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

[Paul Sture]

In article <hdic1s$jrq$03$1 at news.t-online.com>,
 Michael Kraemer <M.Kraemer at gsi.de> wrote:

> John Wallace schrieb:
> > On Nov 11, 8:47 pm, "P. Sture" <paul.nos... at sture.ch> wrote:
> > 
> 
> >>
> >>As I recall the Windows APIs were forced on it. There was also an outcry
> >>from people who knew about operating systems when it was decided to put
> >>the graphics in the kernel at NT 4.0.  The motivation behind that was
> >>allegedly to improve performance with games.
> > 
> > 
> > Not just games, but particularly anything which was video intensive.
> > This was back in the days when a Matrox Millenium was a high end
> > graphics card.
> > 
> 
> > 
> >>What irritates me looking back at that time is that NT ws being actively
> >>promoted by many as being reliable _because_ of its VMS heritage.
> >>
> > 
> > 
> > Indeed. And it could in principle have been that way, if Gates and his
> > engineering organisation had wanted it to be that way. But it didn't
> > work out that way, and the rest is history.
> > 
> 
> So once and for all times we could bury this
> "Cutler created NT as a VMS offspring and hence NT must be good"
> legend?

Yes please.

-- 
Paul Sture