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To: mozek who wrote (45028)	5/21/2000 7:54:00 PM
From: SunSpot	Respond to of 74651

It has always been more difficult to write device drivers for NT than for Win9x, and MSFT keeps changing the methods used. That is not good. I still wonder how they will deal with Plug'n'Play and Terminal Services. A Windows 2000 Server will normally be administered remotely using the Remote Desktop Protocol (that's how we are doing it). If two administrators are logged in at the same time, and a Plug'n'Play device is inserted, which one of the two administrators is asked to provide the driver? I guess there is only one way to go: Drivers have to be installed manually. This will probably be another change for many hardware manufacturers. I think the most important thing right now is that the Windows platform stabilizes, so that development costs are reduced. Otherwise other platforms will be cheaper to develop for, which reduces MSFT competitiveness. Linux is already eating its way into the embedded market, and I don't see that Windows NT embedded has any chance to succeed. If Microsoft should do something really smart, they should start looking at network services. I mean, if two Windows machines communicate over the internet, wouldn't it be nice to have Quality of Service control over the connection? And wouldn't it be nice if the QoS parameters could be set according to the rights given in the Active Directory? In fact, this would be cool... and the first step for MSFT to leave the PC arena.