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For university graduates today, GUIs are often standard. However, they can develop a better understanding of how the system works line by line. And you contribute best practices and new insights into how the system functions that cannot be taught in courses.

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The enterprises will belucky with also little authority in front of the youngsters.

And, yes, graphical user interfaces (GUIs) were already frowned upon back then. But that's just how it was, the PR people thought. Since their use at the application level was already essential, they considered it prudent to anticipate their impact on the system.

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VSI can work it out.

"to kludge together" This is a very precise description of what today admins have to do when they sit in front of the new VMS GUI.
The tricks and tips that administrators have collected and memorized over the years are being lost. Kludge together them is probably the safest way to avoid being misled by apparent similarities to trends currently being applied to VMS to attract young developers. You realy find out what is the spirit inside.

A little bit of Olsens.

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And that's precisely where VSI's advantage lies. All these systems are located in a critical environment. Nobody wants to change or migrate them. In such a politically unstable world?

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The VMS's exceptional stability became the Achilles' heel of this "hardest OS ever." No one absolutely had to be involved. It just worked. No team was needed for updates or driver magic. One admin could manage 20 systems from the back of a broom closet. And they didn't have to work themselves to the bone. There was no need to invest in new talent.

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I personally left the DEC world in 1990 and moved to SAP. But now, driven only by the nostalgic déjà vu of a retiree, it's surprising: some HR departments seem to be desperately seeking employees. We, the old VAX users, are dying out, and many are retiring at breakneck speed. Therefore, VSI seems to have a bright future on LinkedIn and in other corners of the internet.

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Wishful thinking: given your many VSI updates here, it seemed possible to me that you would also be observing the VSI bootcamp in Malmö this year for the home and in the garden sitting audience.

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