- FreeVMS - http://freevms.free.fr/indexGB.html
VMS only runs on VAX and Alpha processors. FreeVMS is intended for Alpha, i386+, PowerPC, SPARC; coded in C, according to VMS system specifications, but temporarily based on Linux kernel. [Open Source, GPL]
- Montagar Software Concepts - http://www.montagar.com/
Specializes in providing consulting and products for Digital's OpenVMS VAX and Alpha/AXP platforms.
- DJE Systems VMS Archive - http://www.djesys.com/vms/freevms/index.html
Conceptual articles on the structure and use of FreeVMS and OpenVMS.
- FreeVMS: freshmeat.net - http://freshmeat.net/projects/freevms/
OpenVMS-like operating system, to run on several architectures: Alpha, i386, and PPC. POSIX kernel and DCL command line interpreter. Only architecture now supported: i386.
- VMS Tuning - http://www.ttinet.com/tti/DLB_TUNE_CONTENTS.HTML
Guidelines for optimizing VMS systems.
- OSdata.com: OpenVMS - http://www.osdata.com/oses/vms.htm
Introduction to VMS and OpenVMS operating systems: brief clear descriptions, links, user groups, books.
- DECUServe Journals - http://eisner.decus.org/conferences/journal/index.html
Archive of DEC conference notes.
- CCSS Corp. - http://www.ccsscorp.com/
Specialists in OpenVMS system management and training. Supporting VAX and Alpha systems.
- DEC Material - http://www.antinode.org/dec/
Documentation and utility source code for VAXstation 2000, VAXstation 3100, and Q-bus. Includes source code for PGP and Wget.
- OpenVMS.org: The Gold Standard - http://www.openvms.org/
Current news, announcements, and feature articles of interest to OpenVMS users. Also contains interactive forums for job search and resume post.
- Software Resources International - http://www.softresint.com/
Offers software migration services. A VAX hardware emulation package is available, allowing a PC to install and run the VAX version of OpenVMS.
- OpenVMS: High Time HP Sold It? - http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9612
With over a year since Hewlett-Packard Compaq merger, it is about time HP decided what to do with OpenVMS. Its limbo state is beyond all reason. It is still better than Unix, Linux, Windows for security, clustering. [The Inquirer]
- If OpenVMS is Profitable, Where's the Money Going? - http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9835
HP should be more active with marketing it, or sell it to concentrate on less profitable product lines it is so enamored with. If OpenVMS is as profitable as claimed, where is the money going? [The Inquirer]
- OpenVMS Hobbyist Program - http://www.openvmshobbyist.com/
A program that enables OpenVMS enthusiasts to obtain OpenVMS Operating System Licenses and over 100 OpenVMS layered products for their VAX, Alpha or Itanium hardware for Individual use and education.
- Digital Press - http://www.bhusa.com/digitalpress/
Publisher specializing in computer topics, including OpenVMS.
- e i g h t - c u b e d . c o m - http://www.eight-cubed.com
A day in the life of an OpenVMS systems manager. Articles and tutorials on systems management and programming for the OpenVMS Operating System.
- OpenVMS: An Old Dog Still Doing New Tricks - http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/erp/article.php/3380341
Though some have thought that OpenVMS is yesterday's operating system, it's actually powering a lot of businesses, showing off its security and reliability.
- MPJZ's OpenVMS - http://www.decus.de:8080/www/vms/sw.html
Resources for OpenVMS on the Web.
- OpenVMS Survives and Thrives - http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/software/story/0,10801,97032,00.html
The OpenVMS operating system has a new lease on life with increased user interest as it moves to 64-bit Itanium.
- Old VMS Databases Never Die - http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/datbus/article.php/3441111
OpenVMS databases dating back to the 1980s are still helping run many large enterprises.
- Datamonitor - OpenVMS 8.2 ships on HP integrity servers - http://www.datamonitor.com/~c4f352657ae144b784c6441a0e465f39~/industries/news/article/?pid=9C9B8428-6050-476B-A84B-D929E959BCA5&type=NewsWire
Compaq Computer Corp made the promise that it would not abandon its vast OpenVMS installed base as it was shutting down its Alpha chip development and moving to Itanium, and Hewlett-Packard Co, which bought Compaq soon thereafter, is making good on that promise.
- OpenVMS Training: PARSEC Group - http://www.parsec.com/openvms/
As an certified partner of Hewlett Packard, PARSEC offers a full range of OpenVMS training courses.
- Rumors of the death of VMS - http://www.infoconomy.com/pages/group106391.adp
After 30 years, the venerable VMS operating system is showing no signs of going away. How is it holding on to its position at the heart of some of the world’s most mission-critical systems?
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