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RE: OT_RE:_Réf._:_Re:_asy

From: <Yosi_at_comhill.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 11:51:26 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.002A7E57.20010201114631@fatcity.com>

Important addendum. For those of us that note these things, each letter of WNT is one letter up from the letters of VMS.

(And, HAL, from 2001, A Space Oddysey, is one letter removed from IBM.)

fwiw,

Yosi

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Orr [mailto:sorr_at_arzoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 1:01 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: OT_RE:_Réf._:_Re:_asyn_i/o_on_sun_
>
>
> Close. It's Dave Cutler. There's too much old DOS/Windows backward
> compatibility for WinNT/2000 to achieve stability like VMS
> despite Cutler's
> leadership.
>
> I knew VMS and you, Mr. NT, are no VMS!
>
> With apologies to Senator Bentsen,
> Steve Orr
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> stephane
> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 9:22 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> NT is based on VMS (talk about a real OS) and if my
> memory is good the guy's name is Cutter.
>
> Do I win a toaster ? a microwave oven ? a palm-pilot ?
>
> --- "Mohan, Ross" <MohanR_at_STARS-SMI.com> a écrit : >
> "...Standing, corrected, and sniggering....."
> > Odd picture, that......
> >
> >
> > Anyways, pop quiz:
> >
> > On what OS kernel technology is NT based?
> >
> > Who was the original designer and what was his/her
> > first OS?
> >
> >
>
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