[Info-vax] What is VMS?

[Bob Eager]

On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:47:37 +0100, joukj wrote:

> 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?
> The name was changed from VMS to OpenVMS when the sourcecode was made
> available for paying customers.

Wrong. It was available to paying customers over 25 years ago!

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