Windows 8 trial

[Mike Tomlinson]

En el artículo , Jim Hawkins escribió:

Yes, I tried it and hated it. Fisher-Price Windows was the phrase that came to mind.

It's actually an attempt (misguided IMO) to standardise the user interface between Windows Phone, Windows 8 on desktop and Windows 8 on tablets.

Still running it here too. I have the Windows 7 DVD but it needs a fresh install (won't upgrade XP) and I have everything tweaked just the way I like it.

I'll probably jump to 7 when M$ end XP support and stop producing updates (2014?)

[Bob Eager]

Exactly, hence my careful capitalisation. Not that I'm sure the noun 'unix' really exists. I'd prefer 'UNIX clone' or 'UNIX-like'.

[Huge]

Cutler is *70*. And bald. And grey.

Ghod, that makes me feel even older than my creaky shoulders and neck in the mornings. He was (is) one of my heroes.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Not really. Its always had memory leaks.

[The Natural Philosopher]

well actually no, it isnt. Its a *nix. in the vernacular and a linux in the not.

Designed NOT to be Unix to allow free distribution etc etc.

Its acquired its own momentum since then..

[The Natural Philosopher]

*nix is the generic term.

[Bob Eager]

He used to have (might still have) a car license plate with 'CMKRNL' on it.

[Bob Eager]

Well, one of them.

[Mike Tomlinson]

En el artículo , Huge escribió:

What's interesting is that the more you dig into the NT kernel, the more you can see the influence of VMS, thanks to Cutler.

It also shows up in other OSes - look at all the foo$bar system variables in RISC OS, for example.

:-) Age is a state of mind.

And Thompson and Ritchie, of course.

[Bob Eager]

Yes, the archirecture is very similar in many places. Not to mention ODS-2/Files-11 and NTFS. That did Executive Software a lot of good.

[Mike Tomlinson]

En el artículo , The Natural Philosopher escribió:

It's certainly stood the test of time. Which kernel(s) would you regard as superior to those in VMS and NT, and in what way?

[Huge]

Him smartarse.

(Had to look that up. I stopped playing with DEC kit very shortly after the VAX was introduced, and I've never used VMS. I have, however, played with RSX11/M and RSTS-E a great deal and RT-11 a little.)