[Info-vax] report of the last "rendez-vous autour de VMS" (2-FEB-2024)

Lawrence D'Oliveiro ldo at nz.invalid
Sat Apr 20 18:31:20 EDT 2024


On Sat, 20 Apr 2024 10:08 +0100 (BST), John Dallman wrote:

> In article <uvs6f5$2g9b9$8 at dont-email.me>, ldo at nz.invalid (Lawrence
> D'Oliveiro) wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:00 +0100 (BST), John Dallman wrote:
>>
>>> Also, when the x86 port started, Aarch64 was way too new to depend on
>>> for a server OS and RISC-V was in its infancy.
>> That's reinforcing my point, about how long ago that was.
> 
> In spite of how long it has been, a decision to run on ARM at that stage
> would still have been fatal now.

It’s not clear that VMS has achieved non-fatality as it is.



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