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Comment by evilotto

7 years ago

> I think it's well-known that Windows NT took a lot of ideas from VMS.

Has the old theory that "Windows NT" aka "WNT" = "VMS + 1" ever been proved or disproved?

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fredoralive  7 years ago

The fact it was called "NT OS/2" before Windows NT seems to indicate it was a happy accident.

(https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nma... the Smithsonian has early design docs with the original name on the spine).

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