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OpenVMS

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OpenVMS, often referred to as just VMS, is a multi-user, multiprocessing and virtual memory based operating system designed to support time-sharing, batch processing, transaction processing and workstation applications. Its customers have included banks and financial service providers, hospitals and healthcare providers, telecommunications operators, network information services, and industrial manufacturers, with approximately half a million VMS systems in operation worldwide during the 1990s and 2000s.

Facts
Year
1977 1
Significance
Used by banks, hospitals, telecommunications operators and industrial manufacturers 1
Sources
1. Wikipedia: OpenVMS
  • History
    alongside the VAX-11/780 minicomputer in 1977
  • Lead section
    Customers using OpenVMS include banks and financial service providers, hospitals and healthcare providers, telecommunications operators, network information services, and industrial manufacturers.
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