The historical role of the VMS operating system in the development of COBISS

Davor Šoštarič
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The paper reviews, with some historical distance, the circumstances leading to the VMS operating system becoming the basis for developing and implementing the COBISS national shared bibliographic system. Following a description of the basic characteristics of VMS, the paper shows the path of its transformation in its supportive role to COBISS, as well as its omission later on.

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COBISS | OpenVMS | operating system | VAX/VMS | VMS
https://doi.org/10.3359/oz2025007

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