Just like HAL (2001 Space odyssey) was to IBM so is WNT to VMS! "J. Robinson" wrote: > > On Sun, 4 May 3901 08:39:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] () wrote: > > > On the sad day of 2 May 2001 10:05:13 GMT, Jens Manfredson > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Let's start with a layman's explanation of OS/2. It isn't a Microsoft > > >> operating system, and it certainly isn't NT > > > > > >OS/2 is also from microsoft and NT is based on OS/2. > > > > > > > AFAIK, NT is based on VMS, not OS/2 > > > They share some common heritage if nothing else; as for the "OS/2 > sub-system" in NT (mentioned in the NT v.4 help) and NT 3.x's ability > to run 16-bit OS/2 applications. > > But then again that was then, and this is probably not the right > place/group. > (Though I do know VMS fits in there somewhere, too... were the initial > NT programmers VMS coders?) > > Jeff > > > > > -- > > Csaba Raduly, Software Developer (OS/2), Sophos Anti-Virus > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sophos.com/ > > US Support +1 888 SOPHOS 9 UK Support +44 1235 559933 > > Life is complex, with real and imaginary parts. > > ---------------- > Whatza JamochaMUD? http://jamochamud.anecho.mb.ca > Or other stuff: http://www.anecho.mb.ca/~jeffnik
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