[Info-vax] The best VMS features, was: Re: openvms renaming file

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <pek49d$2kp$1 at dont-email.me>, "Robert A. Brooks"
<FIRST.LAST at vmssoftware.com> writes: 

> >> I mentioned this before but I will repeat it. A while back I eliminated 
> >> the annoying 24 line terminal assumption from EDT and released it
> >> internally (to VSI). After then a few people came up to me and thanked
> >> me for doing so. It was almost like being at an AA meeting, with people
> >> saying: "My name is Joe Smith, and...and I use EDT" followed by a thank 
> >> you.
> > 
> > Another reason I am waiting for VMS on x86.  It WILL be part of the 
> > distribution, right?
>  
> It will make its appearance in VMS V8.5.

Can't wait!

In contrast to the old days, most hobbyists will not have a chance to 
experience VMS on x86.  Many won't buy a supported machine, at least not 
right away.  Like the old Seagate disks, it would be nice if there were 
some information on things which, while not officially supported, are 
expected to work.  Hopefully VMS won't be intentionally crippled to run 
only on some particular hardware.  And if I do fork out for a new 
server, hopefully VMS will still run on it 20 years from now, even the 
then-current version.  (I have some 20-year-old hardware in my cluster 
now; no problem at all.)