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

Thu Oct 13 17:26:07 EDT 2022

Den 2022-10-13 kl. 19:09, skrev John Dallman:
> 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?

Production support and control. What is called "MES" today.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_execution_system

> 
> John