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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 5/29/2018 5:31 PM, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
> On 5/29/2018 5:19 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> As has been said before, many times -- we expect that VMS will play
> quite nicely with a few hypervisors.  VirtualBox at first, and KVM
> soon after, if not immediately.

And besides.

A hobbyist does not need the HW to be supported just that it work.

Are there any reason to believe that VMS x86-64 will not run on
any standard HW or standard VM's?

Run meaning being usable potentially with a few funky
effects: certain hardware being identified as UNKNOWN,
VM's not releasing CPU when VMS is idle and stuff like
that.

And of course VSI will not take any bug reports.

Similar to VMS on Multia some decades ago.

Arne