[ros-kernel] WinNT and VMS similarities

[KJK::Hyperion]

At 18.19 05/07/2004, you wrote:
>As I recall, Micrsoft's NT development team consisted of several of the 
>DEC VMS people.  This was one of the reasons that NT ran on the DEC Alpha 
>chipset, as did VMS.

it's rumored that Windows NT was ported to the Alpha AXP only as part of an 
out-of-court settlement, Microsoft allegedly admitting their team had 
"learned" too much from their previous experience on VMS. It makes sense: 
Windows NT 3.1 through 4 for Alpha AXP were 32-bit systems, very out of 
place considering the AXP was natively 64-bit (i.e. not a 32-bit system 
later extended)