| OpenVMS | … |
|---|---|
| OpenVMS V7.3-1 running the CDE-based DECwindows “New Desktop” GUI | … |
| Developer | VMS Software Inc (VSI)1 (previously Digital Equipment Corporation, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard) |
| Written in | Primarily C, BLISS, VAX MACRO, DCL.2 Other languages also used.3 |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Closed-source with open-source components. Formerly source available45 |
| Initial release | Announced: October 25, 1977 V1.0 / August 1978 |
| Latest release | V9.2-3 / November 20, 2024 |
| Marketing target | Servers (historically Minicomputers, Workstations) |
| Available in | English, Japanese.6 Historical support for Chinese (both Traditional and Simplified characters), Korean, Thai.7 |
| Update method | Concurrent upgrades, rolling upgrades |
| Package manager | PCSI and VMSINSTAL |
| Supported platforms | VAX, Alpha, Itanium, x86-64 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic kernel with loadable modules |
| Influenced | VAXELN, MICA, Windows NT |
| Influenced by | RSX-11M |
| Default user interface | DCL CLI and DECwindows GUI |
| License | Proprietary |
| Official website | vmssoftware.com |
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Footnotes
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Patrick Thibodeau (July 31, 2014). “HP gives OpenVMS new life”. Computerworld. Retrieved October 21, 2021. ↩
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Camiel Vanderhoeven (May 30, 2021). “How much of VMS is still in MACRO-32?”. Newsgroup: comp.os.vms. Retrieved October 21, 2021. ↩
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“2.7 In what language is OpenVMS written?”. The OpenVMS Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Archived from the original on August 10, 2018. ↩
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“Access to OpenVMS Source Code?”. HP OpenVMS Systems ask the wizard. September 2, 1999. Archived from the original on October 28, 2017. ↩
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“Webinar 16: x86 Update”. VSI. October 15, 2021. Archived from the original on December 11, 2021. Retrieved November 2, 2021. ↩
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“Japanese OpenVMS OS (JVMS)”. VSI. Archived from the original on February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2021. ↩
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Michael M. T. Yau (1993). “Supporting the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Languages in the OpenVMS Operating System” (PDF). Digital Technical Journal. 5 (3): 63–79. Retrieved October 21, 2021. ↩