Interesting article.   Rather than arguing what can or cannot be done or what might or might not work, here&#x27;s some code, and some history.<p>Here&#x27;s full-mixed-language programmable, locally- and fully-remote-debuggable, mixed-user and inner-mode processing unikernel, and with various other features...<p>This from 1986...<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;bitsavers.trailing-edge.com&#x2F;pdf&#x2F;dec&#x2F;vax&#x2F;vaxeln&#x2F;2.0&#x2F;VAXELN_2.2_Brochure_1986.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;bitsavers.trailing-edge.com&#x2F;pdf&#x2F;dec&#x2F;vax&#x2F;vaxeln&#x2F;2.0&#x2F;VA...</a><p>FWIW, here&#x27;s a unikernel thin client EWS application that can be downloaded into what was then an older system, to make it more useful for then-current X11 applications...<p>From 1992...<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;h18000.www1.hp.com&#x2F;info&#x2F;SP3368&#x2F;SP3368PF.PDF" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;h18000.www1.hp.com&#x2F;info&#x2F;SP3368&#x2F;SP3368PF.PDF</a><p>Anybody that wants to play and still has a compatible VAX or that wants to try the VCB01&#x2F;QVSS graphics support in some versions of the (free) SIMH VAX emulator, the VAX EWS code is now available here:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.digiater.nl&#x2F;openvms&#x2F;freeware&#x2F;v50&#x2F;ews&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.digiater.nl&#x2F;openvms&#x2F;freeware&#x2F;v50&#x2F;ews&#x2F;</a><p>To get an OpenVMS system going to host all this, HPE has free OpenVMS hobbyist licenses and download images (VAX, Alpha, Itanium) available via registration at:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;h41268.www4.hp.com&#x2F;live&#x2F;index_e.aspx?qid=24548&amp;design=cs" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;h41268.www4.hp.com&#x2F;live&#x2F;index_e.aspx?qid=24548&amp;desig...</a><p>Yes, this stuff was used in production, too.