[Info-vax] History of DECSET / CMS

[Robert A. Brooks]

On 3/29/2020 7:33 PM, Andrew Shaw wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I need to educate my colleagues behind the history of CMS which is what all
> our VMS development processes are built around (no surprise there) - because
> these processes have gradually morphed and matured over a period of some 20+
> years, probably a lot longer.
> 
> I am being asked why we are not using git and as part of my answer I would
> like to provide some factual background about CMS' robust history.
> 
> I am guessing it started back in the VAX days, or was it even earlier than
> that? Was it always part of DECSET?

Yes, it was started in the VAX days, but I'm not sure when V1.0 was released -- 
I'd guess 1981.  CMS and MMS predate the packaging (along with LSE, SCA, PCA, 
and DTM) into VAXset (which became DECset).

CMS (along with the rest of DECset) is still maintained by VSI, although we are 
primarily doing bug fixes (and the occassional enhancement).

I am the primary DECset maintainer at VSI.

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                  -- Rob