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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (14947)	12/16/1997 2:40:00 AM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

NT 5.0 is too much of a good thing wcmh.com Interesting new number shows up here, in a somewhat frightening context. Beta 1 of version 5 has more than 30 million lines of code in the base OS. In comparison, version 4.0 had 16.5 million lines of code, and version 3.1 had 6.1 million. In other words, Microsoft has added more than twice as much new code between versions 4 and 5 as was in all of Windows NT 3.1. And this total is the base OS, which does not include Internet Information Server, Internet Explorer, and all the other co-packaged goodies. Most of this code represents the work of roughly 400 developers plus 400 testers in the base Windows NT development group. This means an average net increase of around 700 lines of new code per developer per day (14 million lines of new code divided by 500 days--roughly two years of work--for 400 developers) and 700 new lines of code to test per day per tester. Some of it was actually developed by partners, but the bottom line is that this is a lot of new code to certify and roll out. Who says Microsoft programmers aren't productive? There we have it, first it was 27 meg, then briefly down to 26, now up to 30. What will it be when it finally ships to non-beta users? The article goes on to say that the NT team has a pretty good record, but... I don't fell like letting this blob into my DNS/DNA anytime soon. Cheers, Dan.

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (14947)	12/16/1997 3:01:00 AM
From: Gerald R. Lampton	Respond to of 24154

>"Microsoft is doing what in the army is called 'dumb obedience,"' From the tone of the conference call, it certainly sounds like what they are doing. And I'm sure the judge and the Special Master, neither of whom is stupid, will pick this up. BTW, the conference call contains no new news to anyone who has followed this story, even by reading the articles posted to this thread. One analyst asked about Lessig, to which Microsoft's reply was, essentially, "We can't speculate about what he may do. His career is a matter of public record, and you know as much about it as we do."