[Info-vax] VMS port to x86

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In article <slrnjqpumo.snv.jkb at rayleigh.systella.fr>, JKB <jkb at koenigsberg.invalid> writes:
>Le Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:22:29 +0100,
>Michael Kraemer <M.Kraemer at gsi.de> écrivait :
>> JF Mezei schrieb:
>>
>>> 
>>> At some point, HP decided to not port to x86.
>>> 
>>
>> According to what I've read,
>> there was no customer demand for it.
>>
>>
>>> 
>>> Looks to me that once HP decided to end of line its proprietary OS at
>>> same time as IA64, there was no point in keeping the experienced
>>> engineering teams since they wouldn't be needed for the port.
>>> 
>>> I fear it may be too late to save VMS.
>>
>> well, iirc, the source listing is available,
>> so feel free to start your own skunkworks project.
>
>	I'm not sure that's a good idea. If I have to write an OpenVMS-like
>	system, I'll start from a microkernel like L4... With this
>	microkernel, you can emulate all protection levels you want and your
>	OS is portable.
>
>	Regards,
>
>	JKB
>
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Then it won't be VMS!

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