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

[Paul Sture]

On Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:27:59 -0500, JF Mezei wrote:

> VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> 
>> Primordial VMS isn't devoid of Bliss code.  SYSBOOTIO is Bliss.  Some
>> of the bus support in SYSLOA is Bliss too.
> 
> 
> Is it my mimagination is was there a rumour that DEC had ported Bliss to
> windows at one point ? Or was this just windows-alpha ?

As I recall, Bliss was needed for the Windows port of Oracle/Rdb, and it 
was a Bliss licensing or support issue that caused that project to be 
withdrawn before it went to full commercial release.



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