[Info-vax] VMS and the Internet of Things (IoT)

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2016-09-11 18:39:48 +0000, Kerry Main said:

>> 
>> I'm confused. Are you suggesting that VMS can occupy the middle tier in 
>> my 3 tier model and be the OS that runs inside the controller box which 
>> is located within the facility itself and which talks directly
>> to the sensors ?
>> ...
> You missed my earlier comment in this thread -
> 
> " My references to OpenVMS and IoT were in respect to OpenVMS and 
> future architectures - coming (X86-64) and potential (ARM). This would 
> be post OpenVMS V9+ (ARM - V10?) - after the new file system and new 
> TCPIP stack. X86-64 in small boxes/appliances are valid thin "smart" 
> clients just as much as lower power ARM devices in even smaller thin 
> client "smart" devices are likely. "

I suspect Simon saw your comment.   I certainly did.   Which still 
leaves more than just Simon confused.   This isn't just about ARM, 
either, and a new TCP/IP stack — that's probably closer to what's 
common, but whether it catches up with what's commonplace?   Embedded 
is rather more than the processor architecture, too — it's the price of 
the whole box and there are more than a few cases where using 
less-than-64-bit processors and very constrained memory configurations 
is necessary — eliminating a single screw is a big deal in the embedded 
market, as can be using some lower-end and/or non-SBSA ARM SoC that may 
not or will not have native OpenVMS support — and then there's the 
software and networking capabilities, distributed OS and app updates, 
and even sorting out the system licensing if that's anything like the 
current LMF morass.   Development tools, too.   And of course the 
OpenVMS pricing is a factor — far lower than the applications and 
servers license tier, or whatever DEC called that license.


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