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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.advocacy
- Path: sparky!uunet!microsoft!hexnut!edwardj
- From: edwardj@microsoft.com (Edward Jung)
- Subject: Re: End of NeXT(It's only the beginning...)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.100912.2524@microsoft.com>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 10:09:12 GMT
- Organization: Strategy Division, Microsoft Corp.
- References: <1992Dec30.090355.25626@microsoft.com> <1992Dec30.175353.5453@ohsu.edu>
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- filibert@ohsu.edu writes:
-
- >Unfortunately, the problems are generally all solved
- >before Microsoft gets to work on a solution. If this isn't
- >the case, then could you possibly tell us one problem that
- >NT solves that isn't solved already by NeXTStep, or OS/2
- >for that matter?
-
- Well... it runs on a variety of multiprocessor systems with
- a very nice r/t-friendly scheduler. It has a functional
- object security system that's pretty decent. It implements
- a modular kernal. It has a multithreaded window and graphics
- system with full security and protection, i.e. many threads
- can call GUI functions without explicit synchronization
- and while maintaining security. And a desynchronized input
- queue for user interface event processing. Protected,
- secure, client-server dynamic link modules.
-
- I expect these OS's are all about the same overall from
- a technical standpoint. NT is not a super-standout, but
- it is a reasonable foundation upon which subsequent technology
- can be built. It is that work which is more interesting --
- again, base OS services are not that interesting any more.
-
-
- --
- Edward Jung, Software Architect edwardj@microsoft.com
- Advanced Systems, Microsoft Corp.
-