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

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On Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 5:26:10 PM UTC-4, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
> 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 
> 
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> > 
> > John
I have direct clients in banking, manufacturing, medical lab information systems and other industries.

Through my job supporting emulation environments, I reach many other industries.

All working with systems powered by OpenVMS of various versions from V4 up to current VSI versions.

Dan