Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 21:17:09 +0100 (CET) From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: The truth about NT Message-ID: <XFMail.981126211709.asmodai@wxs.nl> In-Reply-To: <365D61AF.FCF53FA8@uk.radan.com>
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On 26-Nov-98 Mark Ovens wrote: > Not really a FreeBSD topic, but amusing all the same. > > I've just found an old (Spring 1994) copy of the Sun UK User Group > magazine. The News section contained the following item... > > "Sun has re-considered the platform it will use to > 'productize' NT on. It will be using the 64-bit > UltraSPARC processor instead of SuperSPARC II. The > UltraSPARC chip is [..tech details snipped..]. It > appears that NT could do with all the help it get. > The French journal 'INFORMATIQUE' recently published > an in-depth article under the headline: 'Windows-NT, > does it have a future?'. The conclusion is that NT > is a terminal case, crippled by glaring bugs, basic > design flaws and rejection by the marketplace. I've > never used it, so couldn't comment." On a sidenote, from the Dutch version of C'T: <Quote> NT 5: Over 50 reasons for rebooting the computer have been removed in NT 5, it is now possible to add protocols to a networkcard without rebooting the server because of such minimalistic changes. 400! most feared memoryleaks have been fixed as well as 40 causes for BSoD's (Blue Screens of Death). Also, they will be making ONE version with combined with tha language pack allows every user to login and then use their language of choice during their session. They tested it and ran Japanese, English and German without having to reboot... </Quote> Although I hate NT by now for it's lack of RFC compliance and utter disrespect for OpenSource I have to day that The Beast from Redmond hasn't been idle... Also, their IPv6 product is currently in it's alpha stages... Slight call to arms about IPv6? --- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven/Asmodai asmodai(at)wxs.nl | Cum angelis et pueris, Junior Network/Security Specialist | fideles inveniamur *BSD & picoBSD: The Power to Serve... <http://www.freebsd.org>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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