[1] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

virtual memory system
     
         vms dec's proprietary operating
        system originally produced for its vax minicomputer.
     
        vms v1 was released in august 1978.  vms was renamed "openvms"
        around version 5.5.  the first version of vms on dec alpha
        was 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 binaries
        portable from small desktop workstations up to huge
        mainframes.
     
        many 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.
     
        faq
       
     http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/bngusenet/comp/os/vms/top.html.
     
        usenet newsgroup: news:comp.os.vms.
     
        how does its performance compare with other oses?
     
        1999-06-03
     
     
see also:
dec operating system vax minicomputer dec alpha x/open 
posix clustering binaries workstations mainframes 
unix hacker lt;faqgt; usenet lt;news:comp.os.vmsgt; 

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