OT: VMS / WNT [was: Re: Official Exim 4 package]

2003-03-26 Thread Pigeon
On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 12:08:40PM -0500, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: Windows 5 (XP, 2000) is based on the now 32-bit kernel (morphed from a mix of Windows 3, OS/2 and Vax code.) The so-called NT kernel? *Vax* code? Does that mean the jokes concerning Windows NT - WNT - one shift along from VMS have

Re: OT: VMS / WNT [was: Re: Official Exim 4 package]

2003-03-26 Thread Nathan Poznick
Thus spake Pigeon: The so-called NT kernel? *Vax* code? Does that mean the jokes concerning Windows NT - WNT - one shift along from VMS have some substance? I thought they were based on the cyberspace version of a urban legend. (Would that be cyberpolitan legend?) See

Re: OT: VMS / WNT [was: Re: Official Exim 4 package]

2003-03-26 Thread Jeffrey L. Taylor
It is a fact that MS hired the VMS architect to design Windows NT. However, IMHO, it doesn't show. There are so many things that VMS did right that either don't appear at all in WinNT, or are done wrong. Just my $0.02USD, Jeffrey Quoting Pigeon [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at

Re: OT: VMS / WNT [was: Re: Official Exim 4 package]

2003-03-26 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 15:36, Pigeon wrote: On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 12:08:40PM -0500, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: Windows 5 (XP, 2000) is based on the now 32-bit kernel (morphed from a mix of Windows 3, OS/2 and Vax code.) The so-called NT kernel? *Vax* code? Does that mean the jokes concerning

Re: OT: VMS / WNT [was: Re: Official Exim 4 package]

2003-03-26 Thread Sam Varghese
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 12:31:06PM -0500, Mark L. Kahnt waxed eloquent and said: On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 15:36, Pigeon wrote: On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 12:08:40PM -0500, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: Windows 5 (XP, 2000) is based on the now 32-bit kernel