[Info-vax] VMS port to x86

[JKB]

Le Thu, 31 May 2012 03:41:34 -0700 (PDT),
Neil Rieck <n.rieck at sympatico.ca> écrivait :
> 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 :-)

	I agree. In Unix world, there are a lot of volunteers that have
	started to write open source unix clones (xBSD, even Linux) to use
	Unix on regular PC (and force for example Sun to port Solaris to
	x86). If you want to keep VMS alive, you must have a VMS port to amd64.
	I'm not sure that HP would start this kind of development. Thus, conclusion
	is very simple, we have to start to write a VMS clone to show to HP
	that we wait for a x86 port.

	Ten years ago, I have started with some other VMS addicts this kind
	of project. Now, I have restarted from scratch to obtain a portable
	OS over a microkernel that contains all required VMS capabilities.
	If you want to contribute, you're welcome. Today, FreeVMS needs a
	pager to continue and I don't have time enough to write it.

	Regards,

	JKB

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