Re: Linux Replacing Windows on the Desktop, I Think Not! (was Re: Same concerns as a real American)

From: Kegwasher (kegwasher_at_t-online.de)
Date: 08/16/03 

Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 23:43:45 +0200

Sparky wrote:

>
> "Ed Murphy" <emurphy42@socal.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:pan.2003.08.15.16.09.39.997665@socal.rr.com...
>>
>> I'm not convinced that he was trolling. Yeah, Linux is only ten-ish
>> years old, but it's clearly based on Unix which is thirty-ish. The
>> rest of it is debatable, at least.
>>
>
> You are correct in your assumption that I was not trolling. If one takes
> a moment to look at the header, one will see that this thread is cross
> posted.
> I picked it up in the "alt.computer.consulting" newsgroup. My reply was
> aimed at debunking the NT is crap myth. This myth is propagated by
> people
> who have zero knowledge of NT operating system internals (i.e., Windows
> <>
> NT). NT was developed by veteran operating system designers from DEC's
> research labs (i.e, David Cutler and company). NT is the successor to
> VMS. At the kernel level, NT makes Linux look like a toy operating system
> (I have
> developed system-level software for both operating systems). The major
> problem with NT has been Microsoft in their reluctance to completely
> document the NT interface; thus, locking everyone into developing to the
> Windows API--as I said earlier, there are no NT calls that do not begin
> with either the letters "Nt" (user mode, which is contained in NTDLL.DLL)
> or "Zw" (kernel mode, which is contained in NTOSKRNL.EXE).

Sorry to barge in, however.

I am someone who thinks NT is crap. But, it has nothing to do with security
or the kernel state. It has everything to do with being a user. I have
used linux at home since early 95 while at work I have been stuck with NT.
To call NT unstable is an understatement. There is not a day that NT has
not crashed on at least one of the computers in our room, 5 machines total.
The standing joke is that the first step in windows troubleshooting is to
restart the app and the second to restart the computer. In order to
perform updates our IT department is so skeptical that they do one update
or patch and reboot before doing the next. They complain as well that the
linux boxes in the firm are much easier to administer. The OS never
requires a reboot.

The standard office mail apps is no better. MS-outlook must have a memory
leak of some kind. After 20 or 30 emails it brings up a dialog that it is
out of resources. I have to restart outlook and life is fine.

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