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- From: danh@quantum.qnx.com (Dan Hildebrand)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.research
- Subject: Re: Please move the WINDOWS/NT discussion?
- Date: 11 Sep 1992 23:11:23 GMT
- Organization: Quantum Software Systems
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- In article <18o43kINNp29@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> jbone@splat.dell.com (Jeff Bone) writes:
- >Guys. This is a fine discussion, and there are lots of fine places to
- >have this discussion; the .*advocacy groups, for instance. However,
- >Windows/NT probably does not belong in this group --- how much new
- >or interesting OS research and innovation do you think is going into
- >it? In any case,if we're going to talk turkey here, let's deal -w-
- >NT's technical aspects... the other arguments border on religion.
-
- Exactly.
-
- At the USENIX "Microkernels and Other Kernel Architectures" workshop, Dave
- Cutler delivered a presentation on WNT. One of the first questions asked
- from the audience was "Where is the new technology ? None of this is
- anything new...". Paraphrasing loosely, his answer was "Believe me, if
- you'd seen some of the code around Microsoft, you'd agree that this is new
- technology". The audience appreciated his sense of humor. :-)
-
- Also, he made it very clear that WNT was being discussed at the workshop
- because it fit into the "Other Kernel Architectures" category. Some of the
- Microsoft marketing staff seem to disagree with him...
-
- % Can anyone provide a technical summary of NT? --DL
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