VSI OpenVMS v9.0-G Released (x86 port)

Re:VSI OpenVMS v9.0-G Released (x86 port) by icedchai on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @02:46PM (#26170685)

VMS is / was popular in the transaction processing industry: financials, lottery, casino, etc. However, most of the folks I know working in that industry moved on to other platforms over a decade ago.

I have an AlphaStation as part of my retro collection. It has OpenVMS on it, but hasn't been booted in a while.

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Re:VSI OpenVMS v9.0-G Released (x86 port) by 3nf on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @02:47PM (#26170700)

A university I worked at migrated from independent VMS systems (student, finance, HR) to an ERP system. To make that implementation easier, they only converted the most recent few years of data.

Last I heard they had some sort of virtual machines emulating Alpha hardware still running those legacy systems.

My current employer (also higher ed.) is hosting somebody's ES40. Some people in higher ed. really, really liked VMS and the Alpha/Itanium platforms.

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Re:VSI OpenVMS v9.0-G Released (x86 port) by rsecora on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @06:21PM (#26173213)

Some satellite broadcasting platforms still use VMS for mixing the data carrousel with the mpeg transport streams.

One of those services, millions use it everyday without knowing it.

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Re:VSI OpenVMS v9.0-G Released (x86 port) by Sylamore on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @08:10PM (#26174176)

https://www.freepatentsonline.com/8533767.html

Several pieces described in that patent still run on VMS in 2021

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Re:VSI OpenVMS v9.0-G Released (x86 port) by aba_cz on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @04:00PM (#26171710)

I haven't worked there for a few years, but I'm 99% sure that German stock exchange in Frankfurt (https://www.deutsche-boerse.com/dbg-en) is still operating their clearing operations (central counterparty) and some others on OpenVMS/Itanium servers from HP

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Re:VSI OpenVMS v9.0-G Released (x86 port) by meddlepal on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @07:47PM (#26173989)

If you squint you could argue Windows NT is basically a cousin of VMS considering its origins and principle architect.

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Re:VSI OpenVMS v9.0-G Released (x86 port) by crashdelta on Thursday February 18, 2021 @12:24AM (#26176235)

That's a great point... I never got an opportunity to meet Cutler but I always looked out for him on campus.

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Re:VSI OpenVMS v9.0-G Released (x86 port) by EthicalHacker03 on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @07:10PM (#26173677)

IKEA does. Their home grown ERP system run (ran?) on OpenVMS at each store [1].

[1] https://docplayer.net/48457150-I303-physical-to-virtual-serv...

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Re:VSI OpenVMS v9.0-G Released (x86 port) by fredsmith42 on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @08:45PM (#26174453)

Some hospital labs. The systems are scheduled to be replaced within a couple of years.

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Re:VSI OpenVMS v9.0-G Released (x86 port) by capableweb on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @05:58PM (#26172985)

If you're dealing with anything Apple you're probably running macOS VMs on Apple hardware. At least for things like build servers, signing and such (CI/CD) when the projects start growing.

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Re:VSI OpenVMS v9.0-G Released (x86 port) by rsecora on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @06:16PM (#26173165)

Parent comment ask about the OS descendant from VAX/VMS, that is being ported to x86. The subject of this thread.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenVMS

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Re:VSI OpenVMS v9.0-G Released (x86 port) by capableweb on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @08:10PM (#26174183)

Right, I mistook the subject at large and misread VMS as VMs. Thanks!

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