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HP Discontinue OpenVMS

Posted by samzenpus on from the end-of-the-line dept.

simpz writes "The register is reporting that 'the ancient but trustworthy server operating system' OpenVMS has been discontinued. From the article: 'HP never really promoted its acquisition and OpenVMS suffered from a lack of development compared to HP-UX, itself suffering from competition from Linux. It was only a matter of time, but it's a sad end. Many of its old-time fans, your correspondent included, cherished a hope HP would move it to x86-64 – but since development moved to India in 2009, OpenVMS has been living on borrowed time. Now, it's run out.'"

3 of 238 comments (clear)

  1. Re:no by isopropanol · · Score: 4, Funny

    Indeed, what will their customer use now?

  2. Not surprised OpenVMS lasted this long by T5 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm not surprised that it took HP so long to figure out

    SYS$SYSTEM:SHUTDOWN.COM

    on the whole O/S.

    After all, it has a dollar sign in it and they're not particularly astute with cash lately.

  3. I sense a really insignificant disturbance... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I sense a really insignificant disturbance in the force as if a few voices suddenly cried out in terror and then went back to stroking their beards.