That has got to be the most interesting thing I have
read on the forum in quite awhile. Thanx, Chronos.
Quoting Dave Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Technically, WinME is Win98 without any trace of
> DOS under the covers. You
> won't find autoexec.bat. config.sys, or any of
> those files on a system with
> WinME preinstalled. An upgraded system may still
> have those artifacts lying
> about. Win2000 is simply Win NT5 with a new name
> for the new millenium.
>
> Dave
>
> At 02:39 PM 11/30/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> >I think ME is another name for Win98 and
> Win2000 is another name for NT.
> >
> > >
> > > No, Windows isn't written in VB. Windows is
> written in assembly language.
> > >
> > > Additionally, Windows is a "DOS Shell", even
> '98. The only version of
> >Windows which is a true OS is NT, and that's
> only because it's the version
> >of OS/2 which IBM was working on when the
> M$/IBM divorce happened (early
> >90s?). That's why M$ called it "NT" -- because
> for them it was, well and
> >truly, "New Technology". (For that matter,
> still is!) Remember: "ME" is
> >just "NT" with a new name.
> > >
> > > That M$ took OS/2 and ruined it so
> thoroughly is indicative of the culture
> >of M$. Remember: Gates' primary motivation is
> to eliminate any and all
> >competition. Whether the silly software really
> works is literally at the
> >bottom of his agenda.
> > >
> > > DOS works fine as a single-user,
> single-program platform. It got f*cked
> >up when M$ tried to make it multi-tasking.
> > >
> > > Talking about history, the only reason M$
> got the IBM PC deal is because
> >people at CP/M wouldn't return IBM's phone
> calls. CP/M is the original
> >pre-emptive multi-tasking OS for the PC, btw.
> > >
> > > --
> > > I hope you and yours are prospering!
> > > --Paddock -------------------
> > > Registered Linux user 190974 ( 2000-Oct-05
> ).
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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>
> Dave Sherman
> SoftServ Business Systems, Inc.
>
> "Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum viditur."
>
>
>
the serpent and the egg
