[Info-vax] This is for the folks who get comp.os.vms via the Info-VAX mailing list

Arne Vajhøj arne at vajhoej.dk
Wed Dec 6 17:17:29 EST 2023


On 12/6/2023 4:45 PM, Ken Robinson wrote:
> I wonder whether it will ever be possible to run VMS under WSL2 on Windows
> like I run Ubuntu. I do almost all my Drupal development on an instance of
> Ubuntu that runs under WSL2.

Technically I cannot see any reason why it would not be possible. But
it will not happen for business reasons.

VSI will likely add support for VMS on Hyper-V.

But Microsoft does the have any financial incentive to do the
significant effort required to create a WSV (Windows Subsystem
for VMS). The number of VMS developers is too small.

Arne





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