[toupsie]

As far as I know, MS has only been orange book certified once - and that was for NT service pack 4 on one specific hardware platform (I forget which one).

I think that was the Alpha version of NT if memory serves me right. I ran it (played around with it is more accurate) on one of my DEC Alphas as a Dual Boot a several years ago. I even have a PPC port of Windows NT which never made it out to the general public -- just a developer release -- I am sure that was not the secure one. :)

[Frumious Bandersnatch]

Ah yes, Alphas.  One heckuva chipset.  I've worked with VMS on Vaxen and Alphas ever since the 11/780 (worked on quite a few other systems too).  I've always considered the AXP systems to be a cut above, although true64, IMHO, is more elegant than VMS (I say this who am a VMS weenie).  However, even though it is somewhat difficult to use, the RMS toolbox is much sweeter at file management than anything put out by any OS I have seen.

I never did consider NT on the Alpha to be an improvement over even Ultrix, much less VMS and True64.