[Info-vax] VSI Announces Initial Focus on Hypervisor Support for OpenVMS on x86

[Rich Jordan]

On Thursday, May 5, 2022 at 4:37:42 PM UTC-5, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
> Maybe others have seen this, but I just got this announcement from VSI. 
> Regards, Jan-Erik. 
> 
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> After analyzing customer feedback, VMS Software Inc. has made the decision 
> to move hypervisor support on OpenVMS V9.2 to the top of our priority list. 
> We plan to extend support for the following: VMWare, KVM and Hyper-V. Kevin 
> Shaw, the CEO of VMS Software, Inc. and Stephen Nelson, VP Engineering will 
> present this update of the VSI x86 rollout strategy at the webinar on May 
> 11th. [Registration at https://vmssoftware.com/about/webinars/] 
> 
> Better hypervisor support will mean being able to run OpenVMS on any x86 
> hardware, which is a priority for many customers. However, this also means 
> that bare metal support will be delayed – although eventually the DL380 and 
> several other server models are planned to be supported. The first limited 
> production release of OpenVMS on x86, V9.2, is scheduled for July 2022.


I was on vacation but today at work I was told that Broadcom had bought VMWare and they plan to make it a subscription to run product as quickly as they can.

Wonder how that will impact.  Suddenly running a subscription VMS on VMWare might (might! I don't know the prices) be getting more costly.