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In article <1992Mar31.033116.16208@descartes.waterloo.edu> jsmolnar@descartes.waterloo.edu writes:
>
>The following advantages are part of Windows NT (to be released by end 1992)
>
>1) 32 bit, pre-emptive multi-tasking, multi-threading, multi-processing
>   (per thread) OS
>2) Is OS/2, Win 16/32 bit, POSIX (1001.3), DOS compatible
>3) Supports named pipes, anonymous pipes, shared memory, semaphores,
>   mail slots, queues and other forms of inter-process communications
>4) Enhanced GDI, including bezair curves, paths, and transforms
>5) Is C2 level secure
>6) Built in peer-to-peer networking
>7) Device independant colour module
>8) Micro-kernal design
>9) Memory mapped file i/o
>10) Is a client-server design
>11) Portable to Intel, MIPS, DEC (Alpha) architectures 
>    (50 K replace-able code...could go elsewhere)
12) Probably still requires that you buy the $1000 developer's kit so you can
    have those wonderful libraries.  

Sorry, but if I can't sit down with MASM and put together a simple (or complex)
program for Windows together, then there's a problem.  As a students I can't
afford to buy the developer's addition for Windows just for the libraries
and the various other linkage necessary.  I find it odd (and will probably not
find it at all in future versions) that MASM 6.0 has the capability to 
assemble object code for OS/2 (from what I understand it only takes a quick
pass through OS/2's linker to create a relatively neat 32-bit binary) but
makes no effort to allow for Windows development.  Its all very tight and
neat, I suppose, for the end user, but if future software engineers are able 
to participate in lower-cost platforms (that are just as capable), what will
future software be developed under?

>So basically it kicks the ass out of OS/2 and other higher end designed OS's.

hmmm... whatever you say...
 

>Hope this helps (and I am sure you can't wait).
>
oh yes :)


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