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<p>It's a great article. I was the principal consultant for IDS in
that era, and there is a staff alumni group active on Facebook
where I posted this link.</p>
<p>I disagree with a number of the claims in the article, especially
that Windows NT was based on VMS when in fact it was based on and
developed using OS/2. There is a good and detailed book about
this:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.gpascalzachary.com/showstopper__the_breakneck_race_to_create_windows_nt_and_the_next_generation_at_m_50101.htm">https://www.gpascalzachary.com/showstopper__the_breakneck_race_to_create_windows_nt_and_the_next_generation_at_m_50101.htm</a><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/7/23 16:07, Don wrote:<br>
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