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		linksnapzz on Jan 28, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Public Access OpenVMS System I believe the point of VMS is to run boring software as reliably as possible. Train-ticketing backends, air-traffic control, warehouse management etc. It's interesting to see how little effort it takes to keep stuff running.

tssva on Jan 28, 2025 [–]

I used to work for a health informatics company and our department level systems ran on OpenVMS. Radiology management, pharmacy management, etc.

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