10 Aug
2012
10 Aug
'12
11:10 p.m.
On Aug 10, 2012, at 4:07 PM, <hvlems at zonnet.nl>
wrote:
Correct, Windows started off on four platforms so the intimacy of VMS with the VAX was
just not there. But VMS was a lot farther away from Alpha too.
I don't think that's accurate.
Most operating systems are not closely tied to a specific platform. And in the case of
VMS, the Alpha architecture had some specific attributes that were meant to make porting
VMS easier.
paul