Re: I'm always pleased when BSD get a mention
There was a difference between what was going on in the Valley and in the world outside of the USA.
>You didn't really think that Microsoft actually wrote Xenix
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Microsoft's NT was largely architected by Dave Cutler, who pretty much wrote the core of VMS singlehandedly while at DEC.
Funnily enough by the beginning of 1985, I was sitting on the core to an OS that ran on the x286/386, we debated whether to release it and decided being UK-based and with the massive increase in Unix (on Intel), plus the MS-DOS battles, the field was getting a little crowded. Instead, I got into Unix and with some friends delivered LivingC to market (on MS-DOS).
>Sadly, Microsoft turned what could have been a truly great operating system into a joke.
Agree an opportunity wasn't just missed it was positively ballsed up.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
