FreeVMS
Website	FreeVMS
OS family	VMS
Source model	Open source
Latest stable release	0. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Open Virtual Memory System ( OpenVMS) initially known just as Virtual Memory System ( VMS) is the name of a High-end Computer server Open source is a development methodology which offers practical accessibility to a product's source (goods and knowledge 3. 10 / February 6, 2008
License	GPL
Working state	Current

FreeVMS is an open source free software clone — licensed under the terms of the GPL— of the computer operating system VMS. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common A software license (or software licence in commonwealth usage is a Legal instrument governing the usage or redistribution of copyright protected software Open source is a development methodology which offers practical accessibility to a product's source (goods and knowledge Free software or software libre is Software that can be used studied and modified without restriction and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified An operating system (commonly abbreviated OS and O/S) is the software component of a Computer system that is responsible for the management and coordination Open Virtual Memory System ( OpenVMS) initially known just as Virtual Memory System ( VMS) is the name of a High-end Computer server As of 2006, the project was very much in the early stages of development. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The latest version is 0. 3. 10.

It consists of a kernel (planned to be POSIX-compliant) and a DCL command line interpreter. POSIX (ˈpɒzɪks or "Portable Operating System Interface" is the collective name of a family of related standards specified by the IEEE to define DCL, the DIGITAL Command Language, is the standard command languageadopted by most of the

Architecture

Traditional VMS systems run only on VAX, Alpha and Itanium processors. Name "VAX" was originally an Acronym for V irtual A ddress e' X' tension, both because the VAX was seen as a 32-bit Itanium is the brand name for 64-bit Intel Microprocessors that implement the Intel Itanium architecture (formerly called IA-64) One of the design goals of FreeVMS is to provide support of i386 architecture.

See also

• OZONE - another operating system inspired by VMS (at least in part)

External links

• Homepage of the FreeVMS project
• FreeVMS on freshmeat
• http://www.djesys.com/vms/freevms/

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