My memory isn't that bad.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT
----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 9:50 AM Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: None RBase Question! > MikeB wrote: > Actually most of the backward compatibility was preserved up thru Win2K > AFAIK. The architecture was built around the NT Kernel, wrapped by the HAL > (Hardware Access Layer) and the Executive Layer (please forgive if the > nomenclature is not exactly right as I covered this stuff in a class about 10 > years ago and haven't set eyes on it since). The original NT Kernel, as many > here recall preserved the Actual MSDOS SubSystem as well as the OS/2 > SubSystem, > so there was an effort to preserve Backward Compatibility and the recent > changes that seem to ignore all those issues is likely the thrust of the > article. I have read in the barest of detail about Win7 from MS Releases to > ZDNet and others that also lends credence to the modular approach mentioned > in > the article.The kernel: > > > > --- RBASE-L ================================================ TO POST A MESSAGE TO ALL MEMBERS: Send a plain text email to [email protected] (Don't use any of these words as your Subject: INTRO, SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE, SEARCH, REMOVE, SUSPEND, RESUME, DIGEST, RESEND, HELP) ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [email protected] In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: INTRO ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Send a plain text email to [email protected] In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: UNSUBSCRIBE ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: Send a plain text email to [email protected] In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: SEARCH-n (where n is the number of days). In the message body, place any text to search for. ================================================
