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  2. From: vladimir@Eng.Sun.COM (Vladimir Ivanovic)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.os.mach
  4. Subject: Re: Mach vs. NT?
  5. Date: 11 Dec 92 20:57:59
  6. Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
  7. Lines: 26
  8. Message-ID: <VLADIMIR.92Dec11205759@cocteau.Eng.Sun.COM>
  9. References: <1992Dec11.000250.9891@klaava.Helsinki.FI> <Bz2LFA.7qM@eis.calstate.edu>
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  11. In-reply-to: cwilder@eis.calstate.edu's message of 11 Dec 92 00:59:33 GMT
  12.  
  13. Windows NT is described in
  14.  
  15.     "Inside Windows NT"
  16.     Helen Custer
  17.     Microsoft Press, Redmond WA, 1993
  18.     ISBN 1-55615-481-X
  19.     pp. xxiv + 385, $24.95
  20.  
  21. This book .. is for the rest of us, those who know something about
  22. computers and who want to understand the internal design of this system in
  23. order to write better applications or to simply demystify that black box
  24. called an operating system."
  25.  
  26. -- from the Preface
  27.  
  28.  
  29. It seems quite good, despite the rampant split infinitives.  No code is
  30. presented.
  31.  
  32. -- Vladimir
  33. --
  34. Vladimir G. Ivanovic                            Sun Microsystems, Inc
  35. (415) 336-2315                                  MTV12-33
  36. vladimir@Eng.Sun.COM                            2550 Garcia Ave.
  37. {decwrl,hplabs,ucbvax}!sun!Eng!vladimir         Mountain View, CA 94043-1100
  38.                          Disclaimer: I speak for myself.
  39.