This is not true. You can stop and uninstall all the services you don't
need on NT. Exactly which bit of functionality were you having trouble
removing?
Realistically, the argument between NT and Unix should end up with "install
the people who will be maintaining the box understand the best".
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, 4 June 1999 6:39 am
> To: Rouland, Chris (ISSAtlanta)
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]';
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> Christopher; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: Re: Why not NT?
>
>
> As someone mentioned earlier, you can't pare down NT. With
> Solaris and
> other Unix or Unix-like OSes, you can pare stuff down to just the core
> of what you need. With NT, you get a lot of stuff. And new
> issues are
> discovered all the time. So Microsoft might be fixing the issues
> quickly, but if a hacker discovers an exploit before they do, well,
> you're SOL.
>
> With a pared down OS, you may also have issues, but there's a lot less
> code to worry about.
>
> Jen
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