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From: Ole Andre Schistad <Ole.Andre.Schistad@ifi.unit.no>
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Subject: Re: OS questions
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On Sat, 11 Mar 1995, Dave wrote:
>From olesc Sun Mar 12 13:48:03 1995
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From: Ole Andre Schistad <Ole.Andre.Schistad>
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Subject: Re: OS questions
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On Sat, 11 Mar 1995, Dave wrote:
> Lightwave 3D for Intel based pc's is a Win32s application. Which means
> your going to have to go with Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, or
> Windows NT 3.5. Since you mentioned multitasking I would suggest you go
> with Nt 3.5 since it supports multitasking. Also, so far, Lightwave and
> Modeler (beta versions) work better under NT than Windows 3.1 or WFW 3.11.
> I don't know if it would be possible to get Lightwave to work under OS/2
> but if you want the best platform I'd go with NT.
Christ.. Given a choice between win , winNT and WFW , I'd choose an 060
accelerator any day. In my not-so-humble opinion , the computer world
would have been much better off if Microsoft had never been allowed to
program a single OS (Or should I say STEAL ?). Count on them to find the
least effective kludge around any problem . Count on them to steal
outrageously from 60ies OS technology and then call it their own. Count
on great Bill in the sky with diamonds to patent YOUR algorithms and then
sue you .
Am I being unfair ? Maybe. There are plenty of good programmers working for
MS , and they DO release the odd piece of genuine quality. However , the last
thing I need is a bunch of lawyers and marketing people to tell me what I
want and why . Or sue me for not paying my tithes .
It's a buyers market they say . So why can't I buy what I want ?
If I say that I want a fast machine with a nice and tight OS , where do I go
to buy it ? The local PC pusher ? Hardly. Sure , he'd tell me that a pentium
running OS/2 (or win95) is my dream machine . Neither suit my needs .
Alternatively , I could drag my suit out of the closet and visit one of
the numerous workstation retailers. They'd show me lots of benchmarks and
glossy folders , but I'd leave with a sour taste in my mouth. SunOS isn't my
definition of `nice and tight OS', nevermind the fact that a SPARC-station
costs more than I currently have at my disposal for food and housing.
Hmm.. but wait , what about a public domain unix combined with the best
hardware market ? A pentium with linux would be cool. Unfortunately ,
GNUplot and POV-Ray are hardly my tools of choice for 3D work. Are the pros
aware of the fact that linux is rapidly becoming machine-independant ?
That given a source tree that compiles for one linux dialect , you have a
fair chance that only minor changes need to be made in order to compile it
for a drastically different architecture ? That linux actually uses FAR less
resources than NT ? That linux provides TCP/IP networking for free ? That
shared resources have been an integral part of _ALL_ unix dialects since
the mid-80ies ?
Sometimes the entire industry amazes me. Here we have a state-of-the-art
operating system that is FREE, and under constant development by some of the
best software engineers in the world , yet the only company that seems to
embrace it is the WordPerfect corporation.
*SIGH!*
>
> Dave Paige
> dave@melmac.umd.edu
>
>
#include <stddisclaimer.h>
#define REALNAME Ole Andre Schistad
#define EMAIL (schizo@nvg.unit.no || olesc@ifi.unit.no)
#define OCCUPATION Comp.Sci student and 3D animation hobbyist.
main(){ printf("Hello World\n");return(-1);}
/* The world is an illusion. */