[Info-vax] VSI OpenVMS Community License

[Chris Townley]

On 27/03/2024 14:38, John Dallman wrote:
> In article <utulvc$1pmvc$1 at dont-email.me>, news at cct-net.co.uk (Chris
> Townley) wrote:
> 
>> Looks like a more restricted X86 - We can download a pre-built and
>> licensed VMDK with a few LP, including compilers
> 
> Looking up what you can do with a VMDK, the options for running it seem
> to be QEMU, VirtualBox or VMware. The problems there are:
> 
> * QEMU seems to be pretty complex, or at least, ill-documented.
> * VirtualBox is from Oracle, and thus subject to corporate whims.
> * VMware is from Broadcom, whose swingeing price rises are putting
>    everyone off the product.
> 
> My employers are large-scale users of VMware, but the price rises have
> them looking hard at alternatives.
> 
> John

I set up a server running Ubuntu, and found it pretty easy to setup 
KVM/QEMU. I set up 2 instances of VMS, albeit they are fairly simple, I 
find they work extremely well. I have pretty much left my FreeAXP 
instances alone, as I have my physical AXP

-- 
Chris