Re: what is the best...

Tim Schaefer wrote: > > [...] > > Actually, you'd be surprised by this answer. I recently was told that > Windows NT was modeled after VMS. The kernel engineer I talked to > said that NT was so similar to VMS he was surprised more people didn't > see it. I resisted this thought, but since talking to him several > other kernel people and developers have told me the same thing. > > For instance the registry, and the basic method the way the OS responds > to events. NT is priority-based, not in the same way UNIX is. There > seems to be a wealth of information to support this, however, I've > nothing to substantiate it, just this idle chatter. Personally I find > NT and VMS pretty lame OSes, if you can call them Operating Systems. > But they do have their appeal, along with Apple, which just won't die. > > :-) > > Tim > I remember from the beginning of NT's long vaporware phase that chief designer, architect or whatever was the guy brought from DEC, where he designeg VMS. The guy was full of great statements to the effect that NT will be the only real operating system, that UNIX will be dead within few years etc (it was long ago...) Anyway, I think that VMS is not bad (but beware, Richard: it is dead end!). It is amazing that in spite of the same chief designer and, as I hear here, similar internal architecture, NT is so lousy. Regards Dragi "Bonzi" Raos +--------------------------------------------------------+ | 4-MATE Information Engineering Inc. | +--------------------------+-----------------------------+ | 4-MATE | Tel: +385 (1) 242-116 | | Kosa bb | +385 (1) 242-126 | | 10000 Zagreb | Fax: +385 (1) 242-121 | | Hrvatska (Croatia) | e-mail: bonzi@4mate.hr | | | URL: http://www.4mate.hr | +--------------------------+-----------------------------+