[HN Gopher] OpenVMS x86_64 at the Edge
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       OpenVMS x86_64 at the Edge
        
       Author : musha68k
       Score  : 15 points
       Date   : 2024-08-26 12:28 UTC (3 days ago)
        
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       | boricj wrote:
       | From the linked forum thread, 18 months later
       | (https://forum.vmssoftware.com/viewtopic.php?t=183#p17812):
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       | > The Atom project as shown in the YouTube video is not a VMS
       | Software Inc. product. As Andrew pointed out using OpenVMS on
       | Atom or similar devices is different from Linux which is obtained
       | freely. VMS Software is not further promoting the Atom project
       | now or into the future. VMS Software is concentrating on OpenVMS
       | in virtual environments, not on hardware devices.
        
       | jamesy0ung wrote:
       | I've heard VMS has legendary reliability, but is there any reason
       | to build new stuff on it in 2024? Surely Linux would be a better
       | choice since it's free of cost and you can do whatever you want
       | without being locked in to a single vendor (VSI)
        
         | lenerdenator wrote:
         | Same reason IBM still sells tons of big iron:
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         | Your company built something on it in 1985 and the risk is too
         | high if they have to port it over to anything else, so you have
         | to build on top of that.
        
           | icedchai wrote:
           | If risk is a factor, you won't port it to VMS x86, either.
           | You'll leave it running in an Alpha or VAX emulator.
        
         | voidfunc wrote:
         | New thing? No.
        
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