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{{OSinfobox | {{OSinfobox | ||
|image = | |image = OpenVMSavi.png | ||
|cname = VMS-tan | |cname = VMS-tan | ||
|alias = OpenVMS, Virtual Memory | |alias = OpenVMS, Virtual Memory System | ||
|hname = Vanessa Cutler | |hname = Vanessa Cutler | ||
|debut = 2007 | |debut = Described<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,466.msg22973.html#msg22973 "Described by C-Chan in response to a query by Bella"]</ref> and drawn in 2007,<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,466.msg24073.html#msg24073 Early sketch]</ref>, though pre-concepts existed in 2006<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,125.msg3934.html#msg3934 "I've more-or-less drafted preconcepts for a VMS-tan . . . in addition to several others . . . "]</ref><ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,87.msg8214.html#msg8214 "Not only is she supposed to be really cool-looking (and carries a viscious weapon resembling a gunblade), but she can also control sharks."]</ref> | ||
|height = 173 cm (5 | |height = 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||
|haircolor= | |haircolor= Navy blue & silver | ||
|eyecolor= Lilac | |eyecolor= Lilac | ||
|weapon= | |weapon= Swords, knives | ||
|apfaction = [[CIOST]] | |apfaction = [[CIOST]]<br>[[DEC Military]] (formerly) | ||
|lineage= DEC, PDP-11/VAX line | |lineage= DEC, PDP-11/VAX line | ||
|rival= | |rival= [[UNIX|UNIX-tan]] | ||
|osper = VMS (OpenVMS) | |osper = VMS (OpenVMS) | ||
|osdev = Digital Equipment Corporation (1977 | |osdev = VMS Software<br>Hewlett-Packard (2002–14)<br>Compaq (1998–2002)<br>Digital Equipment Corporation (1977–98) | ||
|reldate = | |reldate = 1977-10-25 | ||
|lastrel = OpenVMS | |lastrel = OpenVMS 9.2-3 (2024-11-20) | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Technical details== | ==Technical details== | ||
[[wikipedia:OpenVMS|OpenVMS]] | [[wikipedia:OpenVMS|OpenVMS]] (VMS) is a server, mainframe and minicomputer OS that runs on the VAX, Alpha, Itanium, and amd64 architectures. Originally released by DEC in 1977, VMS is notable for security, stability, clustering/networking and fault-tolerance features, and maintains a dedicated niche in commercial and hobbyist communities. | ||
==Character details== | ==Character details== | ||
OpenVMS-tan is depicted as a mature woman with | ===Physical=== | ||
OpenVMS-tan is depicted as a mature, athletically-built, light skinned woman with lilac-colored eyes. Her hair is navy blue with two silver locks at the front,<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,466.msg28431.html#msg28431 "A nice big prominent tuff of silver hair over her usual bluish base."]</ref> held in a high ponytail with strands loose at the back of her head. | |||
She wears a high collared dark blouse with blue vest, sometimes exposing her midriff, a black leather trenchcoat with silver fittings, black cargo pants, fingerless gloves and knee-high boots. She wears leg-holsters holding throwing knives, and carries a broadsword/cleaver hybrid carved with shark's teeth.<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/c-quel/art/OpenVMS-tan-Portraiture-109960791 OpenVMS-tan Portraiture]</ref><ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,466.msg24647.html#msg24647 A reference to NT-tan]: "In any event, the idea for VMS-sama wielding a sword was to draw a parallel with NT-tan, who (although not shown very often with it) once wielded a broad sword...</ref> Additionally, she dons a futuristic gray half-mask both to hide her identity and allow her to breathe underwater. | |||
She resembles [[Windows NT | Windows NT-tan]], albeit taller, older, and covered in battle scars.<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,466.msg22973.html#msg22973 C-Chan's original description]: "Physically-speaking, she should bear an uncomfortable resemblance to Windows NT, perhaps just a bit taller, more mature-looking and significantly more battle-worn."</ref> | |||
In her youth, she wore the typical uniform of the [[DEC Military | DEC Faction]]. Her hair was solid blue, worn shorter. | |||
===Personality=== | |||
VMS-tan is stoic, quiet and serious.<ref>"Unlike traditional OS-tans, VMS-san would be something of the serious silent-type, with a mature beauty that fits her age and razor-sharp leadership skills that speak of decades of experience."</ref> She wasn't formally educated, instead relying on street-smarts and common sense. Though she is generally level-headed and pragmatic, she has a rather paranoid approach to self-defense. | |||
She is outwardly expressionless, an impression bolstered by her face being partially covered. Combined with her weapons and attire, she is considered intimidating by others, a reputation that she gladly cultivates. Her cool exterior hides a strong sense of justice and duty to keep others safe. She's never effusive with affection, but warms up around friends. | |||
She loves the ocean, swimming and diving especially. She owns a futuristic boat that serves as headquarters for the CIOST, and many "pet" sharks.<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,466.msg24647.html#msg24647 "Even if VMS-san . . . doesn't have much in the way of descendants, she still has her trusty pets"]</ref> She likes playing games, especially scrabble.<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,708.msg45748.html#msg45748 Discussion about VMS-tan's gaming preferences] "A lover of odd games is another trait we can add to VMS-sama." </ref> | |||
====Powers==== | |||
Befitting an OS-tan of her might, VMS-tan has been depicted with power over water. However, she eschews sorcery for the most part, instead favoring physical weaponry. As with many of her DEC-tan peers, she is a trained swordsman, especially favoring sabers in her earlier years. | |||
