[Info-vax] VMS port to x86

[Neil Rieck]

On May 31, 3:31 am, JKB <j... at koenigsberg.invalid> wrote:
> Le Thu, 31 May 2012 00:23:01 -0600,
> Howard S Shubs <how... at shubs.net> écrivait :
>
> > In article <jq3u0d$v4... at dont-email.me>,
> >  David Froble <da... at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>
> >> On the other hand, get VMS on x86, and one of the biggest reasons
> >> people have for going elsewhere will no longer be an issue.  For the
> >> forseeable future, x86 will be with us.  If it does get replaced, at
> >> least VMS will be in no worse trouble than everybody else.
>
> > Port VMS to ARM, just in case.
>
>         That's why VMS should not be ported on x86, but on top of a real
>         microkernel. L4 is a good candidate as it is compact and simple. If
>         you want to port your OS on another processor, you only has to port
>         microkernel (and toolchain).
>
>         JKB
>
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As others have already pointed out, x86-64 will be with us for a very
long time. Not having our favorite OS run directly on silicon we leave
it on "death row"

(the real death row; not the servers supported by our buddies here :-)

Neil Rieck
Kitchener / Waterloo / Cambridge,
Ontario, Canada.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/