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Comment by voidfunc

7 hours ago

Think of Windows NT as the spiritual successor of VMS and it never really went away.

Sort of like if Plan 9 had succeeded Unix.

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tombert  7 hours ago

Interesting, I hadn't thought of it that way; I didn't realize that NT shared ancestry with VMS.

  • voidfunc  7 hours ago

    Dave Cutler

    • tombert  6 hours ago

      Yeah, I looked it up after you mentioned it. Interesting stuff.

      I hate Windows but that's not so much the kernel but much more due to my hatred of the interface and Windows Update, so I don't know if the alternate universe where DEC reigned supreme would be better or worse.