Re: OT: VMS / WNT [was: Re: Official Exim 4 package]
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 <jah.pigeon@ukonline.co.uk>:
> 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"?)
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