2025 OpenVMS Malmö Bootcamp Agenda

VSI has published that:
https://events.vmssoftware.com/agenda-malm%C3%B6-2025
A few items caught my attention:
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Dclsh: Steps Towards a New VMS Shell, Jiří Kašpar
The presentation introduces a university project for a new shell combining features of DCL and bash with a rich set of data types and built-in functions. We will discuss analysis, lessons learned from the prototype, current status, and implementation steps.
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Very interesting!
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Mimer SQL on OpenVMS, Bengt Gunne
Mimer SQL is the only database system in production on OpenVMS X86. In this talk we hear about the latest updates to the released version. This is followed by highlights of new features that will be released in the next major release and a peek at the roadmap.
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Migration from Oracle Rdb to Mimer SQL, Karl-König Königsson
Learn how to migrate from Oracle Rdb to Mimer SQL with minimal effort. Discover Mimer’s automated translator tool for schema, SQL dumps, and Embedded SQL in C, COBOL and FORTRAN, as well as Module SQL. This enables seamless application migration with little to no manual intervention as our tooling helps you through all the steps involved in migrating your database schema, data and application code.
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Moving from Rdb to Oracle or PostgreSQL on OpenVMS, Denys Beauchemin
This presentation explains how to move the storage for your existing OpenVMS application from legacy Rdb to Oracle or PostgreSQL while the application remains on OPenVMS.
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It sounds like the delay of Rdb is pushing some customers
to go elsewhere.
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Porting Privileged Code Applications and Device Drivers to x86, Camiel Vanderhoeven
Almost all user application code should just "compile, link and run" when migrating from OpenVMS on Alpha or Integrity to OpenVMS on x86. However, if you're porting a program that uses privileged code or a device driver, there is a good chance that you will have to make some changes to your code. This session will explore what to look out for in your code, and how to adapt your code to run on x86.
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That must be the hard core stuff!
Arne