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A lot of Windows NT was based on work Dave Cutler had done on VMS and RSX-11, so while I'm sure most of the code was new, the ideas are of a similar vintage to
by huxley 10y ago
A lot of Windows NT was based on work Dave Cutler had done on VMS and RSX-11, so while I'm sure most of the code was new, the ideas are of a similar vintage to Unix.
- digi_owl 10y agoFrankly it seems like nothing really new has come out of computing in decades. Basically all the container hoopla happening right now were in use on mainframes before Torvalds released the first Linux source code.
- lawnchair_larry 10y agoFrom what I understand, Dave Cutler would probably strongly disagree with that statement!
- justin66 10y ago> while I'm sure most of the code was new Is there any reason to believe less than 100% of the code was new?