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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 10/29/2022 2:08 PM, IanD wrote:
> Replaced by cheaper more flexible and up to date standardized offerings

> Replaced by cheaper more flexible and up to date standardized offerings

> Replaced by cheaper more flexible and up to date standardized offerings

That is seen.

:-(

> So many VMS systems get shown the door because they lack integration
> with the rest of the organisation. Things like Applications dynamics,
> Splunk (yes, there's VMSSPI), CyberARK,  etc. Then there's things
> like MongoDB and other NoSQL flavored stuff that people/products want
> to use. Yes, they might all be one off's in their own right but have
> a few of these missing on your platform and suddenly your seen as
> difficult to work with/non supportive of 'mainstream' technologies.

Available software is essential for an OS.

But I suspect database will look better soon:

RDBMS - today we have SQLite and old version of MySQL/MariaDB, but if 
things work out then we will soon have SQLite, new MySQL/MariaDB and 
PostgreSQL

NoSQL KVS - VMS index-sequential files are OK in most cases

NoSQL DS (MongoDB market) - newer versions of MySQL/MariaDB and 
PostgreSQL can fill this role via their JSON column type so we kjust 
have to wait

NoSQL CS (HBase/Cassandra market) - nobody will want to use VMS for this

> In terms of current deployments for VMS, I have not heard of VMS
> gaining any new business other than upgrades to an existing operation
> but I don't frequent VMS circles anymore

There has probably not been many new VMS customers the last 10 years.

And a steady attrition of user base.

But still I think VMS future looks better now than in the past.

* there is a company dedicated to VMS (VSI)
* VMS runs on on standard hardware (x86-64) with a future
* VMS can run in common enterprise environments like
   VMWare ESXI and AWS/Azure/GCP

VMS now needs software!

Arne