Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 20:37:03 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com> Cc: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, Haikal Saadh <wyldephyre2@yahoo.com>, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM supercomputer Message-ID: <20000630203703.H232@parish> In-Reply-To: <20000630141610.G91583@bone.nectar.com>; from n@nectar.com on Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 02:16:10PM -0500 References: <007e01bfe325$45a687e0$49a393cb@timberwolf> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006300854490.21808-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> <20000630141610.G91583@bone.nectar.com>
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On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 02:16:10PM -0500, Jacques A. Vidrine wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 08:55:10AM -0700, Doug White wrote:
> > On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Haikal Saadh wrote:
> >
> > > OS/2 perhaps? Wasn't win95 'born' from OS/2?
> >
> > s/95/NT/
>
> I think this is a common misconception. Windows NT did (does?) have a
> OS/2-like subsystem, but the resemblance ends there.
>
The misconception probably arises because OS/2 was going to be what NT
is now (if M$ hadn't thrown their toys out of the cot when IBM wanted
Presentation Manager instead of the Windows GUI), i.e. a 32-bit
multi-tasking OS.
When M$ and IBM went their separate ways M$ developed NT from Win 3.x
(and doesn't it show?).
> NT was much more influenced by VMS, Mach, RSX11, and Windows 3.1 than
> OS/2.
> --
> Jacques Vidrine / n@nectar.com / nectar@FreeBSD.org
>
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