+++ Shridhar Daithankar [linux-india] <13/03/02 13:38 +0530>:
> I agree. NT is not bad as an OS. I just had one BSOD in one and half years
> across three machines and that was due to reflection X.
Right.
> But problem is with major policy decisions. Registry, shoving COM down the
> throat of everything etc.
Right again - but then the registry (and policies) make life easier. 99.99%
of the doze hassles are because of idiot users installing whatever piece of
junk they feel like on their machines ... NT saves a lot of hassle for an
admin by requiring administrator access ;)
> I have used NT4, W2K and XP with all updates. It's actually stable. But so
> what? My home linux workstation had been better except for a unclean CD drive
> few times. Stability of windows may be a news these days. But it can not be a
> selling point.
However, it is getting better. Not quite there as a workstation, but better.
WinXP Professional is actually quite decent, happen you have a heavily
specced computer ;)
> Performance and resource hogs are still way beyond being realistic..
> I think I am diverting from topic..;-)
That's what threads are meant to do ;) Go on ..
-srs
ps - Am I drunk or something? supporting and advocating NT like this .. ;)
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