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In article <CtG9M1.6p8@world.std.com> shannon@world.std.com (Terry C Shannon) writes:
>Digital actually has tinkered around with the idea of a microkernel-
>based OpenVMS. [...]
>
>Subsequently, DEC sponsored an external research project whose goal
>was to graft OpenVMS onto the Mach microkernel.  A proof-of-concept
>implementation supposedly was done.  [...]

Actually, this really was done, inside DEC, and published in a conference.

%A Cheryl A. Wiecek
%A Christopher G. Kaler
%A Stephen Fiorelli
%A William C. Davenport, Jr.
%A Robert C. Chen
%T A Model and Prototype of VMS Using the Mach 3.0 Kernel
%P 187 - 204
%I USENIX
%B USENIX Workshop on Micro-Kernels and Other Kernel Architectures
%D April 27-28, 1992
%C Seattle, WA
%W Digital Equipment Corporation

According to the paper, the prototype could actually execute
"some existing VMS non-privileged binary images" (this is on a VAX).

-Jeff

P.S.: Don't bother calling your DEC salesperson to try to order this.
It was a research project.