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Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:07:43 -0400
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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