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To: bksanders

“Gates hasn’t had an OS since DOS 6.22, the rest is simply DOS with Gloss, pathetic…”

Shows what you know of Windows NT. Just another ignorant person thinking Windows NT is like Windows 3.11 running on top of DOS.


21 posted on 02/09/2012 2:11:06 PM PST by CodeToad (NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!!!)
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To: CodeToad; Secret Agent Man
Win NT was nothing more than Gates isolating the graphic kernel.
He achieved this by "employing" one of the author of VMS, Dave Cutler, hence his "business class" virtual memory OS.
Gates is a marketing genius! 10 billion flies can't be wrong.
Or put another way turning VAX/VMS into WIN/POS…
If your argument is stability of Win OS'es then yes NT4 was a plus, if for no other reason than the graphic kernel.
But even then it's like saying dog$hit doesn't smell as bad as cat$hit.
If the "business class" user pushed NT4 ever so slightly, smack! BSOD.
I used to keep a BSOD screen to use at site demos, it worked so well I sometimes had salesmen puke on display.
Were Gates forced to reimburse America for lost productivity he would be penniless and in the Obama Administration.
I've probably forgotten more about Daytona/Impala than you will ever grasp…
Regards - Your ever so 'umble geek
28 posted on 02/09/2012 5:04:27 PM PST by bksanders (Old Gets Older the Older I Get)
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