[Info-vax] OpenVMS Hobbyist Notification

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 3/8/2020 8:56 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 3/8/2020 7:38 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>>                                  But to declare that using VMs is sort 
>> of automatic is premature and just a prejudiced wild ass guess.
> 
> Anything related to the future has some uncertainty.
> 
> But it is way more than a wild guess.
> 
> Because other platforms has had the capability for many years. And
> other platforms has adopted the technology.
> 
> Most with more than 1 server are using virtualization.
> 
> Some statistics:
> 
> https://www.smartprofile.io/analytics-papers/vmware-far-largest-server-virtualisation-market/ 
> 
> 
> (75% of companies over 50 employees use virtualization)
> 
> https://www.vmware.com/company/why-choose-vmware.html
> 
> (100% of Forune 500 companies use virtualization)
> 
> Why shoudld VMS be different from all other OS??

Actually there is a trend away from virtualization.

But not to old style server approach.

Many are now switching to containers instead of traditional VM's.

Containers will be next step for VMS like in 11.0 or 12.0
as it will require significant changes to the OS (even though
VMS actually already have some of the basic building blocks).

Arne