Denys writes:
>Furthermore NT 3.51 has proven to be very stable and I know of several large
>companies which have installed NT servers and networks and are very happy
>with it.  The instability you speak of is more due to the hardware and
>peripherals than the OS itself, and even this is changing.
 
If that's true the spacetime continuum around my development PC must be
very bizarrely shaped, because NT when used as a development platform seems
to crash about half as often as Win3.1. That's an improvement -- during the
last week of intensive development under Win95, I needed to reboot about
every two hours -- but MPE crashes due to user-mode development perhaps
once in five years. My Linux box, which is also being used for commercial
software development, has not crashed once (yet).
 
So my initial enthusiasm for NT has waned quite a bit, now that I'm back to
rebooting the machine once or twice a day. I presume it's not a hardware
problem since NT runs fine when I use it just for Mosaic, Reflection,
LaserROM and the odd Microsoft Office task.
 
OS boosterism is a pointless exercise. Anybody who is swayed by handwaving
arguments probably isn't in a decision-making position, and only hands-on
experience will -- or should -- change anyone else's mind. I've stopped
responding to Mac-bashing posts for that reason; it'd be nice if the OS war
threads could stick with matter-of-fact accounts of relevant operational
experiences.
 
-- Bruce
 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bruce Toback    Tel: (602) 996-8601| My candle burns at both ends;
OPT, Inc.            (800) 858-4507| It will not last the night;
11801 N. Tatum Blvd. Ste. 142      | But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends -
Phoenix AZ 85028                   | It gives a lovely light.
[log in to unmask]                   |     -- Edna St. Vincent Millay