[CS-FSLUG] Mac and Vista

[Fred A. Miller]

Nathan wrote:
> Fred A. Miller wrote:
>> [snip]
>> DON'T hold your breath. M$ has a very difficult time getting anything 
>> done right. To make matters worse, it APPEARS that Win7 will be modular, 
>> not monolithic. The ONLY modern modular OS that is stable, secure, 
>> INCREDIBLY FAST (like real time), and yet has a small footprint is QNX. 
>> IF I'm putting the bits and pieces together that I hear and read, it 
>> will be modular and it also WON'T be backwards compatible. Hopefully, it 
>> will finally force MickySoft OUT of OS witting business.
>>
>> Fred
>>
>>   
> 
> According to Wikipedia the NT kernel is already a hybrid kernel that is 
> "highly modular". If speculation as to how Windows 7 will be made turns 
> out to be true I'm sure there will be some consequences for Microsoft; 
> however, I'm skeptical of the information that's floating around out 
> there right now. Lets see Microsoft publish something on the subject, 
> then I'll decide whether I think it's going to leave them hurting.

Well, that's what MickySoft claimed....."highly modular," but I beg to 
differ. As it is now, it WILL be a radical change. Understand that Gates 
and Company now think that the days of the PC are very numbered. I don't 
agree......appliances are simply too limited for what most want. Anyway, 
they are developing Win7 as fast as possible as a core OS to move to a 
LOT of appliances. I also think that they have grand hopes of getting 
back into the server market and displace Linux from that market.

Fred

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"Security" in Windows comes from patching a sieve.