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- From: pjdm@chmeee.enet.dec.com (Peter Mayne)
- Subject: Re: OS/2 bigot meets NT....
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.015357.11809@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
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- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- References: <1992Dec27.011721.23160@unvax.union.edu> <1992Dec27.171726.4660@grebyn.com> <1992Dec28.031753.13773@actrix.gen.nz> <1992Dec29.220017.16223@grebyn.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 01:53:57 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec29.220017.16223@grebyn.com>, mfraioli@grebyn.com (Marc Fraioli) writes:
- >When I think about it, I think that Microsoft may have tried to
- >tackle too much at once with NT. Just think about all the
- >subsystems/APIs that they are trying to include: DOS, 16-bit Windows,
- >Win32, Win32s, 16-bit OS/2, and POSIX.
-
- Win32s is a strict subset of Win32 that runs under Windows 3.x, not
- an NT subsystem.
-
- >Networking? Both TCP/IP and
- >SPX/IPX, right? File systems? FAT, HPFS, and NTFS (keeping in mind
- >that NTFS has all the security data associated with files which the
- >other two don't-- that's got to be a pain in the rear, trying to enforce
- >file system security when there may be filesystems that don't support
- >the notion present).
-
- File system security isn't enforced on FAT and HPFS.
-
- >Then on top of all that add the security they're
- >building in, new multi-threaded kernel, and the fact that this is the
- >first from-scratch OS that MS has written on its own. Not to mention
- >the fact that they are concurrently trying to port it to MIPS and Alpha.
-
- The reference platform for NT is MIPS, so they're "porting" it to the Intel
- platform, if "porting" is the right term to use in a concurrent development
- situation. Also, Digital are playing a significant part in the Alpha port.
-
- >--
- >Marc Fraioli
- >mfraioli@grebyn.com (So I'm a minimalist...)
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- PJDM
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