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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.'"

5 of 238 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Never hacked? by Shirgall · · Score: 4, Informative

    VMS was hacked, but it is certainly rare. https://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1989-04.html

  2. Re:When will it be open-sourced? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    I wonder too. Perhaps some of "Open"VMS can be ported into FreeVMS.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeVMS

  3. Re:Never hacked? by bobstreo · · Score: 3, Informative

    Last time I heard VMS had never been hacked. Is that still the case?

    It was the best OS I ever worked with. It'd be nice if they open sourced it.

    Umm Kevin Mitnick?

    http://www.openvms.org/faqs/OpenVMS-Hack-FAQ.html

  4. Re:Never hacked? by laughingskeptic · · Score: 3, Informative

    Ahhh user FIELD; password SERVICE. The good ol' days.

  5. Re:When will it be open-sourced? by Darinbob · · Score: 3, Informative

    I've seen VMS source code. It is not pretty stuff.