[Info-vax] OpenVMS x64 Atom project

[David Goodwin]

On Friday, June 4, 2021 at 2:45:43 AM UTC+12, plugh wrote:
> On 6/3/21 06:39, Dave Froble wrote: 
> > On 6/3/2021 8:11 AM, Simon Clubley wrote: 
> >> On 2021-06-02, ultr... at gmail.com <ultr... at gmail.com> wrote: 
> >>> 
> >>> because then OpenVMS becomes available to the common user (desktop) apps 
> >>> with the ad pitch being "eliminate ransomware, malware and security tools for good" 
> >> 
> >> Don't go there Bob. Seriously. 
> > 
> > Why not? It might work for some people. 
> > 
> >> VMS is missing the required desktop applications. 
> > 
> > "Required" might not be easy to specify. Lots of different "requirements" out there. 
> > 
> >> VMS is missing security protections common in other operating systems. 
> > 
> > You mean all those "secure" systems that are constantly being hacked, invaded with ransomware and such. Are those the "common security protections" you're talking about? 
> > 
> > Perhaps I'd rather be not as "secure" ... 
> > 
> >> Anyone saying the above does not have a clue about what is required 
> >> on the desktop or what is standard on other operating systems when 
> >> it comes to security. 
> > 
> > "Standard" as in "known how to hack"? Perhaps it's time for another direction? 
> > 
> > Ok, I'll admit, I don't use VMS on the desktop. Got to have my WEENDOZE bloatware. 
> >
> Other than MacOS, I can't think of a major OS that's been ported to so many different ISA.

Windows NT has been ported to more - x86, MIPS, Alpha, PowerPC, Itanium, ARM. Initial development was done on the i860XP before porting to x86 and MIPS. A Clipper port was publicly demonstrated but possibly not released. A SPARC port was announced but as far as I can tell never publicly demonstrated or released.

NetBSD and Linux easily beat Windows for number of ISA though.