From: clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP   
      
   On 2025-01-19, Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   > On Sun, 19 Jan 2025 19:47:46 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   >   
   >> ... then it does not even run on VMS - it has to run on Linux or   
   >> Windows.   
   >   
   > Imagine if VSI had followed the strategy I suggested those years ago, to   
   > simply get rid of the VMS kernel, keeping just DCL and the userland APIs,   
   > and reimplementing those on top of Linux. So many vistas would be open now   
   > that are otherwise shut.   
      
   As you have already been told, people have done exactly that. Multiple times.   
   And yet there is still a need for "real" VMS or VSI would never have existed.   
      
   Simon.   
      
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