get a new hard drive! that's what i did! *grin*
master 10 gig drive - win 98 & linux mandrake 7.1
slave 13.6 gig drive - BeOS & freeBSD & whoknowswhat next ;)
>i have never used WinNT, tho i almost installed it when i went to
Linux - then decided not to due to lack of drive space for 3 operating
systems. when i get a larger drive for my OSs i want to do a Win98/
Linux/WinNT system so i can learn NT, but as you allude to, i was under
the impression that NT is a new OS with almost nothing from DOS, this
comes only from reading the odd artical however, as i say - not from
hands on experience.
>
>now that you tell this story, it sounds familer to me. i don't recall
any specifics however.
>
>
>Adrian Smith
>'de telepone dude
>Telecom Dept.
>x 7042
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2:58:28 PM 8/11/00 >>>
>Sorry to break into this thread. It caught my attention.
>
>A friend of mine told me a story about the birth of Win95.
>
>A few guys who worked for a company were bought by "MickeySoft" ...
one of
>the guys for this purchased company thought it would be interesting to
move
>DOS to 32 bit. As the story goes ... Mickey managers were scared of
Billy
>Bob and didn't want to do the project. Billy had already told the
press
>that NT was the product. Period.
>
>The maverick decided to do it on his own. Eventually the topic came
up in a
>meeting ... managers said the work wasn't possible. The maverick
spoke up
>and said the project was about complete. Billy Bob - seeing dollars
in his
>eyes - gave the project a thumbs up.
>
>And that ... according to this story ... is how Win95 was born.
>
>Now - somewhere - someone has written this in a book - anyone know the
>title? Something about 'guys in the attic' ...
>
>Just thought it was funny that the argument of Win95 being an OS is
still
>debated. But the above may explain why win95/98/ME development has
been so
>separated from Win NT.
>
>
