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

[kemain.nospam at gmail.com]

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> From: Info-vax <info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com> On Behalf Of Phil Howell via
> Info-vax
> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2022 3:03 AM
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> Cc: Phil Howell <phow9917 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Info-vax] What does VMS get used for, these days?
> 
> 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

Issue appears to be related to what I would refer to as overall "solution
latency" associated with distributed solutions that use the network as its
backbone for inter-service communications.

One needs to look at the sum of all the latencies in an overall solution to
determine if it will work or not. 

In todays rapidly evolving server, storage and local caching technology
speeds and enhancements, excessive distributed network communications and
the associated latency (not bandwidth) is emerging as the biggest
contributor to the overall solution latency.

Interesting times.

Regards,

Kerry Main
Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com








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