[ofrzeta]

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.

[exe34]

NT the kernel is quite good. windows nt itself was not always great.

[brendoelfrendo]

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.

[irusensei]

NT is the brainchild of Dave Cutler, who also had a leading role in developing Dec's VMS.

[ofrzeta]

Yeah, reading tip: "Showstopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft"