I would say Unix (and its derivatives) and VMS are Operating Systems. Windows is an Application. Takes VMware to run it.
Eric On Apr 20, 2012, at 9:00 PM, Alexander Schreiber <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 09:01:11PM -0400, Dan Gahlinger wrote: >> >> NT is not VMS or a reimplementation of it. > > Well, it isn't straight VMS - but definitely based on VMS. I remember > being in university and working my way through a VMS internals book (out > of interest) and a short while later going through a lecture about modern > OS internals which was based on Windows NT (IIRC 3.51 or so). Woah, that > certainly was full of déjà vu moments "wait, this is just like in VMS, > but with some of the serial numbers filed off". > > Given that Cutler was the core architect on both, that isn't exactly > surprising. Even though some of the later silly ideas (putting the entire > GUI subsystem into kernel mode to speed up graphics) were not his fault. > > Kind regards, > Alex. > -- > "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and > looks like work." -- Thomas A. Edison > _______________________________________________ > Simh mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
