Re: Pirates of Silicon Valley

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

>functions like built-in browser , browser integration, and use brswer to 
browse you
>HD, and Internet is your <I:> Right ?
>AR.. Yes, and the function of win98 is to increase the system requirement, so
>hardware maker could sell more !
>

Advanced 3d hardware support. True USB support. Support for the new WDM 
(windows driver model). Native FAT32 support. Supports more types of hardware 
natively. Multiple-monitor support. advanced networking support.

gee, sounds like a bunch of code-bloat to me :)


>
>put it clearer ....
>Win 98 is a bug fix fo win 95
>and win 2000 is a bug fix/upgrade of win NT 4.0
>

Before NTSP3 (which was *free*), I will admit that NT4.0 had some major 
problems. However, a NT4SP3 machine is a very stable machine, provided you know 
what you are doing when you set it up.

Saying that win2k is a bugfix/upgrade to nt4.0 is screaming ignorance. It 
doesn't take a rocket scientist to do some research and learn about the 
hundreds of new features in win2k that were not present in nt4.0 *or* win9x.

BTW: Win2k is comprised of over 15 *million* lines of code. When was the last 
time you wrote a bug free program that was 1500 lines long, or 15,000?  

I thought so...


>
>are you sure ?? ... though they keep an Log file, but still they will ask you 
if
>you want to remove this DLL, this might be share with other program ... So
>eventually you'll not remove because you are afraid that you might have 
deleted
>something important !
>

yes, if you were to install a peice of new software and your common controls 
DLL was out-of-date, then it would install the new one and on uninstall, it 
will ask you if you want to remove it. 

Since common control libraries are used through every windows app, removing it 
would cause tons of problems. 

Not every DLL is subject to this message, only those that it cannot determine 
to be "cross-talk-free".