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

Richard B. Gilbert rgilbert88 at comcast.net
Sat Nov 21 14:14:09 EST 2009


Bob Eager wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:32:19 -0800, Neil Rieck wrote:
> 
>> p.s. There was a whole lot of stuff I didn't know about Windows-NT like:
>> many of the Microsofties wanted to keep/extend DOS (FAT32) or the OS/2
>> file system. It was the Decies who pushed for NTFS.
> 
> Didn't know that, but I'm not surprised, given the resemblance of NTFS to 
> ODS-2 etc.
> 

It has been a very long time but I can remember when DOS/Windows file 
systems needed occasional repairs.  What we have now seems rock solid.



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