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And after only 10 years they have gotten NT5.0 (Win2k) down to only
occasional kernel panics and page thrashings.

(I haven't moved to XP yet, but I don't expect much.)

Original design is great, but what Micro$oft actually releases is what
it needs to be judged on.


In article <sWhDc.4668$x9.4281@nwrddc01.gnilink.net>,
"Paul Raulerson" <pkraulerson@verizon.net> wrote:

> Actually, Windows is both, much as it irks me to admit it. 99% of the
> troubles with windows
> are related to the fact it has to run on an ungodly number of hardware
> configurations. Something
> that was *not* really in its original design.  Dave Cutler, the real mind
> behind the core of Windows NT, came to Microsoft fresh
> from success with DEC VMS, which is a beautiful OS,
> incredibly stable, and to which NT has amazing similarities. ;) But VMS ra
n
> on a restricted range
> of hardware, and an even more restricted range of firmware.
>
> NT on the other paw, runs on a tens of thousands of different hardware
> devices, and quite
> literally, millions of combinations of that hardware. A daunting task inde
ed.
>
> Most of the software issues with NT are definitely not in the 'core' OS, b
ut
> are related to peripheral software products, like
> Internet Explorer. :)
>
> -Paul
>
> "Joe Zitzelberger" <joe_zitzelberger@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:joe_zitzelberger-C0F17F.19365725062004@corp.supernews.com... 
>
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