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I think so. OSX was bought, NT was bought, Android was bought. Which big OS vendor build their own OS? Maybe Google with Fuchsia?
by k__ 6y ago
I think so.
OSX was bought, NT was bought, Android was bought.
Which big OS vendor build their own OS? Maybe Google with Fuchsia?
- pjmlp 6y agoNT wasn't bought.
- homarp 6y agoMaybe a shortcut of Dave Cutler plus what Wikipedia said "While creating Windows NT, Microsoft developers rewrote VMS in C. Although they added the Win32 API, NTFS file system, GUI, and backwards compatibility with DOS, OS/2, and Win16, DEC engineers almost immediately noticed the two operating systems' internal similarities; parts of VAX/VMS Internals and Data Structures, published by Digital Press, accurately describe Windows NT internals using VMS terms. Instead of a lawsuit, Microsoft agreed to pay DEC $65–100 million, help market VMS, train Digital personnel on Windows NT, and continue Windows NT support for DEC Alpha" Also https://www.itprotoday.com/compute-engines/windows-nt-and-vms-rest-story https://www.itprotoday.com/compute-engines/windows-nt-and-vm...
- mycall 6y agoUsing VMS in the 80s at my university, it was a solid foundation for creating a proper OS that NT became.
- kps 6y agoIt's a charitable gloss. One can argue that it was bought since DEC accepted compensation in the form of a ‘strategic alliance’ rather than go to court.
- oefrha 6y agoOS X was bought from a co-founder in exile to revive the hardware platform championed by said co-founder, so the situation is a fair bit more complicated than most acquisitions.