[Info-vax] OT: Rob Short: Operating System Evolution

[Neil Rieck]

On Dec 25, 9:18 am, Neil Rieck <n.ri... at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> From one of my online buddies:
>
> Rob Short: Operating System Evolution
> Rob Short is an operating system pioneer. He helped Microsoft
> transition from the 1980s with DOS and 16 bit windows into the 32 bit
> world with Windows NT in the 1990s. More recently, Rob was part of the
> team that further enhanced windows to take advantage of the 64 bit
> processors of the new millennium. Today, he is the Vice President
> overseeing development of windows kernel and virtualization...
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/video/en/us/details/3c021020-5765-4c0a-a7b1-...
>
> This 55 minute video talks about PDP-11/05, VAX-11/780, and VMS
>
> Neil Rieck
> Kitchener / Waterloo / Cambridge,
> Ontario, Canada.http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/

This Microsoft video:
http://www.microsoft.com/video/en/us/details/3c021020-5765-4c0a-a7b1-d6f0c90c5f1b

Or this URL which shouldn't wrap:
http://www.microsoft.com/video/en/us/details/
3c021020-5765-4c0a-a7b1-d6f0c90c5f1b

Mentions PDP-11/05, VAX-11/780, and VMS.

It also mentions uVAX, RISC, PRISM, Dave Cutler, how DEC West
(Seattle) ended up at Microsoft. How Decies influenced Microsoft. How
Decies influenced Intel after Andy Grove witnessed a demo PC built by
Decies at Microsoft (you will see the motherboard sitting on one
exec's window sill)

If you ever doubted DEC's influence on the PC industry then you should
watch this video. In essence, the people at "DEC West Seattle" did to
the PC industry what DEC did to the minicomputer industry.

Neil Rieck
Kitchener / Waterloo / Cambridge,
Ontario, Canada.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/