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Dave Cutler, the head of the NT project came from DEC where he did VMS. Big lawsuit when MS hired him. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Cutler https://en.m
by myrandomcomment 1y ago
Dave Cutler, the head of the NT project came from DEC where he did VMS. Big lawsuit when MS hired him.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Cutler https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Cutler
- ferguess_k 1y agoYeah that's what I read in Showstoppers too.
- marcusb 1y agoWNT = V + 1, M + 1, S + 1
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- sillywalk 1y ago"Originally, we were targeting NT to the Intel i860 (code-named 'N-Ten)', a RISC processor that was horribly behind schedule. Because we didn't have any i860 machines in-house to test on, we used an i860 simulator. That's why we called it NT, because it worked on the 'N-Ten.'" -- Mark Lucovsky Distinguished Engineer, Windows Server Architect https://web.archive.org/web/20110720042038/http://www.winsupersite.com/article/windows-server/windows-server-2003-the-road-to-gold-part-one-the-early-years-127432 https://web.archive.org/web/20110720042038/http://www.winsup...
- myrandomcomment 1y agoSo NT from VMS is not true as pointed out above. However a funning one that is suppose to be true is from the 2001 Space Odyssey series. The name of the insane AI was H.A.L. H>I A>B L>M