte.org> - 2016-06-16 23:21 -0700
Re: Where to locate software Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2016-06-19 05:56 +0200
Re: Where to locate software David Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com> - 2016-06-13 13:21 -0400
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Re: Where to locate software lawrencedo99@gmail.com - 2016-06-12 17:53 -0700
Re: Where to locate software Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh@hoffmanlabs.invalid> - 2016-06-12 12:57 -0400
Re: Where to locate software Kerry Main <kerry.main@backtothefutureit.com> - 2016-06-12 18:03 +0000
Re: Where to locate software Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh@hoffmanlabs.invalid> - 2016-06-12 12:46 -0400
Re: Where to locate software David Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com> - 2016-06-11 22:37 -0400
Re: Where to locate software Chris Scheers <chris@applied-synergy.com> - 2016-06-10 13:28 -0500
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Re: Where to locate software Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh@hoffmanlabs.invalid> - 2016-06-09 12:48 -0400
Re: Where to locate software Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2016-06-09 18:55 +0000
Re: Where to locate software Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh@hoffmanlabs.invalid> - 2016-06-09 16:00 -0400
Re: Where to locate software johnwallace4@yahoo.co.uk - 2016-06-09 14:18 -0700
Microsoft "innovation", was: Re: Where to locate software Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2016-06-10 17:47 +0000
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