> Maybe the first port could be a virtual one under Linux.
Once VMS is ported to x86, if that should happen, then you could run it as a virtual guest or on the bare metal x86 platform.
But it needs to be ported to x86 first.
I’m not sure that VMS can be developed under Linux, because of the GPL (GNU General Public License). I did my modelling and development using MicroSoft Visual Studio.
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Hopefully that does not mean that VMS requires Microsoft-licensed elements in it.
Assuming there is no Microsoft content in VMS itself, the use of Microsoft Visual Studio wouldn’t be limited by the GPL but by its own license if, like later Windows component licenses, it states that it can only be run on Windows. Linux has Wine if it is desired to run a more or less Windows compatible environment under it. Whether used on Windows or Linux, the Studio would also have the issue of the cost of its licenses (though maybe old versions in the back of some dusty warehouse could be had for a song).