Posts by mamavms 7 publicly visible posts • joined 6 Aug 2014
Dear Register Community
The attached URL is for the VMS Software In. (VSI) VMS first Boot on x86 contest. Please feel free to fill out the survey and submit your best guess. You will note that there is a hint to expect first boot in Q1 2018
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/OpenVMSx86BootContest
Warm Regards,
Sue
Sue Skonetski
VP of Customer Advocacy
Sue.Skonetski@vmssoftware.com
Office: +1 (978) 451-0116
Mobile: +1 (603) 494-988
Greetings everyone! My name is Sue Skonetski and I work for VMS Software Inc. (VSI). I did work for DEC, Compaq and HP in the VMS Engineering group. And I must say I have the best job in the world, And that is because I get to work with VMS people all over the world.
The reason for this post is several fold. The first and foremost is to let you know that VMS is in safe hands. We have hired many of the engineers that worked on VMS a few from the very beginning of VMS (v.05) some that worked on the port from VAX to Alpha and the majority that worked on the Alpha to Integrity port. VSI came into business on July 2014, since then we have release 5 versions of VMS, three on Integrity servers and 2 on Alpha. We are actively working on a port to X86. All versions of the VMS Operating System have retained the qualities VMS is known for (Security, Availability, Reliability) which includes VMS clustering, volume shadowing and more. For additional information or calls wth any member of the executive team, you are welcome to send me email at susan.skonetski @vmssofware.com please remove the spaces between my name and the email. And of course the website www.vmmssoftware.com has great information.
If I had to compare VMS Software to DEC, Compaq or HP I would pick DEC (Ken Olsen's DEC). Very much a customer oriented company with a "Do the right thing" mentally.
Dear Group,
This is Sue Skonetski previously from DEC/CPQ/HP and now part of VMS Software Inc. The very proud home of OpenVMS. In case folks are not aware we released VMS v8.4-1h1 in June (early delivery). If you want to look at the roadmap on our website you will notice that we are working on a new port in addition to continued development on the integrity servers. vmssoftware.com if you have any questions just let me know.
Sue
I received an email from a customer who had taken a day off from work (names changed to protect the guilty) . As you know most VMS folks try to keep their VMS systems up for as long as possible. His environment had been up for 18 year 5 months and some odd days. However on vacation day a non VMS person whom we shall call "Mr. I can use a mouse and text on a phone hence I am a computer genius" bought the environment down. Our friend comes back to day one. I can only imagine the words that were spoken. While this is not the longest uptime, it is certainly an honorable mention.
sue
Dear Register readers,
Thank you for all your comments. I don't know if folks remember me from the OpenVMS engineering group at DEC, Compaq and HP and now VMS Software Inc. I just wanted to let you know that in addition to the web site there is also a face boot, twitter and Linkedin group. And of course if there is anything we can do to help you please just let us know.
Warm Regards,
Sue
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