OpenVMS x86 E9.2-3 fixes CDE (DECWindows) and adds a Guest Console

[jandeboevrie]

https://raymii.org/s/blog/OpenVMS_x86_E9.2-3_fixes_CDE_and_adds_Guest_Console.html

[Squeeeez]

Still bitter about them ditching nearly all hobbyist licensing like they did. Sigh.

[rbanffy → Squeeeez]

Same here. This dooms VMS to legacy applications, and, unlike IBM mainframes, they don’t have the five nines.

[Aloha → rbanffy]

https://vmssoftware.com/community/community-license/

[Squeeeez → rbanffy]

And yet it has so many concepts which are still lacking in other systems. Well, here's to hoping that they can make enough of a living from their work to afford hobbyist licensing some time in the future again.

[rbanffy → Squeeeez]

It’s true, but there I can’t come up with a good reason to build something new on VMS rather than Linux. I can come up with a lot of reasons to deploy Linux solutions on a z16.

[Aloha → Squeeeez]

they still have it?

https://vmssoftware.com/community/community-license/

[Squeeeez → Aloha]

As I understand it, what you get with this is a pre-installed VM image. Please correct me if I am wrong.

[Aloha → Squeeeez]

No, you get an ISO you can install on a hypervisor.

[mepian → Aloha]

They ignored my application.

[Aloha]

This is really awesome - it looks like it might work on Hyper-V now - the serial port was the biggest blocking issue to my knowledge.