[Info-vax] Reimplementing VMS, was: Re: HP adds OpenVMS Mature Product Support beyond the end of Standard Support

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <0360a596-acab-4b5c-abf5-a3d3600c270f at googlegroups.com>,
	BillPedersen <pedersen at ccsscorp.com> writes:
> On Tuesday, February 4, 2014 10:57:15 AM UTC-5, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> Which leads us to the question:  Why is there not already a group
>> working on an Open Source Complete VMS API capable of running on
>> top of any POSIX infrastructure?  This would allow to pick their
>> underlying architecture based on their needs, be it: Linux, BSD,
>> Solaris, Mach, whatever.  Seesm this would make more sense than
>> the current "porting project" that meets several times a month.
>> And could be accomplished by pretty much the same people.
>> 
> 
> What "porting project"?  
> 
> If you are referencing the Open Source on OpenVMS effort then your are
> mistaken as to the plan and direction there. 

No, I kow exactly what it is.

>                                                It has nothing to do with
> porting OpenVMS or creating an "VMS-like" environment.

Didn't say it did.  Did say that may it should be.

> 
> It is oriented toward porting open source code TO VMS.

What is the point of porting open source code to VMS if VMS is just
going to die?  What I said was that your particular group has the
needed expertise and one wold hope the desire to see VMS survive that
they might make a good core group for writting the needed VMS
abstraction layer.

bill

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