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Date:      Wed, 13 May 1998 11:02:17 +0200
From:      Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>
To:        Nicholas Charles Brawn <ncb05@uow.edu.au>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: a freeware nt clone? (WinX)
Message-ID:  <19980513110217.31625@follo.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96.980513153234.28764A-100000@banshee.cs.uow.edu.au>; from Nicholas Charles Brawn on Wed, May 13, 1998 at 03:36:24PM %2B1000
References:  <Pine.SOL.3.96.980513153234.28764A-100000@banshee.cs.uow.edu.au>

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On Wed, May 13, 1998 at 03:36:24PM +1000, Nicholas Charles Brawn wrote:
> I found this url today, i think many people here will be interested.
> 
> http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/2608/index.html
> 
> Blurb from site:
> 
>    The WinX project is designing and writing a Windows NT 4.0 Clone. The
>    project will include almost all of the Windows NT 4.0/5.0 features and
>    some additional features not available in either products. Since most
>    of the Windows NT 4.0 internal features are a closely guarded secret
>    by Microsoft, WinX is being written from the ground up.

What's interesting is that these guys are changing the specs for what
they're attempting to write from month to month....

The last time I looked it was (IIRC) something like a Virtual Machine
for x86, capable of running programs from all operating systems...

Eivind.

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