[Info-vax] What is VMS?

[John Wallace]

On Dec 19, 10:48 pm, seasoned_geek <rol... at logikalsolutions.com>
wrote:
> On Dec 18, 8:51 am, Skip Morris <mor... at skip.net> wrote:
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> > On Dec 17, 9:47 pm, seasoned_geek <rol... at logikalsolutions.com> wrote:
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> > > On Dec 11, 6:42 pm, Connor Cooper <rockyc... at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > 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?
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> > > If you are serious about learning how to develop software and use the
> > > various utilities you should obtain a copy of "The Minimum You Need to
> > > Know to Be an OpenVMS Application Developer".  Of course, I'm biased,
> > > I wrote it.  You can find it at Barnes & Nobel.
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> > As a long-time VMS geek, I just looked that book up to buy a copy on
> > general principals.
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> > However... the price is $150.  Way too much for casual interest.
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> > /Skip
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> Um....the list price for a brand new printed version is $90 US.
> Please provide a link where you found someone screwing the public for
> $150.
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> In a couple of months there might be an EPUB version available.  I
> have an individual working on it now.  All attempts made by all
> service providers used by Sony failed in the past, but, I put an
> actual U.S. citizen on it, so, should achieve better results.

An internet search for this book title plus the word "buy" using a
well known search engine finds two of the first three results are from
the US and UK websites of a well known store which I believe isn't one
of your favourites but is for whatever reason widely used by the
public. The UK website has two suppliers at ~£340 used (both seemingly
from US suppliers) and the US store has one supplier at ~$140 new.

The other top 3 result is a reference to the book, in the Wikipedia
article on VMS. The article might well be a decent starting point for
Connor's original enquiry about "What is VMS?".