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- From: ekl@fics.uucp
- Subject: Re: Impressions of Windows NT
- Organization: Kvam data as
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 11:26:08 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.112608.8662@fics.uucp>
- References: <9207281653.AA18391@enet-gw.pa.dec.com>
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- In article <9207281653.AA18391@enet-gw.pa.dec.com> reisert@mast.enet.dec.com (Jim -- MLO3-6/B9 -- DTN 223-5747) writes:
- >A co-worker (and user) thought he'd share his opinions on NT:
- >
- >In article <1992Jul28.152304.28642@chpc.utexas.edu>, apas611@chpc.utexas.edu (David Boles) writes:
- >>We were then told that the system is _not_ (yes that is a negative) multi-user
- >>The response from the audience was rolling laughter and jeers.
- >
- >This statement is flatly wrong.
- >
- >.............................................................................
- >
- >My views do not necessarily represent those of my company. And vice versa.
- >
- >John DeRosa, ZSO Internet: derosa@decwet.enet.dec.com
- >Digital Equipment Corp. UUCP: ...decwrl!decwet.enet.dec.com!derosa
- >14475 NE 24th Street
- >Bellevue, WA 98007 USA "Whose side are you on?"
- > "That would be telling."
-
- There is an obvious problem with what multi user means. I attended the
- European Windows NT Developers Conference yesterday, and asked specifically
- about multiuser capabilities. The answer of the senior MS people at the
- conference was:
-
- NT is not a multiuser system in the sence that several people hook
- up terminals and use the system simultaneously. However, the system
- is multiuser in the sence that it can store several different user
- profiles, and differentiate between them when they use *one*
- computer at *different* times.
-
- In my book, that is not "multi-user", so "flatly wrong" may be a little
- strong. Anyway, it looks like a nice OS. The user interface is not quite
- up to it, though, having used the WPS for a while, Windows doesn't cut it.
-
- Eirik Lygre
- ekl@fics.uucp
-