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Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news-xfer.netaxs.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!sprint!uunet!in3.uu.net!165.254.2.53!nonexistent.com!not-for-mail From: le@put.com (Louis Epstein) Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?) Followup-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] X-Nntp-Posting-User: le Lines: 20 Organization: Putnam Internet Services Message-ID: <E8BvKJ.L7M@nonexistent.com> References: <332c9a76.3278270@news.adelaide.on.net> <5iat1s$t48@news.ml.com> <5idc2j$13ku$1@rtpnews.raleigh.ibm.com> X-Trace: 860517522/20446 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: main.put.com Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 16:38:43 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.os.linux:20022 comp.os.linux.misc:168892 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38772 Joerg Pommnitz (nobody@read.my.sig) wrote: : In <5iat1s$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?