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

[Bob Koehler]

In article <rqrgf5l0duc5n8247ofodn728nd2gbbld4 at 4ax.com>, jls <notvalid at yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> My recollection from that time period is reading a few articles
> written in mags from erstwhile VMS Internals experts that NT had VMS
> written all over it.
> 
> It may not be so true today, but the earlier versions, IIRC, were so
> VMS-ish internally that even some of the code was copied verbatim
> (i.e., including comments with the initials of VMS engineers).

   I recall statments from Culter that VMS -> WNT naming similar to
   IBM -> HAL was intentional.  But then I also recall statements that 
   Culter only worked on the I/O subsystem of each, and being familiar 
   with device drivers in both I can see familiarity, not code, not even 
   the same API.  I'm under the impression that Culter offered to do a
   VMS-like well compartmented design to Bill Gates and was turned down.

   People who know the Windows kernel much better than I care to have
   said the similarity is soley within Culter's I/O subsystem.