ok, millennium edition is the last microsoft OS built on the win9x
kernel (mixed 16 and 32bit kernel). Win NT, 2000 and whistler are all
true 32bit OS and are based on a different kernel. Microsoft wants to
get everyone using 32bit OS's and that is why millennium edition's gui
looks almost exactly like win2k's. Whistler is the follow up to win2k.
There will be a number of different versions of it, home, professional,
server, data center. Basically it'll get microsoft into a point where
they only have to support one OS with different flavors rather then the
hell they have now.
Also, winNT/win2k's memory management is a *little bit* better then
win9x so they are a bit more stable or should I say that they are less
crash prone? In theory anyway, why is it that no microsoft OS is stable
for more then a month or two? My experience is that win2k is like a
giant 1950's american car. Its a boat, slow to start, breaks often, and
requires a ton of maintanence.
Abe
Romanator wrote:
>
> There's an update to Millennium coming out later this year. I think it's
> name is Whistler.
>
> goldenpi wrote:
> >
> > Give it time. I have just seen windows millenium and I can assure you it will
> > not last. It is awful. It is slow. It takes up half my hard drive and then its
> > optional parts take the rest. And it doesn't work.
> >
> > Windows 2k however is here to stay. I haven't seen it running but I have heard
> > of it.
> >
> > On Tue, 26 Dec 2000, you wrote:
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: David Raleigh Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2000 5:17 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux
> > >
> > >
> > > I am locked into bad mouse support by 2-button mouse users. Linux mouse
> > > support is hardly configurable at all. I have seen the sawfish mouse
> > > dialog. Ridiculous.
> > >
> > > Very true indeed. Kde should build a special mouse driver for mice that have
> > > a scrol wheel and side buttons. Mine has four buttons and a scroll wheel.
> > > And the people who make the mice should write software for linux also. After
> > > all there are a lot of people using linux today.
> > >
> > > I feel that if every one using linux sent email to the logitech company
> > > asking for drivers/software for there products then they might do something
> > > about it. i just bought a new printer, a lexmark Z32 because they have
> > > drivers for linux. And the Z52 has drivers for linux also.
> > >
> > > My mouse is a ms intelli mouse explorer and whith the software for windoze I
> > > can get the buttons to do what ever I want them to do, and I can change the
> > > icons as well. But I bought it because it does not have a ball in it and can
> > > use it as either ps2 or usb.
> > >
> > > I also feel that linux should have surport for IDE CD Burners, not just
> > > SCSI.
> > >
> > > Regards Anthony Daniell
> > --
> > ==================================================================
> > Goldenpi - linux user, unreal editor, programer in 3 languages and all round
> > geek.
>
> --
> Roman
> Registered Linux User #179293