====Family and Relationships==== | |||
VMS-tan had a fraught relationship with her DEC peers. She was closest with her mother [[RSX | RSX-tan]], VAX, as well as [[RSTS | RSTS-tan]] and the eternally-affectionate [[PDP-1 | PDP-1-tan]]. She has a younger sister, [[VAXELN | VAXELN-tan]], but they are separated by social circles and distance. | |||
While antagonistic toward the Unices, she and [[UNIX | UNIX-tan]] view one another as worthy enemies. She and [[Ultrix]]-tan started off as enemies, but found common ground as outcasts within their faction. | |||
As leader of the CIOST, VMS-tan guides a large and varied following of OS-tans. She gets along best with [[VME]], [[Primos]] and [[Stratus_VOS | VOS]]-tan, although they are more akin to comrades-in-arms than friends in the traditional sense of the word. Her old rival [[TOPS-20 | TOPS-20-tan]] is also part of the faction. | |||
VMS-tan has a few close friends. She and VAX-tan have a strong bond, despite drifting apart in recent years. [[eCOS | eCOS-tan]] is her companion and self-proclaimed bodyguard. She was adopted by two children/followers, [[FreeVMS | FreeVMS-chan]] and OZONE-tan, although she is clueless about raising kids and leaves the majority of the work to RED-kun, her loyal text editor. | |||
==History and background== | ==History and background== | ||
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Her meteoric rise through the ranks ruffled the feathers of several of her coworkers and endangered the livelihoods of a few others, notably [[TOPS-20 | Tenex]]; outside of DEC, her popularity led to [[ITS | ITS]]'s eventual deposal from MIT. While she viewed these “betrayals” as strictly a matter of business and something not in her own control, her rivals weren't as understanding; although recently she has made good with her old coworkers. | Her meteoric rise through the ranks ruffled the feathers of several of her coworkers and endangered the livelihoods of a few others, notably [[TOPS-20 | Tenex]]; outside of DEC, her popularity led to [[ITS | ITS]]'s eventual deposal from MIT. While she viewed these “betrayals” as strictly a matter of business and something not in her own control, her rivals weren't as understanding; although recently she has made good with her old coworkers. | ||
During the early 1980s VMS and | During the early 1980s VMS and unix became locked in fierce rivalry, one that continues to this day through [[BSD | BSD]] and her children. Unlike many rivals, VMS and Unix don't hate each other; their relationship is marked by good-natured, if not somewhat antagonistic, jousting. | ||
===Witnessing DEC's decline=== | ===Witnessing DEC's decline=== | ||
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Feeling no allegiance to her new company, VMS set to wandering the world, gathering disparate OS-tans of all cultures and races together to fight the mainstream powers. This was the beginning of the [[CIOST | Confederation of independent OS-tans]], an underground group of technologically-advanced, but largely unknown OS-tans. | Feeling no allegiance to her new company, VMS set to wandering the world, gathering disparate OS-tans of all cultures and races together to fight the mainstream powers. This was the beginning of the [[CIOST | Confederation of independent OS-tans]], an underground group of technologically-advanced, but largely unknown OS-tans. | ||
VMS's mother is | VMS's mother is RSX, has one sister, VAXELN, and two adopted children – OZONE and FreeVMS. She occasionally meets with her old DEC comrades, but lives on her own for the most part. | ||
==Theories and notes== | ==Theories and notes== | ||
VMS-tan's asexuality (and likely, aromanticism) has been more or less confirmed, in various comics, proposed storylines as well as two character interviews. While most of VMS' coworkers and friends know of - and accept - her orientation, her text editor assistant [[RED]]-kun tried for many years to win her affection, to no avail. It | ====General==== | ||
VMS-tan's asexuality (and likely, aromanticism) has been more or less confirmed, in various comics, proposed storylines as well as two character interviews. While most of VMS' coworkers and friends know of - and accept - her orientation, her text editor assistant [[RED]]-kun tried for many years to win her affection, to no avail. | |||
It has been speculated that VMS-tan was the most psychologically-affected of all the DEC-tans by the breakup of her company. In fear of becoming without a house or homeland once again, she took up residence on her ship - an old military vessel named DECADE - knowing that nobody would ever be able to put her out of her home again if she made a life on the sea. | |||
==Fanfiction== | |||
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Far-From-Home-pt-I-170720342 Far From Home, pt. I] | |||
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Far-From-Home-pt-II-182492007 Far From Home, pt. II] | |||
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Far-From-Home-pt-III-182492734 Far From Home, pt. III] | |||
*[http://nejinoniwa.deviantart.com/art/Enter-the-Dead-Hand-182027812?q=gallery%3ANejinOniwa%2F30378202&qo=8 Mertvaya Ruka@STORY, chapters 7 and onwards] | |||
==Fanart== | |||
*[http://c-quel.deviantart.com/art/OpenVMS-tan-Portraiture-109960791 C-chan's OpenVMS Portrait] | |||
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Street-Spirit-254947851 "Street Spirit", VMS-tan Portrait] | |||
*[http://nejinoniwa.deviantart.com/art/Birthday-gift-for-BellaCielo-194377280 NejinOniwa's VMS-tan Birthday Drawing] | |||
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/VMS-and-eCOS-tan-104126108 VMS and eCOS-tan] | |||
==References== | |||
[[Category:DEC]] | [[Category:DEC]] | ||
