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

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2022-11-15 kl. 15:11, skrev Simon Clubley:
> On 2022-11-14, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>> 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).
>>
> 
> I thought the core Rdb components ran in Executive mode. Was I wrong
> about that ?
> 
> Simon.
> 

Maybe so, but the question was if Rdb run in the kernel, wasn't it?