All of the software is freeware unless otherwise noted. The list below contains links to the Windows 2000 software that I consider indispensible, including software to make Windows palatable to VMS die-hards.

So I stuck with Windows 2000 as my primary OS on the machine, and have sought out freeware utilities to do the things I need to or like to do. When I first got my laptop, I decided to try to run Linux on it instead of Windows, but found that there’s just too much useful software available for Windows that isn’t available for Linux (or isn’t as fully-featured or whatever). Of course, Windows 2000/NT should be a lot better since it has much in common with VMS.

It’s certainly a much better operating system than any of the pre-NT Windows versions. So I bought an Intel-based laptop, and while I’m a die-hard VMS programmer, I have to admit that we live in Windows world, and as Windows goes, Windows 2000 is not horrible. (Refurbished AlphaBooks were still available, but they were considerably more expensive than an Intel-based laptop.) I ended up having to settle on an Intel-based system. Unfortunately, with the exception of Tadpole Technology’s AlphaBook computer from several years ago, there wasn’t a laptop solution that would run VMS. In 1999, I was faced with the need to get a laptop system for use on business travel. In addition to programming on VMS for a living, I also work on freeware products and maintain a huge archive of VMS freeware, which is hosted by my employer, Process Software. VMS systems are my primary systems both at work and at home: all of my mail is read, processed, and delivered by VMS systems, VMS systems serve out my Freeware archives, VMS systems protect my other machines from network attacks, VMS systems host my web pages, etc. In my opinion, there is no finer operating system out there that provides the stability and reliability of VMS. I’ve been a die-hard VMS user and programmer since 1984.

In addition to OpenVMS, I use Windows 7, Windows 10, and various versions of Ubuntu Linux. I’m leaving it as-is, even though I obviously no longer use Windows 2000. Note: This intro was written back in 2000, when Windows 2000 was new.

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