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

[Neil Rieck]

On Dec 27, 11:39 am, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <aa4f3527-b538-44e8-9b2a-1caa95047... at k19g2000yqc.googlegroups.com>, Neil Rieck <n.ri... at sympatico.ca> writes:
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> >On Dec 25, 9:18=A0am, 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-...
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> >> 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-...
> >0c5f1b
>
> >Or this URL which shouldn't wrap:
> >http://www.microsoft.com/video/en/us/details/
> >3c021020-5765-4c0a-a7b1-d6f0c90c5f1b
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> >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/
>
> Just what we need, yet another Micro$oft proprietary video format to keep
> those who haven't partaken of the Micro$oft tainted koolaid from viewing.
>
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