[Info-vax] What is VMS?

[Richard B. Gilbert]

On 12/11/2011 7:42 PM, Connor Cooper wrote:
> What is VMS? What is it good for? How come it has the prefix 'Open',
> yet it is not open source? what are some good guides for using it? I
> have already registered for a hobbyist VAX license, but I am not sure
> how I should install it on SIMH. Anyone have anything good to say?

VMS stood for "Virtual Memory System".  The "Open" was tacked on by the 
marketing types for reasons that seemed important to them.  Something to 
do with "open systems" or something like that!

You will note that most ordinary people call it VMS.