[Info-vax] Questions and observations about OpenVMS

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 3/6/2021 5:07 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 3/6/2021 4:44 PM, Forrest Aldrich wrote:
>> 4.  Modern/general perception of VMS.  When I mention VMS to anyone, 
>> I've seen eyes roll and mentions of "dinosaur" etc., but I see a 
>> potential "gold mine" if OpenVMS could work in the above --  with the 
>> right partnerships to bring more commercial (and open) code to the 
>> platform.   My sense is that OpenVMS probably has "enough" high-end 
>> commercial industry that they can afford not to care, but for how 
>> long?   They have been mum on future plans, but I can't imagine it 
>> doesn't include at least some of this.
> 
> ISV support and open source support is important for VMS.

ISV support is mostly  VSI's responsibility - they need
to convince ISV's to support VMS.

(note that VSI actually have a great ISV program !!)

Open source support is really the responsibility of
the VMS user base. So anyone wanting to help VMS
should port something to VMS every quarter.

:-)

Arne