Post #260,455
6/29/06 5:50:04 PM
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YES, NO.
OS/2 Warp ran rings around anything else.
It had more advanced features than any other PC OS when it came out.
It had a consistent, beautiful and useful interface.
It actually WORKED, and didn't crash. (In fact, when I took visitors on tours of our datacenter, I used to point to the Warp server and the NT server, and ask them if they could tell the difference from the outside - the difference was that the OS/2 server had the yellowed tape over the power switch).
The fact that MS had a hand in OS/2 1.x does not make later versions warmed over Windows, as you imply...
*chuckle*
Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #260,456
6/29/06 5:51:32 PM
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Americans REALLY don't get sarcasm, huh?
That one was so thick that even I got it.
Cheers,
Ben
a very rich person should leave his kids enough to do anything but not enough to do nothing. -- Warren Buffett
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Post #260,457
6/29/06 5:54:44 PM
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There are some stimuli I cannot resist...
Have you not noticed?
*chuckle*
Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #260,459
6/29/06 6:06:01 PM
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Note to self: make OS 2 = NT jokes this weekend. :-P
a very rich person should leave his kids enough to do anything but not enough to do nothing. -- Warren Buffett
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Post #260,460
6/29/06 6:14:07 PM
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Ah. De-sensitivity training!
Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #260,461
6/29/06 7:07:32 PM
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And I'll try not to laugh my head off. ;-)
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Post #260,473
6/29/06 11:10:51 PM
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Windows hasn't been crashy since 2000.
Peter
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Post #260,474
6/29/06 11:40:16 PM
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Define "crashy".
You have requested installation of 12 Windows updates from Microsoft Windows Update. 3 updates must be installed separately. Please stand by while your system is rebooted 27 times and the update installations complete.
Please do not be surprised if some updates hang during installation. This is normal. Microsoft cannot guarantee the quality of any free updates provided by the Microsoft Windows Update service. Only Critical Updates will be addressed in the next Patch Tuesday.
Please be sure to enable Automatic Updates to keep your PC running as Microsoft intended. If the updates hang, see Paragraph 2 above. A colleague at work lost a couple of days this week trying to get Office and his e-mail working again after installing the latest "Patch Tuesday" updates. I'm sure Vista and Windows Live! will fix all that though. [link|http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2006/06/locked-doors-martin-taylor-markz-and.html|"Hey Windows Live! Come Pimp My Office!"] :-/ Yeah, 2000 doesn't crash as much as Win95. Neither did OS/2 3.0 circa 12 years ago. :-) Cheers, Scott. (Who just ordered a copy of [link|http://www.parallels.com/en/products/workstation/|Parallels Workstation] to get ready to start his migration off of Win2k.)
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Post #260,481
6/30/06 7:37:20 AM
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Peter's right
I've been supporting Windows since before 3.1 and crashes due strictly to OS bugs are simply not the issue they once were. Note I did not say nonexistent. But, they aren't a big enough concern for me to worry over. I have all my field staff set to use automatic updates and just about the only calls I get related to updates are from users worried about installing *anything* in response to a "popup".
Almost the entirety of "my system crashed" calls are hardware related.
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Post #260,482
6/30/06 8:58:35 AM
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In fact, I think that X is now less stable than Windows.
While the underlying OS might be more robust (and I don't seriously think there's much in it between Windows, Linux, the *BSDs and OS X these days), if your display driver crashes, the operating system might as well have crashed. Xorg is teething at the moment.
A shit ATI driver (supplied by ATI) was the cause of some serious instability in my Vista installation. The kernel never blinked, but as far as I was concerned, it was titsup.com.
Of course, none of the aforementioned "operating systems" hold a candle to Proper Software like OS/400 and OpenVMS when it comes to "not falling apart at critical moments".
Peter
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Post #260,527
7/1/06 12:35:25 AM
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Avidly seeking AS400
A good deal on an old small one + OS, of the silent type -
A useable browser - modest video card support; sound nice but optional.
A simple POP mail client; requisite comm.
Will trade copies of 1900s cornet solos for once=final installation labor -
(Modern copies of Nakariakov solos - for maintenance recipes in English, too.)
I won't need to know about booting options - it can sit in closet for years w/UPS.
Yes, I know it can run n-instances of *nix and others. Begs the issue.
What ... it can't do the above, native? Yet??
Ashton
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-- WCF
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