[Info-vax] Dave Cutler, Prism, DEC, Microsoft, etc.

[Arne Vajhøj]

Michael Kraemer wrote:
> Arne Vajhøj schrieb:
>> Michael Kraemer wrote:
>>>
>>> It still was DECs IP, and it was used to create
>>> one of VMS' fiercest competitors.
>>
>> But would its non-usage have had much impact?
>>
>> Unix, OS/400, Linux seems to have worked out fine
>> without it.
> 
> Inspecting other OSs from outside is one thing,
> but having a competitors' chief developer
> on board, together with source code and
> implementation details, gives a much better
> head start.

Sure.

But that was not my point.

Those that I mention did not have a DEC chief developer
on board but managed to come through anyway.

Arne