4 Feb
2018
4 Feb
'18
4:59 a.m.
On Sat, 3 Feb 2018, Arthur Krewat wrote:
I would imagine that Windows wouldn't be what it
is today without UNIX.
Matter of fact, Windows NT (which is what Windows has been based on
since Windows ME went away) is really DEC's VMS underneath the covers at
least to a small extent.
I thought that NT has a POSIX-y kernel, which is why it was so reliable?
Or was VMS a POSIX-like system? I only used it for a couple of years in
the early 80s (up to 4.0, I think), and never dug inside it; to me, it was
just RSX-11/RSTS-11 on steroids.
Would VMS become what it was without UNIX's
influence? Would UNIX become
what it later was without VMS?
Would UNIX exist, or even be close to what it became without DEC?
I've oft wondered that, but we have to use a new thread to avoid
embarrassing Ken :-)
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suffer."