In an operating system course I attended it was mostly Unix and everyone was used to bashing Windows NT ("so crappy, bsod etc.") but we had Stallings' book and I was surprised to learn that NT was in many ways an improvement over Unix and Linux.
Is not always that great. Windows 11 is still based on the NT kernel. It's probably still good! Unfortunately the userland experience they put on top of it is just awful.
In an operating system course I attended it was mostly Unix and everyone was used to bashing Windows NT ("so crappy, bsod etc.") but we had Stallings' book and I was surprised to learn that NT was in many ways an improvement over Unix and Linux.
NT the kernel is quite good. windows nt itself was not always great.
Is not always that great. Windows 11 is still based on the NT kernel. It's probably still good! Unfortunately the userland experience they put on top of it is just awful.
NT is the brainchild of Dave Cutler, who also had a leading role in developing Dec's VMS.
Yeah, reading tip: "Showstopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft"