Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 29 Jun 2001 00:27:10 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: The latest Microsoft FUD. This time from BillG, himself. |
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Hi!
> I wouldn't be at all suprised if they did. It'd fit in with the history of > NT. (Version numbers really approximate, I don't have my notes with me.) > > NT 1.0: the inherited OS/2 1.x code ported to 32 bit mode, sort of. > > NT 2.0: 1.0 didn't work so let's try porting it to the mach microkernel. > > NT 3.0: that didn't work either, so let's hire Dave Cutler (chief unix hater > at Digital research and ex-head of the VAX VMS operating system) to port VMS > on top of the steaming pile of code that is NT. > > NT 3.5: punch holes in the mach microkernel to get some performance, try to > fix some of the more obvious bugs. > > NT 4.0 stabilized (a bit) because dave cutler (and the team under him) was > still around. They hadn't yet again changed horses in midstream. > Eventually, with the same team working on the same code, it's bound to > stabilize a bit.) Bloated a bit as well, but that's proprietary software for > you.
Is this accurate? I never knew NT was mach-based. I do not think NT 1-3 were actually ever shipped, first was NT 3.5 right? Pavel -- I'm pavel@ucw.cz. "In my country we have almost anarchy and I don't care." Panos Katsaloulis describing me w.r.t. patents at discuss@linmodems.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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