On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 10:07:17PM +1000, Matt McLeod wrote: > Crap drivers on any platform are going to create havoc.
I've heard the VMS is plenty hateful, but didn't it run device drivers in a separate protected context from the core OS and user-space? ISTR that NT 3.5 used a similar technique (thanks Mr. Cutler) but it was dropped in NT 4 due to speed issues. -- Aaron J. Grier | "Not your ordinary poofy goof." | [email protected] "silly brewer, saaz are for pils!" -- virt
