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In an operating system course I attended it was mostly Unix and everyone was used to bashing Windows NT ("so crappy, bsod etc.") but we had Stallings' book and
by ofrzeta 1y ago
In an operating system course I attended it was mostly Unix and everyone was used to bashing Windows NT ("so crappy, bsod etc.") but we had Stallings' book and I was surprised to learn that NT was in many ways an improvement over Unix and Linux.
- exe34 1y agoNT the kernel is quite good. windows nt itself was not always great.
- brendoelfrendo 1y agoIs not always that great. Windows 11 is still based on the NT kernel. It's probably still good! Unfortunately the userland experience they put on top of it is just awful.
- irusensei 1y agoNT is the brainchild of Dave Cutler, who also had a leading role in developing Dec's VMS.
- ofrzeta 1y agoYeah, reading tip: "Showstopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft"