[Info-vax] OT: Arun Kishan

[Neil Rieck]

On Jan 11, 10:29 pm, Arne Vajhøj <a... at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> On 11-01-2010 05:01, Michael Kraemer wrote:
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> It is not a myth that Windows kernel is very inspired from VMS
> due to Cutler and other.
>
> Most people do not care much about the kernel when evaluating
> an OS.
>
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You are correct but the exDECies at Microsoft did a lot more than just
rework the kernel. Citing both security and performance issues, the
exDECies where the people pushing for NTFS, not Gates. Others have
told me that the exDECies were also responsible for the changes which
allowed remote management of these GUI boxes (so called lights-out
operation). Kind of impressive when you think about.

On a related note, the other day I was trying to imagine what the
world would be like if DEC had not driven Cutler (and his variable
crew of 30-100) into the arms of Bill Gates. Would DEC have still gone
down but only later? Would Windows (or Windows-NT) still have happened
but only later? Knowing how DEC licensed cheaper systems (Rainbow
etc.) I "think" that Cutler's Crew had a bigger effect on the computer
world at Microsoft than they would have inside DEC. (just my opinion)

NSR