[Info-vax] Security, support and VMS, was: Re: A new VMS?

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-05-03, Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/3/21 12:28 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> If he is right about this, just think about what will happen when
>> one of the security researchers decide to probe x86-64 VMS. Much of
>> what they find, and they _will_ find vulnerabilities, will apply to
>> earlier architectures as well.
>
> Your obsession!!
>

We keep getting told that the remaining VMS are super important to their
owners and are vital to the running of their organisations.

So no, not an obsession, just reality.

> What about when people finally realize that none of these "security
> researchers" couldn't care less about VMS and have better things to
> do with their time.
>

Until they want to do something different that sets themselves apart
from their peers and then they find out about these super important
systems running an unusual operating system that is not Linux or
Windows and which none of their peers seem to know about.

At this point, they find out about the VSI marketing that claims "VMS
is the most secure operating system on the planet" and they promptly
go "Oh, really ???".

Simon.

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