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- From: ekl@kvamdata.no (Eirik Lygre)
- Subject: Re: Mach vs. NT?
- Organization: Kvam data as
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 20:28:32 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.202832.22160@kvamdata.no>
- References: <20409@durer.cme.nist.gov> <BzLpC2.pH@alsvid.une.edu.au> <1992Dec21.192229.27548@rchland.ibm.com>
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- In article <1992Dec21.192229.27548@rchland.ibm.com> tmaas@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Anthony Maas) writes:
- >
- >Cairo is more commonly known as Windows NT(New Technology),
- > Microsoft's supposed foray into the world of OO Operating Systems.
- > It won't be out however, until sometime next year(or later -
- > the earliest I've heard is Q3 next year, although I could be, and
- > probably am, wrong...) I'd wait for NeXTSTEP '486 to come out
- > myself... which will also probably be Q3 next year.
- >
- >Tony Maas
- >IBM Rochester, MN
- >Email to maas@cs.uwlax.edu NOT tmaas@laxband.rchland.ibm.com - NeXTmail preferred.
- >
-
- This is wrong. Cairo is not the same as Windows NT. Cairo is the codename
- for Microsofts next generation user interface. Do not expect to see Cairo
- (or a product of cairo technology) until 1994. Cairo has been showed
- publicly at least once, about 6 weeks back.
-
- For more information about Cairo, ask questions on comp.os.ms-windows.*.
- It probably won't do anything, good, though, as not much is known about
- Cairo.
-
- To make a short reference to mach: Microsoft now employes several of the
- former mach-researchers (I believe one of them was leading the mach
- project); these people now work mainly on Cairo, and not on Windows NT.
- It would probably be safe to assume, though, that the do "consultancy
- work" with the NT group -- they do know some microkernel stuff, after
- all.
-
- Eirik
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