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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2022-11-17, Phil Howell <phow9917 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Friday, 14 October 2022 at 4:09:34 am UTC+11, John Dallman wrote:
>> In its glory days of the 1980s, VMS got used for all sorts of technical 
>> computing and business IT. 
>> 
>> My employers used it as a software development system, producing 
>> mathematical modelling code for VMS, plus a wide range of other platforms. 
>> Demand for the code on VMS shrank in the 1990s, and it became expensive 
>> compared to doing development on Windows. We had dropped it by the year 
>> 2000. We'd resume support if there was significant demand for it on 
>> x86-64, which is why I joined this newsgroup. 
>> 
>> What do you use VMS for in the 2020s? 
>> 
>> John
> Read this (and weep?)
> https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/17/asx_blockchain_reading_project_paused/
> Phil

I noticed they hardened the current system. I wonder what hardening
techniques they used ?

Simon.

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