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

[dsnyder]

On Mar 24, 4:02 pm, Jon.Po... at sector7.com wrote:
> (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)

none

> (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)

Depends on who and where. There are a few large VMS shops left, I've
found
ferver there.

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

Fortran and C.

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

One large customer in Korea chose HPUX and this my path as well.

I find this post sobering. I noted over time VMS has diminished, I try
not
to pay mind to this as VMS is not my mainstay. The current generation
is Linux/Windows
taught in college and when encountering a VMS system are totally lost.
I've been using VMS
on and off for 25 years, so it is native to me. Reading various posts
in c.o.v and
c.s.d. I realize I am looking at a archeological dig of sorts and very
little new. I don't
think VMS will totally fade away. It's always been a multi-faceted gem
and those
who want to deploy critical apps will use it. I believe VMS on
Integrity will keep
more customers on VMS as Integrity is perceived as commodity.

I work in the steel industry, VMS is still fairly strong yet.

Just my handful of pennies.

DS