Re: OS For IIGS

[!smentzer@pacbell.net (Steve Mentzer)]

>
>Oh, you are so full of shit...
>
>NT box takes more than 25 keystrokes and at least 13 reboots because
>of all the fun hotfixes that you need to put in place *after* you have
>already rebooted after installing SP3.
>


For the most part, the hotfixes are not necessary unless you are in a business 
environment where network security is a concern. And if that is the case, you 
should be using something like SMS (w/PCM update) to push install the hotfixes 
in the background *after* you deploy the machine. Get a clue. I can set up a 
P200 box w/64megs of ram with NT40sp3 and office 97 in 45 minutes. That is a 
fact, and nothing you can say or do can dispute that.


>: **that** is stability in a mainstream OS.
>
>Bah.
>
>Sharing violation, without any process around, and you need to reboot.

What are you babbling about? If you are referring to the "sharing violations" 
when trying to copy, move, re-register DLL's and OCX's then quit complaining. 
Anyone who knows how ActiveX/COM/DCOM/OLE (whatever you wanna call it) works 
doesn't see this as an issue. It is actually a benefit. With the exception of 
the common control libraries (comctl32.dll/ocx) you can get around most sharing 
violations.


>
>UNIX - the choice of a clue-ful generation...


UNIX - The choice OS for a generation of unix hackers and gurus who cannot see 
the benefit of using a mainstream consumer driven OS in the workplace because 
they are so afraid of losing their beloved "job security".

I will give you one thing. Unix is far more stable than NT will EVER be. But 
you cannot go to the store and pick up Office97 for unix. And not every 
employee has Unix at home. Face it, the workplace is consumer driven, 
regardless of what your preference is. NT is the best of both worlds. It is 
rock solid, and it runs the great productivity software that my users need to 
function on a daily basis. With NT my users can work. With Unix, they can work, 
and I have to pay 2 unix gurus $100k a year to maintain an aging (and 
increasingly incompatible) network OS.


smentzer@ecom.net