one correction. ME is the next progression on 98. Win 2000 is the next NT.
-----Original Message-----
From: paddock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 2:02 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] RE: Windows can't be written in VB
Mr. Mark Weaver --
Good sir --
No, Windows isn't written in VB. Windows is written in assembly language.
Additionally, Windows is a "DOS Shell", even '98. The only version of
Windows which is a true OS is NT, and that's only because it's the version
of OS/2 which IBM was working on when the M$/IBM divorce happened (early
90s?). That's why M$ called it "NT" -- because for them it was, well and
truly, "New Technology". (For that matter, still is!) Remember: "ME" is
just "NT" with a new name.
That M$ took OS/2 and ruined it so thoroughly is indicative of the culture
of M$. Remember: Gates' primary motivation is to eliminate any and all
competition. Whether the silly software really works is literally at the
bottom of his agenda.
DOS works fine as a single-user, single-program platform. It got f*cked up
when M$ tried to make it multi-tasking.
Talking about history, the only reason M$ got the IBM PC deal is because
people at CP/M wouldn't return IBM's phone calls. CP/M is the original
pre-emptive multi-tasking OS for the PC, btw.
--
I hope you and yours are prospering!
--Paddock -------------------
Registered Linux user 190974 ( 2000-Oct-05 ).
