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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
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Subject: Re: Ideas are not like candy.
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 17:16:04 -0500
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rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On Thu, 7 Mar 2024 11:17:42 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>
>>    Although NT was not an exact clone of Cutler's previous operating
>>    systems,
>>    DEC engineers almost immediately noticed the internal similarities.
>
> That's always a problem despite the best intentions to do a clean room 
> implementation. Like they say you can't unsee it. Even something like an 
> embedded RTOS is going to look a lot like somebody else's. 
>
> I'm surprised there aren't more conflicts in fiction and music like the 
> Google and Oracle suit that made it to the Supremes. Of course most 
> authors and musicians don't have huge legal departments and deep pockets.
>
> It did take a while for NT to get ironed out. I can't remember the last 
> time I saw the BSoD but it was a frequent flyer on my 4.0 box.

Win NT 4.0 was a pile of unstable crap.

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