Interesting. I have clung to W2K for some time now and my own personal
OOPic development machine is an old laptop running W2K. I too have
finally given up and begun to use XP which, after many years, shows
signs of some stability.
> but many
> apps are coming out that are WXP only, so that will be my next step,
> after I remove the snoop-and-sneak ware from it. But that is only
> for a
> few things - I'm a Mac fan, now THERE is a UN*X environment done right
> (IMO).
I think I agree (for the most part). But never underestimate the power
of glitzy, useless features to drag a perfectly good application or OS
down to the point of poor performance, instability, insecurity, and
unreliability. Apple seems hell-bent on running down the same path as
Microsoft. MacOS is much better now but give Apple time. I am sure
they will be able to screw it up just as badly as Microsoft has with
Windows or as badly as they did with the original MacOS.
As for your comment about "UNIX done right," when I was designing the
Telebit Netblazer (the first commercial remote access server) we opted
to use Mach running on an 80386 as our development platform. (1990) It
was also my first experience with the Mac. (Telebit had standardized
on Mac for desktop applications.) I remember remarking that the
perfect OS would be Mach with the Macintosh GUI overlaid. :-)
Brian Lloyd
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