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

[seasoned_geek]

On Monday, May 4, 2015 at 11:01:08 AM UTC-5, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> 
> I don't know where he got the idea that Patriots use VMS, but if it's
> true I wouldn't be out there bragging about it.  Read about the fact
> that it can't even maintain an accurate clock for over 20 hours resulting
> in the inablity to hit anything without frequent reboots.
> 

Because it originally was, but, now I understand your opinion of it.

http://www.sector7.com/customers/case_studies/cs_manufacturing3.html

What a way to fix a hardware bug, well, that's how I classify lack of precision in a register.

http://sydney.edu.au/engineering/it/~alum/patriot_bug.html