On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 12:57 AM, Denis Doroshenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Matthew Weigel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Neko wrote: >> >>> this is the future. people use multiple os on their machine >> >> That's actually the past... multibooting seemed way more popular ten years >> ago >> than now. I'm going to go out on a limb here, and say that most people - >> even >> if their machine is set up to boot multiple systems - really just use one OS >> per computer. > > have you done any analysis of statistical data in order to say so? > otherwise all those "way more popular", "most people" it is a big IYHO. > >> On the other hand, CIFS/NFS network storage devices are cheap, >> and people can use them whether they dual boot, or simply have multiple >> machines on their network. Then too, a lot of people just use boring old >> thumb drives to store data that all their systems can use. > > well with NFS i'd agree, in case there is a robust free NFS implementation > for MS Windows (haven't looked for that myself, as I don't seem to have NFS > storage in my home LAN).
MS actually offers one: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/interopmigration/bb380242.aspx I've even used it. It works pretty good though it is a bit awkward feeling. -B
