[Info-vax] Anyone still around ? :-)

[Dave Froble]

On 10/9/2019 9:58 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 10/9/19 8:15 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2019-10-08, Lee Gleason <lee.gleason at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>    I'm still around . I work mostly on RSX these days rather than VMS. I
>>> never really liked any of the post-VAX architectures.
>>>
>>
>> In production use ?
>>
>> If so, my initial reaction was surprise that RSX was still in production
>> use. However, thinking about it, maybe that's not such a surprise as it
>> may be used in custom embedded roles as part of a larger custom bit of
>> hardware and the OS would only get replaced at the same time as the
>> rest of the custom hardware.
>>
>> If my guessing above is correct, are there examples you are allowed to
>> share about where RSX is still in production use ?
>>
>
> I have no hard numbers, but if I were to take a guess, I would say there
> are probably as many if not more RSX systems still running in production
> than VAX.  :-)
>
> Too bad RSTS didn't fare the same.
>
> bill
>

Well, most likely the major reason is that when the ISVs and such 
finally got what they needed in VMS, VMS was a much better platform than 
RSTS for their needs.

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