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On 22/09/2012 12:44, Dave Angel wrote:

>
> Your wording seems to imply that you still think NT was built on some
> earlier MS product.  It was written from scratch by a team recruited
> mostly from outside MS, including the leader, a guy who was I think
> experienced in VMS development.  The names escape me right now.  But
> there were a couple of books, by Helen someone, I think, which helped us
> outsiders understand some of the philosophies of the development.
>

IIRC many of the people involved had VMS experience.  Apparantly M$ 
decided they needed a team who knew something about designing and 
implementing operating systems :)

-- 
Cheers.

Mark Lawrence.