[Info-vax] OpenVMS in the future, Open sourced or Closed? Intent is to keep it...

[Paul Sture]

On 2015-05-03, mcleanjoh at gmail.com <mcleanjoh at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sunday, May 3, 2015 at 6:01:28 PM UTC+10, seasoned_geek wrote:
>> On Saturday, May 2, 2015 at 9:44:26 PM UTC-5, David Froble wrote:
>> > > Here is the reality, VMS serves a market which cannot use bottom
>> > > feeding systems.
>> > 
>> > I'm not sure which are the "bottom feeding systems" ?
>> 
>  "Pretty much anything on x86"
>
> Isn't VSI porting to that processor??

>From VSI_DrawerSt_v2.pdf dated 12-Sep-2014:

"VSI’s second effort is dedicated to securing the future growth of the
OpenVMS platform. VSI recognizes that the overwhelming hardware platform
of choice for mission critical applications run on Intel X86 hardware.
We also believe that the future health of the platform requires
innovative new products in new market segments that could benefit from
OpenVMS’ key strengths. Specifically:

• VSI will develop new releases of OpenVMS for the industry-standard X86
hardware platform. VSI’s R&D group is already working on X86 plans.
VSI’s Director of R&D formerly headed HP’s engineering team that ported
OpenVMS from DEC Alpha to HP Integrity.

• VSI will provide migration support for UNIX/Linux applications to
OpenVMS, taking advantage of the latest Open Source products and
standards to attract new ISV applications and developers.

• VSI will expand its partner program to users, customers, and
developers of modern technology tools making it easier to monitor, run,
and maintain OpenVMS in heterogeneous environments.

• VSI will actively fund R&D into new product areas to expand beyond
traditional server markets."

That last point "beyond traditional server markets" has me intrigued.

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