[jaydubya2]

"And through Windows NT, you can see it throughout the design. In a weak sense, it is a form of Unix. There are so many of the design decisions that have been influenced by that environment. And that’s no accident. I mean, we knew that Unix operability would be very important and we knew that the largest body of programmers that we’d want to draw on in building Windows NT applications would certainly come from the Unix base."

I thought Windows NT was based more on the VMS operating system?

[AnotherUnixGeek]

I thought Windows NT was based more on the VMS operating system?

I believe you're right - wasn't the project lead for NT a former DEC engineer who developed VMS? I think the point Gates was making was that Unix also had a major conceptual influence on NT, along with some bits of direct compatibility like the POSIX subsystem and sockets based on the Berkeley Unix socket model.