And, I think one of the reasons that DEC did not even try to sue Microsoft was that when NT was being developed, DEC was also participating in the porting of NT to the Alpha chip. Alpha/NT was released a few weeks after the official release of NT.
Jerry, I thought there was a law suit that pre-dated the above. i.e. I thought DEC won the right to that port in court. Greg -- Greg Freemyer
On Fri, 23 May 2003 10:20:08 -0400
Greg Freemyer
I thought there was a law suit that pre-dated the above.
i.e. I thought DEC won the right to that port in court.
I don't recall the suit, but you could be right.
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Jerry Feldman
On Fri, May 23, 2003 at 10:20:08AM -0400, Greg Freemyer wrote: : >> And, I think one of the reasons that DEC : >> did not even try to sue Microsoft was that when NT was being developed, : >> DEC was also participating in the porting of NT to the Alpha chip. : >> Alpha/NT was released a few weeks after the official release of NT. : : Jerry, : : I thought there was a law suit that pre-dated the above. : : i.e. I thought DEC won the right to that port in court. You may be right, but I honestly can't remember. --Jerry Open-Source software isn't a matter of life or death... ...It's much more important than that!
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