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Apparently heavily based on VMS[0] and MICA[1] from DEC. I believe DEC sued because of this Microsoft, but they settled out of court. [0] https://www.itprotoda
by sillywalk 3y ago
Apparently heavily based on VMS[0] and MICA[1] from DEC. I believe DEC sued because of this Microsoft, but they settled out of court.
[0] https://www.itprotoday.com/windows-client/windows-nt-and-vms-rest-story https://www.itprotoday.com/windows-client/windows-nt-and-vms...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEC_MICA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEC_MICA
- cmrdporcupine 3y agoThe joke/story is that if you increment each letter in "VMS" by one, you get WNT. That's not where the name comes from, but it's kind of funny.