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To: Barr who wrote (574)	1/21/1998 6:49:00 PM
From: K. M. Strickler	Respond to of 1600

I will check this out, however, it is not my contention that MS is not behind, but until their presence was made, the computer industry was not really making it into the homes. Sure the avid computer users had to get their fix and found a way. For myself, I went to work for Big Blue in 1965 after a stint in the AF where I got addicted to computers. The only way that I could get enough exposure was to work for a manufacturer. IBM delivered computer systems including the software cost a 'bunch'! My accounts in 1965 brought 110K per month into IBM. I worked on the System 360's including the mod 30(8bit)/40(16bit) and 50(32bit). The desktop system that this is being written on is far more powerful than those machines! NT is behind, but as each product is released, it is already obsolete! The designers have already been working on the next release. They have to continue to write to have a job. If they said "Well it is the best that it will ever be, and nothing can be done to improve it!", they may as well close the doors and quit! The drawback that I have with everything but WIN95 is that there is a lot of software that won't run on either Workstation NT or NT Server. I'm talking about little stuff like trackball drivers and satellite dish drivers. Until there is a large base to spread the cost over, the software does,t get written. It isn't that UNIX isn't a good operating system ( I don't particurlarly care for some of procedures ) but it hasn't been developed into a system that the average user can get comfortable with. There is nothing like 100 million systems running software to generate some cash flow. Thanks for the reference link. Ken

To: Barr who wrote (574)	1/21/1998 7:41:00 PM
From: K. M. Strickler	Respond to of 1600

OK! I went over and read the report! Of course I would agree with their analysis. In order to get it in perspective, however, I have to look at the 'age' of each product. UNIX has been around a very long time when compared to NT. Some of the early UNIX stuff was pretty weak and the release from AT&T to the Universities like UCBerkley (4.3) and other adaptations greatly improved the product and over time, except that most UNIX environments that I have been involved with require a 'full-time' administrator, the software did heal. While I was back at an AT&T school, I bought the System 5 (latest at the time) books on UNIX. Well, System 5 was like 'Version 5' and was out in '86 or '87. NT is only 'version 4' soon to be 5. Everybody knows that anything version 4 or less is junk! (old saying among some programmers I worked with.) I guess that UNIX has 10 more years of development on it. If "boppin' Bill" can't get NT up to scratch in 10 years, I would be really surprised! I will be interested in watching the development! Have a 'great day'