Actually after reading the Wikipedia article on Windows NT : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT
It was originally intended to BE OS/2, but Microsoft mucked up the works by changing from the original API and switching to their own API. That upset IBM (their partner in the development of OS/2) who then split off and developed OS/2 on their own leaving MS to make NT work. Dave Cutler (referred to by Dave AA6YQ) was hired from DEC about that time to finish the work on NT and he used his knowledge of VMS (not Open VMS) and other DEC OS's to finish up NT. So in a way most of you are correct. Jeff Moore -- KE7ACY ----- Original Message ----- From: Howard Brown NT 3.1 and 3.5 was based on OS/2. ----- Original Message ---- From: Simon Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> NT's background is OpenVMS. Simon Brown, HB9DRV ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- -- From: "Peter G. Viscarola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> > > The Windows NT TCP/IP network stack had components that were originally > based on BSD code. But the OS itself? No, not that I've ever seen. > .
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