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- From: mat@nella16.cc.monash.edu.au (Mathew Hille)
- Subject: Re: NT v Unix (was Questions about NT, Ajay Shah)
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- Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
- References: <1992Aug13.020116.22372@newshost.anu.edu.au>
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 06:14:31 GMT
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- This is not a flame!!
-
- Hugh.Fisher@anu.edu.au writes:
-
- > Microsoft _could_ learn a few tricks from Unix systems, such
- > as networked graphics a la X11. Like most people, the NT
-
- NT is a distributed operating system. Under NT it will be possible to
- write programs that work just like X11. ie your program and a simple
- library that takes the GDI calles and transports them over the network
- to a remote machine.
-
- More interestingly NT also lets you break your program up into
- communicating parts. Now using the client server model that every one
- seems to understand. You can construct an inteligent front end. So
- rather than mouse events and graphics primitives crossing the network,
- messages like menu item 1 was selected, rotate item 3.
-
- Ultimitly as we come to gripes with these sort of programs, we can
- split the program up any way we see fit.
-
- > designers probably missed the few such gems buried under
- > the anachronistic crud that makes up the typical Unix box.
- > Sendmail config files, nroff macros, termcaps, vi, ... if
- > NT can kill these off, I'll be cheering all the way.
-
- I hope NT never supports termcaps, in other words serial terminals.
- what does a win 3.1 window look like in ascii :)
-
- On the down side I quite like vi :(
-
- When I first heard about NT, I though microsoft is playing catchup.
- Its just windows over a UNIX clone, but no NT has more in common with
- operating systems that I read about in research papers than UNIX.
-
- I just wish people would stop talking about it in terms of UNIX, so
- that we can learn more about the distributed features.
-
- Bye.
- --
- Matthew Hille, Department of Software Development, Monash University.
- Mail: mat@nellads.cc.monash.edu.au
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