[Info-vax] What is VMS?

[AEF]

On Dec 11, 9:47 pm, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilber... at comcast.net>
wrote:
> 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.

Well, one poster pointed out a while ago that OpenVMS is easier to
search for. VMS will get some false hits; OpenVMS won't.

I vaguely recall "Open" meaning something to do with POSIX compliance.
Ah, found it! See http://saf.bio.caltech.edu/vms_beginners_faq.html,
second question.

To Connor Cooper (OP):

Start with the User's Manual at hp.com. Of course that won't be enough
to set it up with SIMH. I'll let others answer that.

So tell us: How did you come across VMS?

AEF