29 Sep
2005
29 Sep
'05
3:01 a.m.
...
But NT, 2K, XP have MAJOR internal changes, and are
based
more on Microsoft OS/2 (by Gordon Letwin), and code provided
by Dave Cutler?
(presumably "stolen" from DEC)
NT does not have "major changes" from 95 et al. It was a ground up rewrite.
You could argue that the NT design is greatly influenced by VMS, which
Cutler directed, but I doubt that there is any code in it from VMS. What
programmer ever existed who did not think he could do it better given the
chance to do it again?
Therefore, it COULD be argued that much (not all) of
the
internal structures of 95/98/ME IS discontinued.
Name something that isn't.
...
Gil
A. G. (Gil) Carrick, Director
The Museum at CSE
Coach - ICPC Programming Team
University of Texas at Arlington
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Box 19015, 471 S Cooper Street
Arlington, TX 76019
817-272-3620
http://www.cse.uta.edu/TheMuseum at CSE/