OpenVMS is a multi-user operating system developed by the Digital Equipment Corporation, first released as VAX/VMS together with the VAX-11/780 computer in 1977, with a team led by Dave Cutler, who later led the development of Windows NT at Microsoft. It was known for reliability, security and clustering, which linked several computers so that they appeared as one and could keep running if one failed. It was widely used in banks, factories, hospitals and stock exchanges. It was renamed OpenVMS in the 1990s as it added standards from Unix, and was ported to other processors. After Compaq and Hewlett-Packard it is now maintained by VMS Software Inc.
Before and after
- 14 October 1977Death of Bing Crosby
- 18 October 1977Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 181
- 18 October 1977German Autumn
- 18 October 1977Founding of European Court of Auditors
- 25 October 1977Creation of OpenVMS
- 19 November 1977Birth of Mette Frederiksen
- 25 December 1977Death of Charlie Chaplin
- 31 December 1977Birth of Psy
- from January 1978 to February 1979Iranian Revolution
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