some strong opinions from fred langa on several windows operating systems....
from [langalist] 2001-01-11
"More on "Whistler"
Of the Windows OS family, Win2K has the most stable internal
architecture, and Windows98SE is the most-compatible. Imagine if you
could combine those strengths into one new OS. That's the idea behind
Whistler, the code-named new version of Windows that may appear later
this year.
Windows ME really isn't part of this picture; it's an abortive hybrid
that actually manages to combine the *worst* of Win98 (lingering
instabilities) and Win2K (piggishness). I've been using WinME a lot
lately, and the more I use it, the less I like it. Although it has a
couple nice features, they're add-ons: At it's heart, it's clearly a
stopgap OS, and a pretty unimpressive one at that.
But Whistler--- which may be called "Windows.Net 1.0" when it ships---
just may get it right, and is potentially the most significant OS
advance from Microsoft since Win95. We'll see.
In the last issue ( langa.com )
we discussed a pile of excellent sites where you can start
to get up to speed on Whistler. But reader John Byers found another:
Fred, relative to your comments on MS "Whistler", I thought you might
want to check out this site: winsupersite.com It's "Paul
Thurrott's Windows supersite - up-to-date information on the workings
of Microsoft's next operating systems and office programs."
Nice addition, John. Thanks!" |
