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

Phillip Helbig undress to reply helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de
Tue Aug 17 18:04:31 EDT 2021


In article <sfgsog$pr9$2 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
<clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes: 

> On 2021-08-16, David Goodwin <dgsoftnz at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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".
> >
> 
> 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. :-)

For what it's worth, Clarke has denied that.




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