It is a fact that MS hired the VMS architect to design Windows NT. However, IMHO, it doesn't show. There are so many things that VMS did right that either don't appear at all in WinNT, or are done wrong.
Just my $0.02USD, Jeffrey Quoting Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 12:08:40PM -0500, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > > Windows 5 (XP, 2000) is based on the "now" 32-bit kernel (morphed > > from a mix of Windows 3, OS/2 and Vax code.) > > The so-called NT kernel? *Vax* code? Does that mean the jokes > concerning "Windows NT - WNT - one shift along from VMS" have > some substance? I thought they were based on the cyberspace version of > a urban legend. (Would that be "cyberpolitan legend"?) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
