[Info-vax] VSI licencing policy (again), was: Re: VSI has a new CEO

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-08-09, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> On 8/8/2021 11:41 PM, Lawrence D?Oliveiro wrote:
>> I suggested on one of VSI?s YouTube videos that they rearchitect VMS
>> on top of a Linux kernel. That should simplify the job immensely,
>> since Linux already runs on essentially every major processor
>> architecture still in existence.
> But would VMS userland on top of a Linux kernel
> be VMS?
>

The third party porting kits that allow you to port VMS applications
to run on top of Linux already do this to some extent.

So the question becomes: What _is_ VMS ? Is it the APIs ? Is it the
underlying design ? Is it something else ?

I think the APIs are part of it, but not sufficient by itself.

So while you can run some VMS applications on Linux with the help
of these tools, I don't think of that as being VMS on Linux.

Simon.

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