Windows NT? It's Digital's VMS operating system with a Windows Interface on top. The fact that David Cutler was involved shows it. I think that the only reason Digital never sued Microsoft over this was so they would make Windows NT available for the Alpha Processor (and it's not, now). Also, they licensed True Type Fonts from Apple. They also recently purchased a flow chart program and a picture program. They'll be available soon, with MS logos, claiming how they are innovations! Jeff Flowers sikak43@gateway.net
I laughed when I read this line. MS has not created one single thing from whole cloth (if you don't count the MS EULA). They bought DOS and many of their apps. Windows is a Mac/Xerox ripoff. The hired a man from Digitial to create a VMS clone, which MS then proceded to fuck up with legacy support and a Win32 API (we call now call it Windows NT).
I really have no other probem with MS. I use a lot of their software. But please, I know who innovates and who doesn't.
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Windows NT? It's Digital's VMS operating system with a Windows Interface on top. The fact that David Cutler was involved shows it. I think that the only reason Digital never sued Microsoft over this was so they would make Windows NT available for the Alpha Processor (and it's not, now). Also, they licensed True Type Fonts from Apple. They also recently purchased a flow chart program and a picture program. They'll be available soon, with MS logos, claiming how they are innovations! Jeff Flowers sikak43@gateway.net
I laughed when I read this line. MS has not created one single thing from whole cloth (if you don't count the MS EULA). They bought DOS and many of their apps. Windows is a Mac/Xerox ripoff. The hired a man from Digitial to create a VMS clone, which MS then proceded to fuck up with legacy support and a Win32 API (we call now call it Windows NT).
I really have no other probem with MS. I use a lot of their software. But please, I know who innovates and who doesn't.