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

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <pekpru$1iqi$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=
<arne at vajhoej.dk> writes: 

> >> 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.

Right, but before getting some hardware, I want to know the probability 
that VMS will run on it.

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

That's my question.

I'm interested only in running it directly on hardware, not as a VM or a 
guest or whatever.