[Info-vax] VSI licensing policy (again), was: Re: VSI has a new CEO

Simon Clubley clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
Tue Aug 17 13:48:00 EDT 2021


On 2021-08-16, David Goodwin <dgsoftnz at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Early Windows NT development was done on custom i860XR workstations before switching to custom MIPS workstations. The Intel codename for the i860XR was apparently "N-Ten", a possible source for the "NT" in "Windows NT".
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Increase each of the letters in VMS by one and see what you get.

That's the other common source of the reported origin of WNT, ie: "Windows NT".

Not the first time something like that has apparently been done.
Decrease each of the letters in IBM and see what you get.

I'm afraid I can't do that. :-)

Simon.

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