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To: cheryl williamson who wrote (27734)	2/14/2000 5:06:00 PM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 64865

Cheryl - re: NT is a piece of junk masquerading as an O/S. It'll never fly. It is statements like this one which make a reasonable discussion hard... I am familiar with the people, development methodologies, capabilities, and big parts of the codeline for both NT and Solaris... and there is no truth to the notion that MSFT is composed of a bunch of former pac-man players while SUNW is staffed with seasoned professionals who never screw up and really understand this stuff. Both companies have industry-leading architectural talent. SUNW, because of its heritage, draws a lot from the Berkeley school of thought. The primary architect of NT, Dave Cutler, also designed RSX11 and VMS - and frankly, Solaris has a ways to go before it is as stable and reliable as VMS... Both companies also have competent technical managers, good methods to develop and track code, work bugs, control introduction of new features, and test the results. And both also have a fair number of wild-eyed former dune players who think that anyone over 30 probably began programming on an abacus and that a few bright guys can re-invent the world... The primary difference is the target market and hardware base. A crude analogy might be between the high end Mercedes products - the design constraints are that it should be the best motoring experience for a somewhat conservative buyer who never wants to see a problem, and is willing to pay 3 times the market for that experience, and the high end of the General Motors line - where a good experience is certainly a desirable goal, but the ability to have relatively inexperienced people service the product correctly, the need to be able to produce the product in volume at a specific price point, and the need to avoid federal luxury and gas guzzler taxes and maintain overall fleet EPA mileage are also design constraints. Does that mean that an Olds Aurora is "junk"? no - it's not a limited production hand built car with a 6 figure price tag, but then it's not supposed to be...