[Info-vax] [OT] Early 64-bit test build of Windows 2000 for Alpha found

[Simon Clubley]

On 2023-05-19, Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:
> On 2023-05-19, John Dallman <jgd at cix.co.uk> wrote:
>> In article <u47q84$lvps$1 at dont-email.me>,
>> clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP (Simon Clubley) wrote:
>>
>>> Before NT was released for Alpha, Microsoft was doing early 64-bit
>>> test builds with Windows 2000 on Alpha.
>>
>> Presumably, you mean "Before NT was released for Itanium ..."? 
>>
>
> No. I meant Alpha.
>

And before anyone takes great pleasure in pointing it out, :-) I now see
what you meant in that Windows 2000 was way _after_ NT so yes, I got the
timeline _way_ wrong.

That's what happens when you post while feeling under the weather... :-(

Sorry for the confusion,

Simon.

PS: My comment about Pillar still stands however. Cutler missed a real
opportunity there IMHO.

> Check out the original design specifications for NT. It was designed as
> a very architecture neutral operating system and Cutler brought across
> a lot of ideas from Prism/MICA.
>
> In fact about the only major idea he didn't bring across was the use of
> Pillar (or something comparable) instead of C as the SIL.
>
> We lost a major opportunity to establish a viable alternative to C because
> of that and the security of our computing infrastructure is poorer because
> of it.
>
>>> PS: BTW, am I the only one who thinks that Windows 10 font quality 
>>> is actually inferior to the font quality on Windows 7?
>>
>> I think the Windows 10 fonts are optimised for higher-resolution screens.
>>
>
> Interesting, thanks. What I can tell you is that they don't look as good
> as the Windows 7 fonts (to me at least) on normal resolution monitors.
>
> Simon.
>


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