[Info-vax] Users of OpenVMS

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2015-01-30 18:22:38 +0000, Jay Braun said:

> Hello.  I'm an old user of VMS, and have been working on Linux for the 
> past 15 years or so.  Are there still a lot of users of VMS?  In what 
> inudstries?

Some usage still, yes.   There are still some VMS users and systems 
around, and these are almost entirely the same sites and folks that 
were probably around and using VMS fifteen years ago.    A number of 
sites have migrated off, of course.  Or have administratively frozen 
their VMS systems, as is common with embedded configurations.

There's still some new VMS activity, too.  A company called VSI — VMS 
Software, Inc <http://vmssoftware.com> — has acquired rights to create 
new VMS versions from HP, and they are just starting up the field test 
process for their first new VMS release; what they're calling the 
V8.4-1H1 "Bolton" release.

Where VSI might get with this new development effort, we shall learn in 
the fullness of time.

If you want to try to remember DCL, you can telnet into 
eisner.decus.org and request an account through the automated 
registration system available there.


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