[Info-vax] OpenVMS Hobbyist Notification

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 3/9/20 2:20 AM, Dave Froble wrote:
> 
> Don't misunderstand, since looking at VMs, I really like some of the 
> things that they can do.  And yes, in some organizations with people 
> dedicated to such, developing the expertise to manage the VMs can be 
> helpful.  But if an organization doesn't have that manpower, then having 
> to have it is an additional cost, and organizations don't like 
> additional cost.
> 
> There are non-fortune 500 entities out there ....
> 

The biggest advantage to VM's for VMS users at this point is
going to be the fix it offers for the rapidly changing hardware
world in the x86-64 world.  What could be worse than having your
hardware die and needing weeks to find a new piece of hardware
that supports your OS?  VM will make that a non-problem or at
least, someone else's problem.

bill