[Info-vax] What does VMS get used for, these days?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 11/14/2022 1:59 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2022-11-11, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>> On 11/11/2022 7:40 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>>> =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=  <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>>>> On 11/10/2022 9:51 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>>>>> As software becomes more and more expensive, I think the need to have an
>>>>> efficient operating system that provides database features in the kernel
>>>>> becomes more important.
>>>>
>>>> Database in the actual OS kernel or just database shipping with the
>>>> OS distribution?
>>>>
>>>> It is not uncommon to put application functionality in the
>>>> kernel today, but I am not keen on the idea.
>>>
>>> I think in the kernel.  Maybe not in the top ring, but in a ring below it.
>>> I want fast database access, I want rapid transaction turnover, I don't care
>>> necessarily about realtime operation or any direct UI other than for
>>> administration, or ever specifically making deadline.  I'm thinking of a
>>> specialized database engine.
>>
>> I don't think I have ever heard about that for database.
> 
> Rdb ? :-)

I thought that was in user space not kernel space (P0 vs S0 in
more VMSish teminology).

Arne