[FreeVMS] Status update

[Alexander von Knorring]

Hello again!

==About the Desktop for FreeVMS==

> > After all of this has been done (I give it a year or two of 
> > developmental time given two or three more part-time voluenteers), we'll 
> > have a fully-featured VMS clone. The only thing not really mentioned in 
> > the wishlist is a CDE clone, but that's not as crucial to the project as 
> > just getting a fully featured kernel and userspace.
> 
> 	Why not DecWindows ? (I'm already outside ;-) )

I have also been desperately looking for a CDE clone
(Common Desktop Evironment also known as DECW or HP-Desktop)
so I can get the OpenVMS look and feel on any system.

Some time ago I started to code on a CDE clone, for now the file
manager (dtfile) is somewhat functional. (But not near complete).
It's based on OpenMotif, so when X11/DECW and Xt is working
on FreeVMS, at least teoretically OpenMotif can be compiled.

Anyway I'm partially experienced with VMS, I programmed a moth or
so with it on my mothers work in the 90:s (OpenVMS running Oracle).
Since then I have been using Unixes and Linux, but recently I got an
Alpha PWS and installed OpenVMS with hobbyist licenses.

== NOTE ==
I'm very interested in becomeing a developer for FreeVMS.
Are there any specific tasks that you need help with right now?
==

/Alex


> Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 11:02:45 +0200
> From: joel.bertrand at systella.fr
> To: freevms at rayleigh.systella.fr
> Subject: Re: [FreeVMS] Status update
> 
> Alexander von Knorring wrote:
> > Hello!
> 
> 	Hello,
> 
> > I have also been interested in the FreeVMS project for a while.
> > Also thought it would need a custom kernel, for example OpenVMS
> > can run processes in both user and real-time mode.
> 
> 	Right.
> 
> > I have been working on clone of the real-time kernel VxWorks.
> > Perhaps there are some parts in that project that can be of use
> > for the kernel you are suggesting?
> 
> 	Maybe, but I'm not sure. I think we have a lot of work to define a 
> _good_ implementation. This implementation has to be written on wiki (or 
> some other collaborative stuff) before restarting this project.
> 
> > Check it out:
> > http://sourceforge.net/projects/vmx/
> 
> 	For information, mailing list has 114 subscribers. If only 10% of these 
> subscribers contribute, I think we quickly have some good documentation ;-)
> 
> 	Regards,
> 
> 	JKB
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