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Subject: Re: OT: Operating systems and chips

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 14:13:25 08/20/01

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On August 20, 2001 at 15:06:07, Scott Gasch wrote:

>NT == Win2k == WinXp.  Its the same kernel.  I'd really really recommend against
>NT4.0.  There are literally tens of thousands of bugs that were corrected in
>win2k.  I'm not kidding.  The delta is not as great between 2k and XP... XP has
>some more efficient algorithms in the kernel for memory management and
>synchronization to look forward to though.  I'm surprised 4.0 was as stable as
>it was.  2k is a good choice I think.  Or get XP client when it releases later
>this fall.  Or get linux or freebsd or whatever... I've had a lot of good luck
>with both.  Plus you can't beat the price...


Thanks for some very candid information from a Microsoft employee!



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