[OT] NT, software reliability, and the lack thereof.

From: Bob Withers <bwit_at_ticnet.com>
Date: Mon Mar 15 18:21:57 1999

On Monday, March 15, 1999 4:34 PM, Max Eskin [SMTP:max82_at_surfree.com] wrote:
> On 15 Mar 1999, Eric Smith wrote:
> >The actual operating system deep in the bowels of Windows NT isn't so
> >bad. But they have lventy-seven layers of crap on top of it to keep
> >you from seing anything that might be simple and elegant.
>
> Of course, the kernel can't be blamed for much of anything. I'm sure that
> if Microsoft got its hands on VMS source code, they would mess it up,
> while if DEC got its hands on NT source code, they would make something
> wonderful out of it...
>

Didn't all the lead technicians who built NT come from DEC? In fact wasn't Dave Cutler, NT head honcho, the designer of VMS?

Bob
Received on Mon Mar 15 1999 - 18:21:57 GMT