Subtle differences, but I agree with you...

On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Steven Peck <[email protected]> wrote:

> There were differences between the Workstation model and the Server model.
> Microsoft put them there.
>
> NT3.51/NT4/w2k all of these were viable and useful workstations (not
> servers).
>
> Steven
>
> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:40 AM, Don Ely <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Uhhhh...  really?!?!  Both NT4 and 2k were written off of the same code
>> base...  2k3 and XP as well...
>>
>>
>>  On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:34 AM, John Aldrich <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>   Strictly NT. Windows 2000 was much more “user friendly” but was, IMO,
>>> more of a “server” O/S, even W2K Workstation.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> [image: John-Aldrich][image: Perception_2]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* Steven M. Caesare [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 08, 2010 12:23 PM
>>>
>>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>>> *Subject:* RE: Mac and Windows mix
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Funny, it was my user OS since pre-beta.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Are you speaking of the NT “family”, or strictly the versions of the same
>>> codebase named “NT”?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -sc
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 08, 2010 10:29 AM
>>>
>>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>>> *Subject:* RE: Mac and Windows mix
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> True… but NT was not a “user” operating system. J
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> [image: John-Aldrich][image: Perception_2]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* Ken Schaefer [mailto:[email protected]]
>>>  *Sent:* Wednesday, September 08, 2010 10:27 AM
>>>
>>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>>> *Subject:* RE: Mac and Windows mix
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This is only one, tiny, aspect of implementing a security model (reading
>>> Windows Internals by Russinovich/Solomon is highly recommended).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> That said, Windows NT has had the same model since the first released
>>> version (v3.1 back in 1993)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Ken
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, 8 September 2010 10:13 PM
>>>
>>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>>> *Subject:* RE: Mac and Windows mix
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Basically, that users are not admins and that everything runs in
>>> “userspace” unless specifically run as an admin, including installation of
>>> software.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> [image: John-Aldrich][image: Perception_2]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* Steven M. Caesare [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 08, 2010 8:49 AM
>>>
>>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>>> *Subject:* RE: Mac and Windows mix
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> What do you understand that model to be?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -sc
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 07, 2010 3:15 PM
>>>
>>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>>> *Subject:* RE: Mac and Windows mix
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Not to start a flame war or anything, but I was under the impression that
>>> Mac OS/X was significantly **more* *secure than a comparable Windows
>>> machine, due to the *nix security model? Asking for information here, trying
>>> to learn, not trying to start  a Mac Vs. Windows thread (there are enough of
>>> those, that I don’t need to start one! <G>)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> [image: John-Aldrich][image: Perception_2]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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