In article <hiest2$oi$02$1 at news.t-online.com>, Michael Kraemer <M.Kraemer at gsi.de> writes:
>Neil Rieck schrieb:
>
>>
>> Lots of people are still sending me emails bashing my Windows posts
>
>and rightfully so.
>People accuse Palmer for abandoning VMS and turning
>DEC into a M$/windoze company, yet they appear to follow
>exactly his footsteps.
>So either he was right or people are a bit schizophrenic these days.
>
>> Why? Because of the influence of the ex-DECies at Microsoft.
>
>I think you vastly overestimate the influence of techies
>in a market-driven organization.
>
>>
>> which indicated where Windows came from kernel-wise (Cutler and VMS)
>
>didn't we bury this
>"Cutler created WNT==VMS++ and therefore it must be good"
>myth not too long ago?
Let's get this silliness straight...
In 2001, Arthur C. Clark's novel, HAL was a step up from IBM.
HAL
-----.
| IBM
`-----
Follow the alphabet stairway...
A <---.
-. |
|B --'
`-.
|C
`-.
|D
`-.
|E
`-.
|F
`-.
|G
`-.
|H <---.
`-. |
|I --'
`-.
|J
`-.
|K
`-.
|L <---.
`-. |
|M --'
`-.
|N
`-.
|O
`-.
|P
`-.
|Q
`-.
|R
`-.
|S
`-.
|T
`-.
|U
`-.
|V
`-.
|W
`-.
|X
`-.
|Y
`-.
|Z
Therefore...
VMS
----.
| WNT
`-----
...is a step DOWN from VMS! Several steps down in my opinion but it's a
step down nonetheless. Follow the alphabet stairstep.
A
-.
|B
`-.
|C
`-.
|D
`-.
|E
`-.
|F
`-.
|G
`-.
|H
`-.
|I
`-.
|J
`-.
|K
`-.
|L
`-.
|M ----.
`-. |
|N <-'
`-.
|O
`-.
|P
`-.
|Q
`-.
|R
`-.
|S ----.
`-. |
|T <-'
`-.
|U
`-.
|V ----.
`-. |
|W <-'
`-.
|X
`-.
|Y
`-.
|Z
So, WNT == --VMS;
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