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On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 10:07:17PM +1000, Matt McLeod wrote:
> Crap drivers on any platform are going to create havoc.
I've heard the VMS is plenty hateful, but didn't it run device drivers
in a separate protected context from the core OS and user-space? ISTR
that NT 3.5 used a similar technique (thanks Mr. Cutler) but it was
dropped in NT 4 due to speed issues.
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