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To: Charles Tutt who wrote (6015)	12/7/1997 1:45:00 PM
From: DownSouth	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

>If MSFT is readily able to cure NT's performance, why hasn't it done so? First it had to release a truly, pre-emptive, multi-tasking OS with security features. Then it released a version of that server-type OS that had the look and feel of its "client" software. It did that. Next it must address the issues of performance, security etc. In a nutshell, the answer to your question is "it takes time", or "first things first", or... > I have no clue what the last sentence in your first paragraph is trying to convey. Are you saying one or the other camp is blind to its own weaknesses? Which camp and what weaknesses? I am saying that a true professional, no matter what platform he/she is wed to, will have an open and eager mind to the pros and cons of his/her platform and the competing platforms. Those who say, as you seem to imply, that true professionals only select platform "x" are suspect.