It is the successor to the VMS Operating System (VAX-11/VMS, VAX/VMS), that was produced by Digital Equipment Corporation since 1977 for its series of VAX-11 minicomputers and its line of desktop workstations (DEC Alpha).
OpenVMS (, или просто VMS) — проприетарная серверная операционная система, разработанная во второй половине 1970-х годов компанией Digital Equipment Corporation для серии компьютеров VAX.