There are changes happening on December 31, 2020 which may affect your OpenVMS server environments.
If you want to speak with VMS Software about these changes and understanding your migration options, please contact VMS Software at sales@vmssoftware.com for more information.
OpenVMS on x86 was made available to the first customer on May 15, 2020. With the 29-July Release V9.0-C, there are now 21 external users testing the system. The rollout plan is to continue adding at least five more customers each month for the rest of 2020.
VMS Software Inc. is excited to announce the availability of the OpenVMS Community License that allows the OpenVMS community members (hobbyists, non-commercial software developers, and others) to obtain an OpenVMS license free of charge.
Hello VMS Nation!
As promised, here is an update on where we are with the Community License Program (or CLP as we like to call it).
We are proud to announce the release of OpenJDK V8.0 u222 for VSI OpenVMS Integrity V8.4-2L1. Support for earlier versions of VSI OpenVMS I64 will be provided in a future release. Note that OpenJDK 8 for VSI OpenVMS I64 is not an update for the Java™ Development Kit (JDK) 8 for the OpenVMS Integrity servers Operating System; it is a separate product.
A new 1.5.14 version of the VMS IDE extension to Visual Studio Code has been released by VMS Software Inc. This release includes quite a significant number of enhancements plus support for embedded SQL with COBOL, Fortran, and Pascal.
VMS IDE allows you to develop code for OpenVMS systems on Windows, Mac, and some Linux, using free Microsoft Visual Studio Code software. It offers:
VMS IDE will work with Alpha, Integrity, and x86, HPE and VSI versions of OpenVMS. It works with VSCodium and other Visual Studio Code variants.
Download VMS IDE here.
"The installation went very smoothly and initial tests look great":
OpenVMS V9.0 has been shipped to the first customer, Software Concepts International, and was successfully booted within the first hour. More details here.
Dear VMS Nation,
It gives me great pleasure to announce the release of the OpenVMS V9.0 Early Adopter’s Kit for x86!
This release is an important milestone in the long history of the OpenVMS operating system, marking the first time that OpenVMS is available on an industry standard, non-proprietary processor architecture.
VMS Software, Inc. (VSI) has announced a new Subscription based pricing model applicable for all OpenVMS customers. The new model is for all Alpha and Integrity platforms. Plus, this new model will begin to resemble what is being planned for VSI’s x86 V9.2 scheduled for release in early 2022.
Developed to fit the IT industry and our customers changing business needs, customers planning on upgrading from HPE to VSI OpenVMS can now fund this via OpEx (instead of CapEx) by spreading the cost of licenses over time in place of the single upfront payment previously required. In addition, customers purchasing OpenVMS subscriptions receive rights to new versions (both Major and Minor) for the duration of their subscription.
A VSI Subscription proposal includes both VSI “right to use” licenses and VSI support. The support includes your choice of one of 4 different support levels with each level having various benefits. There is also a term period (1y, 3y, 4y, 5y) associated with VSI support. More details are available from the VSI Portfolio Programs data sheet.
For more details on VSI’s subscriptions, please contact VMS Software, Inc. at sales@vmssoftware.com or phone +1 978 451 0110.
VMS Software will make the first V9.0 Early Adopter Kit available for the initial customer test site May 15, 2020. It will be a preconfigured Virtual Box guest.
You may be aware that HPE have announced they are “concluding the HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program in alignment with the HPE OpenVMS support roadmap” which essentially means that the Hobbyist program as you know it ceases at the end of 2020.
GOOD NEWS: There has been speculation that VMS Software, Inc. would take over this program, so let us end the speculation and say categorically that VMS Software, Inc. is bringing out a replacement program for the HPE Hobbyist license program.