[Info-vax] Running OpenVMS native on x86 . . .

[BillPedersen]

On Dec 9, 6:57 pm, Steven Schweda <sms.antin... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 9, 11:20 am, BillPedersen <peder... at ccsscorp.com> wrote:
>
> > [...]
> > Porting Unix application to OpenVMS - some of the most interesting and
> > useful - is near impossible due to the lack of a real SSIO and a real
> > FORK mechanism at present.  This has been know for years and years.
> > It has been called the linch pin of getting Unix portability and it
> > still has not been completed.  Without these features even if it were
> > on the "industry standard" platforms it would still not be attractive
> > to port application to OpenVMS.
>
>    Haven't you visited openvms.org lately?  I always enjoy
> reading that Joke-in-the-Box, "OpenSource Porting Becomes
> Easier" (with the "Read more..." link to the longer article
> with the "June 02 2010" date.)  We're getting close to the
> end of that "6 to 24 months" time frame.  I'm holding _my_
> breath.  How about you?
>
> http://www.openvms.org/stories.php?story=10/06/02/1513268
>
>    VMS seems to be in the hospice, not the intensive-care
> unit.  By plan, not by accident.

I am very much aware of these statements and am as concerned about it
as any of you I am sure.  My career and business have been VMS centric
for well over 30 years.  I continue to do all I can from the "outside"
to move things forward.

To be honest I am appalled at how long the estimates are to get tasks
completed for OpenVMS Engineering.  I am also unhappy with the
apparent inability of the organization to realize the highest priority
needs to be the completion of the Unix Portability Environment.  This
was a failing when management was in New England and continues to be a
failing with the move of OpenVMS Management to India.

Bill.