On Thursday 28 December 2000 21:19, you wrote:
> 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.
>
>
Registy cleaning often helps keep it reliable.
Civileme
>
> 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
