From: rajiev@cfmu.eurocontrol.be (Rajiev Gupta)
Subject: Re: Windows NT FAQ?
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In article <C5DHtF.D7p@news.rich.bnr.ca> gal@bnr.ca (Gene Lavergne) writes:
>I really gives me pause to ask this:
>
>When I first heard of Windows-NT I was surprised by the name because
>it immediately occurred to me that it sounds like a Northern Telecom
>product.  Did anyone else notice that?
>
>By the way, BNR (see address below) is an R&D subsidiary of NT.  See
>what I mean?
>
>| gal@bnr.ca (Gene A. Lavergne) | In all of opera, I most identify |
>| ESN 444-4842 / (214) 684-4842 | with the character of Elektra.   |
>| PO Box 851986, Richardson, TX | That often worries me.           |
>| USA 75085-1986 | Opinions expressed here are mine and not BNR's. |

Windows NT or WNT can also be derived by the next letter in the alphabet
of VMS - same as HAL and IBM. You might recall that the chief architect
of VMS is also chief designer of WNT.

Rajiev Gupta

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