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?
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?
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).