[Info-vax] VMS - what is the current thinking amongst the user community

[koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org]

In article <aa757986-1764-4498-83d3-23d22daa9cc2 at o11g2000yql.googlegroups.com>, Jon.Power at sector7.com writes:

> (a) Is your VMS system running mainly home grown application or
> packaged

   Home grown.

> (b) If homegrown - are there any specific VMS API/ Subsystems - that
> make VMS irreplaceable (lock manager, clustering etc)

   Homegrown device drivers.

> (c) Is there any 'software' that would make life easier - I hate to
> use the DEC I14Y "Interoperability" - only because - I still miss
> DECUS / New Orleans and the TGV guys paying a for several great nights
> out.

   VMS 8.x for VAXen would make life easier.  Support for the DRQ3B on
   some release later than 5.5-3.  But I don't hink you can fix either one
   of these.

> (d) Is there still the religious fervor associated with VMS? (after
> having to duplicate the AST/QIO/Lock Manager mechanisms - I have even
> a greater appreciation of VMS internals)

   Yep.

> (e) What programming languages are popular ? (no one has asked for
> BASIC or DIBOL for 2 or 3 years)

   All of them.

> (f) If VMS was going to be replaced - as VMS guys - what target would
> you lean toward (AIX/HPUX/LINUX/Solaris x86)

   VxWorks.