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In article <401cq9$ktj@sundog.tiac.net>,
Jim Williams <williams@tiac.net> wrote:
> >I am surprised, as others who have already posted in this thread, that not
> >much has been made of this so far.  In my network, I have asked that no
> >copies of Windows 95 be placed on machines until I further investigate
> >this situation.
> Given Microsoft's demonstrated moral values, I'd be very worried about their other 
> Network oriented software as well....  There is no way anyone but Microsoft knows 
> what their software is capable of doing over the nets.

MS makes professional operating systems. They do not play around.

There's e.g. no telling what SUN might put into their operating systems
either, and I suggest the possibility that SUN's economical situation (when
compared to MS') might lead to the conclusion that they would gain most
from industry espionage. Just as an example...

I feel that a certain amount of Linux users are totally clueless about the
real world situation. Using a U*IX clone they probably caught this from
the various U*IX environments. These are the same guys that would spend
millions on solutions that could've been implemented using Windows NT for
a fraction of the price. These guys are money wasters. Bury them!

Why choose U*IX?
 - it's stable, well, NT is more stable.
 - secure? No, NT is more secure.
 - better performance? A real world example using a SUN Sparcstation and a 3D
   CAD package revealed that the NT based solution was cheaper and offered
   a faster more responsive environment. NT can definately cope.
 - NT's limitations are (if I remember correctly) 4GB memory space per process
   and (according to Windows Magazine, August) 408 million Terra Byte disk.
   Maybe some U*IX clone can handle more, but I'm sure MS will expand these
   limits.
 - (still quoting from Windows Magazine:) Maximum connections per server
   are 10,000+, maximum printers are unlimited and SMP support (of course).
 - NT exist for Alpha, Intel, MIPS and PowerPC CPU's. Rumour of a SUN
   Sparcstation and a HP PA-RISC port on the way. Start out with a 486DX50
   and scale it all the way to a dual Alpha RISC box e.g....
 - easy installation? No, NT is easier!
 - ah... Easy to maintain, then? No, actually, NT is as easy as it gets.
 - perhaps U*IX is easy to integrate with Win95 clients? Obviously not.
   Both Windows for workgroups and Win95 can access the NT Server without
   any additional drivers.

U*IX is doomed to a life in the scientific community, where they can waste
millions of dollars every year on projects that are clearly better solved
using different operating systems.


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