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Microsoft's Ancient History w/ Unix

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-read dept.

NutscrapeSucks writes "The Register is running a article which discusses Microsoft's experience running their own version of UNIX, called Xenix, as their standard desktop operating system. Before they got involved with OS/2 and later NT, Microsoft considered UNIX to be the PC operating system of the future. Talks about Bill Gates running vi, difficulties with AT&T, and other interesting tidbits." There's a lot of stuff everyone knows, and a lot of stuff you probably didn't know. Worth a read.

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  1. Re:It's a weak form of Unix by p3d0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Check your sig. It's "repetitive".

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  2. Re:Windows NT == VMS by DigiBoi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    IBM/HAL, Santa/Saten, its all part of a biiig plot...


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  3. NT, VMS, Northern Telecom... by Arker · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    NT stands for Northern Telecom (Nortel) who originally developed it. However, after MS acquired it, they also referred to it as "New Technology." It's not in any sense a unix implementation, although it is in some senses a VMS implementation. Digital Equipment sued over that and got paid off several years ago.


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