VSI has published that:

https://events.vmssoftware.com/agenda-malm%C3%B6-2025

A few items caught my attention:

<quote>
Dclsh: Steps Towards a New VMS Shell, Jiří Kašpar

The presentation introduces a university project for a new shell
combining features of DCL and bash with a rich set of data types and
built-in functions. We will discuss analysis, lessons learned from the prototype, current status, and implementation steps.
</quote>

Very interesting!

<quote>
Mimer SQL on OpenVMS, Bengt Gunne

Mimer SQL is the only database system in production on OpenVMS X86. In
this talk we hear about the latest updates to the released version. This
is followed by highlights of new features that will be released in the
next major release and a peek at the roadmap.
...
Migration from Oracle Rdb to Mimer SQL, Karl-König Königsson

Learn how to migrate from Oracle Rdb to Mimer SQL with minimal effort.
Discover Mimer’s automated translator tool for schema, SQL dumps, and Embedded SQL in C, COBOL and FORTRAN, as well as Module SQL. This
enables seamless application migration with little to no manual
intervention as our tooling helps you through all the steps involved in migrating your database schema, data and application code.
...
Moving from Rdb to Oracle or PostgreSQL on OpenVMS, Denys Beauchemin

This presentation explains how to move the storage for your existing
OpenVMS application from legacy Rdb to Oracle or PostgreSQL while the application remains on OPenVMS.
</quote>

It sounds like the delay of Rdb is pushing some customers
to go elsewhere.

<quote>
Porting Privileged Code Applications and Device Drivers to x86, Camiel Vanderhoeven

Almost all user application code should just "compile, link and run"
when migrating from OpenVMS on Alpha or Integrity to OpenVMS on x86.
However, if you're porting a program that uses privileged code or a
device driver, there is a good chance that you will have to make some
changes to your code. This session will explore what to look out for in
your code, and how to adapt your code to run on x86.
</quote>

That must be the hard core stuff!

Arne

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On 2025-03-25, Arne Vajh°j <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote:

It sounds like the delay of Rdb is pushing some customers
to go elsewhere.

What is the current release schedule ? Have they been able to say
what the problems with completing the port might be ?

<quote>
Porting Privileged Code Applications and Device Drivers to x86, Camiel Vanderhoeven

Almost all user application code should just "compile, link and run"
when migrating from OpenVMS on Alpha or Integrity to OpenVMS on x86.
However, if you're porting a program that uses privileged code or a
device driver, there is a good chance that you will have to make some
changes to your code. This session will explore what to look out for in
your code, and how to adapt your code to run on x86.
</quote>

That must be the hard core stuff!

Not really as it sounds like incremental changes stuff.

Hard core would be implementing a rmmod that works on VMS. :-)

(Or implementing support for plug-in filesystems... :-) )

Simon.

--
Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
Walking destinations on a map are further away than they appear.

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On 3/26/2025 2:43 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:

On 2025-03-25, Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote:

It sounds like the delay of Rdb is pushing some customers
to go elsewhere.

What is the current release schedule ? Have they been able to say
what the problems with completing the port might be ?

I think the thread "New VSI post on Youtube" from mid August
has all the latest.

<quote>
Porting Privileged Code Applications and Device Drivers to x86, Camiel
Vanderhoeven

Almost all user application code should just "compile, link and run"
when migrating from OpenVMS on Alpha or Integrity to OpenVMS on x86.
However, if you're porting a program that uses privileged code or a
device driver, there is a good chance that you will have to make some
changes to your code. This session will explore what to look out for in
your code, and how to adapt your code to run on x86.
</quote>

That must be the hard core stuff!

Not really as it sounds like incremental changes stuff.

Hard core would be implementing a rmmod that works on VMS. :-)

(Or implementing support for plug-in filesystems... :-) )

Greedy.

Arne

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On 3/25/2025 4:07 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

VSI has published that:

https://events.vmssoftware.com/agenda-malm%C3%B6-2025

A few items caught my attention:

<quote>
Mimer SQL on OpenVMS, Bengt Gunne

Mimer SQL is the only database system in production on OpenVMS X86. In
this talk we hear about the latest updates to the released version. This
is followed by highlights of new features that will be released in the
next major release and a peek at the roadmap.
...
Migration from Oracle Rdb to Mimer SQL, Karl-König Königsson

Learn how to migrate from Oracle Rdb to Mimer SQL with minimal effort. Discover Mimer’s automated translator tool for schema, SQL dumps, and Embedded SQL in C, COBOL and FORTRAN, as well as Module SQL. This
enables seamless application migration with little to no manual
intervention as our tooling helps you through all the steps involved in migrating your database schema, data and application code.

</quote>

Given that we are still waiting for Rdb and MySQL/MariaDB for
VMS x86-64, then taking a look at Mimer makes a lot of sense.

Mimer does not have a high media profile - not in the general
IT industry and not in the VMS community.

But is is there and it is available for VMS x86-64. And it
supports a wide variety of access: embedded SQL, JDBC, ODBC.

I have covered it a few times:

https://www.vajhoej.dk/arne/articles/vmsdb.html#mimer

https://www.vajhoej.dk/arne/articles/vmsdbx.html#embsql

Product page is:

https://developer.mimer.com/products/product-overview/

Download page is:

https://developer.mimer.com/products/downloads/

And I really like to see OpenVMS listed as supported OS
at same level as Windows, Linux and macOS!

:-)

Arne

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