[Info-vax] Whither VMS?

[Robin Fairbairns]

In article <paul.nospam-A4EA28.16190828092009 at pbook.sture.ch>,
 "P. Sture" <paul.nospam at sture.ch> writes:
>In article <+klqzn95w7HU at eisner.encompasserve.org>,
> koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) wrote:
>
>> In article <Fc2dnfSHw9YW-iDXnZ2dnUVZ_gydnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. 
>> Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
>> >
>> > Keeping bad code a secret in order to prevent hacking is, to say the 
>> > least, a poor way to do business.  Sun has made most of the Solaris 
>> > source code available for comment, criticism, and improvement.  The 
>> > stuff that's still not public belongs in whole or in part to third 
>> > parties and is used by Sun under license.
>> 
>>    Obviously Sun and Microsoft don't think the same!  Sun was one of the
>>    early proponents of "open sysytems".  Microsoft owns the most closed
>>    system in the business.  Nobody is allowed to see inside!
>
>That was a source of frustration when I was seriously looking at NT.  
>Various folks were coming out with stuff I couldn't find in any 
>documentation and I was wondering where on earth they got it.

"windows internals" (published by m$ press) is a good source.  one of
the authors is now on the inside, but when i bought my copy (3rd
edition, iirc) both russinovich and solomon were independent
consultants.  they gave fantastic talks at m$ "teched" conferences
(which i attended a few times, mostly pretty tedious otherwise, the
highlight being the lotteries for free things for people who had
filled in lecture assessments).
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Robin Fairbairns, Cambridge