LinuxSA Mailing list archives

  From: David Drury <idavid@smug.adelaide.edu.au>
  To  : Glen Turner <glen.turner@aarnet.edu.au>
  Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 01:42:43 +1030 (CST)

Re: Linux as an NT Server replacement

Hi,

> Adding 2 x 128MB SIMMS to the cost of Win2k, I can't see a huge
> rush by the corporates to install it.  It will be interesting
> to see what the consumer reaction is, and whether this forces
> another version of Windows 9x.

The two features I'm looking for in Win 2-0 O-Oh workstation edition are
Plug and Pray support, and USB support. Other than that, I couldn't be
bothered installing huge ammounts of bloatware. The first is a particular
problem with NT4.0 now in that I'm having to mix and match hardware that
gets Random IRQs and DMAs assigned to it, but has a limited set of options
in the drivers.

I think there'll be another DOS based Windows yet. Theres still too many
legasy programs out there, and light hardware that people will want to use
the features of Win2K on.

cya

-- 
David Drury

   _______________________________________
   \ iddrury@teaching.cs.adelaide.edu.au  \
    \    idavid@smug.adelaide.edu.au       \                __________ |
     \   A "Civil" Engineer now resigned    \        / \___-=O`/|O`/___|
      \  from the Human Race.                \_______\        / | /     )
      /  Apply to the above address for      /      `/-==__ _/__|/__=--|
     /   Resignation Forms.                 /         *      \  |      |
    /   "Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum."   /                  (o)
   /______________________________________/