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To: ahhaha who wrote (411)	12/9/1997 1:32:00 AM
From: ahhaha	Respond to of 1600

UNIX for Windows NT? "Some of Softway's literature is confusing, so let's begin by looking at what OpenNT will and will not do. This is not a UNIX operating system that is hosted by NT. It does not have the ability to execute binaries created for PC UNIX. It also does nothing to resolve printer and file-sharing issues. What OpenNT does for you depends on your work. If you're a UNIX user who wants a more UNIX-like environment on your NT system, OpenNT can do that...Architecturally, OpenNT runs on top of NT's neglected POSIX Layer. Softway reworked NT's POSIX functionality, replacing it with code that Softway claims is significantly enhanced. POSIX is not a layer, actually, but rather an API that quietly translates UNIX function calls to Windows equivalents. Neither the POSIX API nor OpenNT run at kernel Level. That's both good and bad. It's good because OpenNT has all the protection afforded every user-level process. If it goes astray, it has limited ability to harm other processes. Access to files and other resources is governed by the access rights granted to the logged-in user. The downside is that a faithful emulation of UNIX requires kernel-level support. When you don't have kernel privileges, you must pick and choose (as Softway has) which features to live without." Fron Tom Yager's (tyager@maxx.net.net) review of OpenNT (www.opennt.com) in "Windows NT Systems", Jan '98.