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- From: brian%jaguar.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Brian Sturgill)
- Subject: Re: is NT really NEW technology?
- Date: 14 Aug 92 20:41:02 MDT
- Message-ID: <1992Aug14.204102.17817@hellgate.utah.edu>
- Keywords: NT Unix OS2 DOS Blither
- Organization: University of Utah CS Dept
- References: <1992Aug13.193805.1083@novell.com> <1992Aug14.095638.5330@microsoft.com> <1992Aug14.193408.5614@novell.com>
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- >>You say that NT will lose because UNIX and X can do a lot of the things
- >>that NT can do, well, I say it's the other way around. NT can do the
- >>things UNIX and X can do, and MORE!!! (blatant advertisement just
- >>to fan the flames ;)
- >
- >Yeah, whats the "alot more?".
-
- Over X:
- Speed.
- Size.
- Ability to list fonts.
- Printer support.
- Multimedia support.
- Pen support.
- Source and binary compatiblity with a GUI currently in the
- hands of a horde that even the most skeptical
- number at 4,000,000. (Win32s)
- OLE
- Scripted GUI testing program.
-
- Over most X:
- Scalable fonts.
- A single defined user interface (i.e. no Motif/OpenLook wars).
- Fast hyper-text help system.
-
-
- Over Unix:
- Ability to fsck gigabyte volumes in a few seconds.
- Ability to run Windows 3.X applications.
- Ability to run OS/2 1.X character mode applications.
- Base package comes with C2 security.
- Printer support such that the spooler understands the
- capabilities of the printer.
- Fully integrated internationalization abilities.
- Access control lists for most system objects.
- No system table limits (i.e. no limits on proc table size, etc.).
- Sparse address space support.
- Per process control of page attributes.
- Object-oriented, from scratch, design.
- Defined E-mail API.
- Named Pipes over networks.
- Common adapter interface for ethernet cards.
- Dynamically loadable/unloadable file system drivers.
- B-tree directory structure (large directories have fast lookup).
- Installation program easily licensable from the OS vendor.
- Cost.
-
- Over most Unix:
- Define tape API.
- Asynchronous I/O.
- Dynamically loadable/unloadable device drivers.
- Memory mapped files.
- Ability to write platform independent device drivers.
- Threads (and corresponding syncronization methods).
- Adminstration easy enough for the average user to use.
- MicroKernel design.
- Ability to run DOS apps.
- A defined interface to system statistics and quotas.
- Symmetric multiprocessing.
- C2 level security.
- Base package contains peer-to-peer file and printer sharing.
- Global (i.e. combined I/O and VM) cache.
- Majority of kernel code pageable.
- Support for PC networks such as Novell, Banyan Vines.
- Remote booting.
- Remote installation and maintenance.
- Access Control Lists. *
- Internationalization support. *
-
- * Repeated from above, but in the general case.
-
- If you claim that I'm wrong about the list above and want to respond
- please restrict yourself to ONE existing, named, commercial version of
- Unix per message.
-
- Brian
-