On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 15:36, Pigeon wrote: > 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"?) > > Pigeon Heavens yes - Microsoft had no experience with the quality of multitasking and memory management necessary for their vision of NT, and didn't *really* want to use the IBM code from OS/2, and as part of the agreement to have an Alpha version of NT (remember, when it was first created, it was supposed to work on not just Intel, but MIPS and Alpha, and even on PowerPC for a stretch,) they got DEC input from the VAX team on that range of functionality. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: kahnt@hosehead.dyndns.org
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