VMS V1 was released in August 1978. VMS was renamed "OpenVMS"
around version 5.5. The first version of VMS on
DEC Alphawas known as OpenVMS for AXP V1.0, and the correct way to
refer to the operating system now is OpenVMS for VAX or
OpenVMS for Alpha. The renaming also signified the fact that
the
X/Open consortium had certified OpenVMS as having a high
support for
POSIX standards.
VMS is one of the most secure operating systems on the market
(making it popular in financial institutions). It currently
(October 1997) has the best
clustering capability (both
number and distance) and is very scalable with
binariesMany
Unix fans generously concede that VMS would probably be
the
hacker's favourite commercial OS if Unix didn't exist;
though true, this makes VMS fans furious.
[How does its performance compare with other OSes?]
(1999-06-03)