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To: QwikSand who wrote (28457)3/3/2000 7:37:00 PM
From: rudedog  Read Replies (2) of 64865
 
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the need to reboot when you install an app
I think this was one of the features that got whacked in order to reduce application breakage - the changes needed to force every app to carry its own weight would have meant that Win2K launched with 800 apps instead of 8000 or something like that. Apps which do not require a change in core system setup don't need a reboot, and that is a larger class of apps than in the past... but still not every app.

I have seen some info that suggests they now plan to start imposing restrictions on programming practice for Win2K apps which will move the apps to this model. It may be a part of the "Win2K certification" process - I'm not yet familiar with the details of that, but I know that of the 8000 apps which are called "compatible" only a few hundred are certified. It is certainly not a technology problem at this point, it is relatively simple to write an application, even one which needs deep system support, which can be installed without a re-boot.

as a Unix lifer I don't understand the DLL structure of Win32 apps
Well, I don't have to go back TOO far to remember when a lot of the key big Unix apps - in particular the database engines - required kernel mods and a re-boot to intstall. That was because features like multi-threading and asynchronous I/O were not commonly available - not in either HP-UX or SunOS, for instance. But then at my age, 5 years is like the blink of an eye...
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