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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 11/19/2022 3:20 AM, John Dallman wrote:
> In article <tl9i99$13ti$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, maher_rjSPAMLESS at hotmail.com
> (Richard Maher) wrote:
>> On 19/11/2022 5:12 am, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> They did not say VMS, but Cobol on Itanium is likely VMS.
>> I thought they left VMS when they left SEATS?
> 
> They're trying to hire a Senior Analyst Programmer to work on CHESS,
> requiring a good knowledge of OpenVMS:
> <https://www2.asx.com.au/content/dam/asx/about/job-opportunities/securitie
> s-and-payments/senior-analyst-programmer%20-chess.pdf>

Very much indeed.

<quote>
* Expertise in design, build and maintenance of COBOL programmes
* Experience of COBOL batch processing
* Experience of using DECForms
* Highly proficient in writing SQL queries/ Oracle RDB
* Experience of building and maintenance of OpenVMS PASCAL programmes
* Experience of OpenVMS operating system
* Working knowledge of DCL (Digital Command Language), command line 
interpreter for OpenVMS
systems, with ability to read/write command scripts
</quote>

That is about as VMSish as it can be.

But I did not know that when I wrote the above. I was
just considering VMS way more likely than HP-UX for
a Cobol application.

Arne