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Everything about OpenVMS
Computer operating system
OpenVMS, often referred to as just VMS, is a multi-user, multiprocessing and virtual memory-based operating system. It is designed to support time-sharing, batch processing, transaction processing and workstation applications. Customers using OpenVMS include banks and financial service providers, hospitals and healthcare providers, telecommunications operators, network information services, and industrial manufacturers. During the 1990s and 2000s, there were approximately half a million VMS systems in operation worldwide. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: OpenVMSA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Open VMSThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Porting OpenVMS from VAX to Alpha AXPCited 4 times
- Go sideways: VAX MACROA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Oracle RdbA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
Open VMSRaj Bhargava · 1994
UNIX for OpenVMS UsersPhilip Bourne, Richard Holstein · 1998- 📕DEC CDigital Equipment Corporation. · 1994
COM beyond MicrosoftTerence Sherlock, Terence Sherlock · 2000
OpenVMS System Management GuideLawrence Baldwin, Steve Hoffman · 2003
Writing real programs in DCLPaul C. Anagnostopoulos, Steve Hoffman · 1989
Windows NT for open VMS professionalsDavid A. Solomon · 1996
Getting Started With OpenVMSMichael D. Duffy · 2002
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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