After Announcing Plans To Destroy Microsoft Windows, HP CEO Pulls A Gutsy Move

Re:After Announcing Plans To Destroy Microsoft Windows, HP C... by rbanffy on Thursday June 12, 2014 @04:51PM (#7885870)

It's a sad fact that the two dominant OSs these days are a copy of Unix and the bastard child of VMS.

I'd love to see some fresh approaches to this old problem.

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Re:After Announcing Plans To Destroy Microsoft Windows, HP C... by kyberias on Thursday June 12, 2014 @05:14PM (#7885987)

Oh, the old comparison of Windows NT and VMS. I never thought that was fair by a long shot. Are there some actual real evidence of NT/VMS similarities other than some of the original team members?

EDIT: So you "really don't like Microsoft much". Maybe that's all I need to hear.

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Re:After Announcing Plans To Destroy Microsoft Windows, HP C... by mhurron on Thursday June 12, 2014 @05:25PM (#7886048)

http://everything2.com/title/The+similarities+between+VMS+an...

The similarities between VMS and Windows NT

DEC thought they were pretty similar.

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Re:After Announcing Plans To Destroy Microsoft Windows, HP C... by rbanffy on Thursday June 12, 2014 @09:01PM (#7886930)

I was going to point out some, but mhurron did a much better job. One of the odd things I remember is that VMS had a version of Diskeeper that predates the NT version.

I don't like Microsoft, but I have no issue in recognizing their technical merits when they have some. I'm using a Microsoft keyboard right now and was, for a very long time, an MCSD. What people misinterpret as an anti-Microsoft bias is, usually, the effect of a wider perspective than the average Microsoft enthusiast.

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