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- Subject: Re: Will anyone buy NT?? (Yes!)
- Date: 30 Jan 1996 22:41:05 GMT
- Organization: CNS
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- dbennett@crl.com (Andrea Chen) wrote:
- >gns@aladdin.co.uk (Simon) writes:
- >
- >
- >
- >>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 !!!
- >
- >Uh duh .... So does every serious Unix and OS2. This has been
- >a standard in operating systems since the 386 took off about
- >5 years ago. As usual MS was the last one up.
- >
-
- POSIX is not implemented in OS/2. Simply name a file "fileTest.txt" and a
- different file called FILETEST.TXT and see if they come out to be
- different files or the same file. Under a POSIX subsystem, it should be
- different.
-
- >
- >>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".
- >
- >There is a shortage of software that will run on NT. OS2 has the
- >same problem but there is a lot more and since the OS is big
- >in the corporate community you can beg, borrow or contact a
- >lot of custom programs. 32 bit software does not equal NT
- >software.
- >
-
- Not true. Look in PC Week, InfoWorld, NT Magazine, Windows Magazine, or
- contact MS for a list of 32-bit applications. I counted more than 100 in
- the last week from those 4 magazines. New applications. There are
- thousands of WinNT apps. You likely don't use the OS, so you don't know
- about them.
-
- >
- >
- >>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
- >
- >At this moment I am not developing any code (how could I be writing
- >this post if I was). If I was interested in writing some code
- >I would go to a number of languages with 32 bit DOS extenders
- >that could be run in Windows along if I so chose in machines
- >using OS2 and Unix.
- >
-
- Good luck.
-
-
- >There are some companies using NT. They are also hiring contractors
- >to custom build a lot of necessary pieces. We are talking some
- >very different levels of systems here. This isn't at all like the
- >network in your home. If you needed powerful stuff then Unix,
- >OS 2 and application servers which can be hooked into Novell
- >provide you with something much closer to a turn key application.
- >NT may or may not take off. It is adequete for a lot of jobs
- >(so is DOS (which can run multiple programs through a Quarterdeck
- >extension). The consumer mass market producers however are producing
- >less stuff for NT than they are for OS2. Unix has it's own huge
- >archive of programs. Windows 95 is where (if you want the new and
- >snazzy) you are likely to get stuff at your level.
- >
-
- This isn't even close to accurate. Trade press magazines disagree with
- this statement. Where else are you getting your information?
-
-
- >Whether you understand it or not, your piece is a detraction
- >of NT because it shows a sucker, someone who has no idea of
- >the technology. MS is not a serious network player. Their
- >opeating system ability stinks. DR had a muliuser DOS out with
- >the 286, 32 bit DOS extenders came out within months of the
- >386. MS is just getting to true multi programming and 32 bit. I have
-
- MS has been at this since 85 actually. NT has just as much network
- capabilities available for it as any high level OS.
-
-
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Edmond Underwood
- E-mail: underwoe@Colorado.Edu
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