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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.'"

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  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