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Subject: Re: compiling crafty

Author: Zachariah Amela

Date: 16:22:39 09/13/99

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>Win 98 doesn't seem to be a reliable platform...

AGREED!  An mega, mega bloated!  Do I really need a quick link to the Disney
Channel defaulted on my desktop!?  Sheezzz.....

  Win NT seems pretty good,
>although it has some interesting networking problems (ie it doesn't like big
>email messages or its local mail transport dies, etc.)

Yes, NT is a pretty decent platform.  It has some, shall we say 'quirks' that
can be annoying, but basically its pretty good.  I'm told by a lot of people,
however, that Win2000 is mega-bloat like 98.  Don't know from experience yet.

  But I haven't noticed
>any issues with crafty under linux or NT that are alarming.

That's good.  Some systems have a lot of trouble on NT.

>
>We have NT machines that stay up for weeks with no problems.  We have linux
>boxes that stay up for weeks and months with no problems.  We have some NT
>boxes that are simply problems (secretaries get big email messages, suddenly
>can't connect to the network, suddenly can't print, etc.)  But those are not
>all that common...

>I think either can work well...

Yep.  Take care.



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