[Info-vax] Where is VMS used for new projects?

[JOUKJ]

MG wrote:
> On 16-2-2011 11:09, Wendell wrote:
>> Everything I've found online gives the impression that OpenVMS is used
>> only in the case of maintaining old legacy systems. Is that it? I
>> mean, is there any field where people given a choice will still prefer
>> to implement something new with VMS?
> 
> The problem with VMS, in the 'popularity contest' sense, is that many of 
> the systems that it runs on often host, provide or process sensitive 
> data and therefore wouldn't be in the interest of the owners, operators, 
> benefactors and so forth of such systems to let too much be known of 
> them.  In some cases, they aren't even allowed to release information 
> about it, like in the case of some government systems.
> 
> Besides the list that Ian Miller provided you with, from what I read, 
> VMS is particularly big in the public transit sector (France, Belgium 
> and India, to name a few).  The Dutch railways used to run VMS, but a 
> bunch of 'hip' IT/ICT reformers decided to switch to Linux because they 
> thought it was "more sexy" (literal quote, I read it in a local 
> journal).  They also admitted that they didn't switch to Linux because 
> it was more capable, solely because of the aforementioned reason...  I 
> think it'll only be a matter of time until they switch back, because 
> there have been tons of problems ever since.
> 
>  - MG
Thanks, that explains fully the problems I experience every day on the 
train.


       Jouk