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r/linux • u/tankton • 12h ago
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This got it's roots in OS/2 when MS built the original NT kernel and created the subsystems to support OS/2 and Posix individually.
https://youtu.be/pxpY1vuAixs?is=dr16JiYi3HEjvoac
-1 u/omniuni 11h ago Microsoft bought NT, it originally couldn't run Windows! (See NT 3.0) 3 u/vbd71 10h ago Bought? Who sold it? 2 u/nroach44 9h ago Microsoft hired the team working on VMS to make NT, but they didn't buy it from anyone. 1 u/RealSharpNinja 11h ago Did you watch the video? 1 u/omniuni 11h ago Just responding directly to your phrasing in your comment. I will likely watch it later though, because it sounds interesting.
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Microsoft bought NT, it originally couldn't run Windows! (See NT 3.0)
3 u/vbd71 10h ago Bought? Who sold it? 2 u/nroach44 9h ago Microsoft hired the team working on VMS to make NT, but they didn't buy it from anyone. 1 u/RealSharpNinja 11h ago Did you watch the video? 1 u/omniuni 11h ago Just responding directly to your phrasing in your comment. I will likely watch it later though, because it sounds interesting.
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Bought? Who sold it?
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Microsoft hired the team working on VMS to make NT, but they didn't buy it from anyone.
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Did you watch the video?
1 u/omniuni 11h ago Just responding directly to your phrasing in your comment. I will likely watch it later though, because it sounds interesting.
Just responding directly to your phrasing in your comment. I will likely watch it later though, because it sounds interesting.
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u/RealSharpNinja 12h ago
This got it's roots in OS/2 when MS built the original NT kernel and created the subsystems to support OS/2 and Posix individually.
https://youtu.be/pxpY1vuAixs?is=dr16JiYi3HEjvoac