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- Subject: Re: Will anyone buy NT??
- Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 15:05:41 GMT
- Organization: SoNet - The first Internet provider on the south coast
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- On Sat, 27 Jan 1996 20:59:52 -0500, steve.withers@ibm.net (Steve
- Withers) wrote:
-
- >In article <4e8b8k$5ql@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com>, Stauf wrote:
- >>
- >.......
- >
- >>This whole thing is stupid!!! Win95 is not a "stepping Stone to NT"!!!
- >>It is WAY PAST it!!! I don't see how anyone that is not on a network
- >>can buy NT... That is really stupid!!! Win NT was optimizes for
- >>Networks ONLY!!! NOT FOR ANY PCs NOT ON A NETWORK!!!
- >>Almost no software runs on NT since it uses 32-bit code. Win 95 is
- >>very compatible with all programs since it is a 32-bit OS with 16-bit
- >>Code!! For any PC not on a network there is no competition between NT
- >>and 95!!! Windows 95 is the obvious choice...
- >
- >Perhaps among Microsoft's 'yester-tech' operating systems.
- >
- >If you want backward compatibility, stability *and* smooth pre-emptive
- >multitasking of both native and 'legacy' apps - you choose OS/2 Warp.
- >
- >Six million people did last year - one million in December '95 alone.
- >
- >Without the preloads, Win95 didn't even come close. Upgraders are
- >going for OS/2.
- >
- >--
- >********************************************************
- >Steve Withers - Wellington, New Zealand
- >steve.withers@ibm.net / swithers@vnet.ibm.com
- >Canadian since '58 / Kiwi since '87 / OS2 since '92
- >Life just keeps getting better!
- >********************************************************
-
- It sounds to me like your preference for OS2 has led you to attack
- "Windows NT" with statements that bear no resemblance to anything that
- I have read about this operating system, and I would suggest that you
- don't know what you are talking about !
-
- "Windows NT" is now a very attractive operating system to consider,
- and could easily come "the" operating system of choice.
-
- "NT" is sold in two forms; "NT Server" and "NT Workstation". "NT
- Workstation" is designed for use on a PC, and according to the press,
- is so good compared to "Windows 95" that many are going directly to it
- from "Windows 3.11; bypassing "Windows 95 altogether. Of couse this
- applies to those who are able to exercise choice, independently of
- what system may come pre-installed with new desktop PC's.
-
- From what I have read, "NT Workstation has the ability to run both
- "Windows" 16 and 32 bit app's along with "DOS" "OS2" and "Posix".
- All these apparently simultaneously !!!
-
- Practically all popular applications are being re-written or
- re-compiled for 32 bit systems, and there will be no shortage of
- software that will run on "NT". At the moment, I am writing some
- software with the 16 bit "Delphi" development tool. Programs written
- with this, are said to be able to run on both "Windows 95" and
- "Windows NT" as well as "Windows 3.1 / 3.11
-
- "NT Workstation" is optimised for connection to a network, especially
- a network running "NT Server"; but it's quite capable of standing
- entirely by itself . Networking is the way things are going,
- especially with the increasing prominence of the Internet. Before long
- many families will have a central server in their home, serving PC's
- used by children for homework as well as their parents applications.
- This is the reality; it's happening ! The next machine that I buy will
- be a powerful server within my home, that will be permanently
- connected to the Internet for business handling. All individual PC's
- within the house, will be able to access it. It will almost certainly
- be running "NT Server", with "NT Workstation" on the individual PC's.
-
- "Windows NT" can now be considered a stable, powerful operating
- system, which is why it has been chosen for a number of banking
- systems in the US. It can provide various levels of security, and is
- easily understood by "Windows" users.
-
- I am not in any way associated with "Microsoft"; I merely wished to
- respond to what I saw as an entirely ignorant attack on an operating
- system that doesn't deserve it. Already it has aquired such a large
- share of the network operating system market, that Novel's in real
- trouble. Check it out !
-
- Simon R Bascom
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