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