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

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In article <3e71a159-c267-4883-8808-105aeb8d6642 at e37g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, Neil Rieck <n.rieck at sympatico.ca> writes:
>On Dec 27, 11:39=A0am, 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=3DA0am, 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.
>>
>> --
>> VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker =A0 =A0VAXman(at)TMESIS(=
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>> =A0 "Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"
>
>I use Firefox for 99% of my web activities. Firefox worked at this M$
>site.
>
>NSR

On an M$ infected box no doubt?

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