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From: le@put.com (Louis Epstein)
Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?)
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Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 16:38:43 GMT
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Joerg Pommnitz (nobody@read.my.sig) wrote:
: In <5iat1s$t48@news.ml.com>, willettm@ml.com (Mike Willett LADS LDN X1176) writes:
: >
: >Q-DOS->MS-DOS->W*nd*ws->Win95
: >Multics
: >Unix  (The name was pun but a complete re-write)
: >RSX-11 -> VMS -> Digital's new kernel (never released)
: >Win NT (programmed by the team who programmed Digital's new kernel
: >	but ofcource doesn't involve any of the code otherwise they
: >	would get sued - and when did you ever hear MS getting sued
: >	but unethical business practices ???)

(But it was designed as a new way to run Win/DOS apps...)

: >I think is might be a bit closer but I'm sure I'll be corrected.
: 
: OS/2 should be part of this picture. IIRC WinNT used to be
: OS/2 3.0.

Not quite...an alternate v. 2,perhaps?