Ed Durrant wrote:
> Chris Ayers wrote:
> 
>>Ed Durrant wrote:
>>
>>  
>>
>>>Harry Travis wrote:

  >

>>>
>>>    
>>
>>Why support NT4?  To me, the answer is simple.  There are many 
>>businesses that do not want to get caught up in the continuous stream of 
>>M$ upgrades yet they have to replace existing components with some that 
>>were never supported on the original OS and whose manufacturers do not 
>>have drivers for them.  If you read the writeup carefully, SNAP_Audio 
>>has been designed to be readily ported to other operating systems, i.e. 
>>OS/2 and eCS.  And SciTech will provide assistance in this porting.  I 
>>do not know if they will port for OS/2 and eCS themselves, but they 
>>might if enough interest was shown.  I know I would buy it.  I am 
>>running SNAP Graphics on both OS/2 and eCS now and love it.
>>
>>Chris
>>
>>
>>  
> 
> Hi Chris,
> 
>    I think you missed my sarcasm. I was also drawing a comparison with 
> OS/2 .....
> 
>    About two years ago, 80% of Microsoft Australia's customers still ran 
> (at least some) Windows NT 4.0 servers, it was and still is a problem 
> for Microsoft to get companies to take out systems that work and have to 
> upgrade hardware to run the next version, that from a business viewpoint 
> often does not add anything to the business's profit.   Hmm, also sounds 
> like OS/2. Perhaps the fact that Windows NT 4 is really OS/2 2.0 with a 
> Windows 3.11 interface grafted on to it has something to do with it as 
> well ??
> 
> Cheers/2
> 
> Ed.


Chris and Ed;

The bottom line is... "If it Ain't broke, Don't Fix It!!", that is true 
for OS/2, or Win NT 4.0, or even Win 2000.....


Win NT 4.0 is Win NT 3.51 with the Win 95 Interface on it....  MicroSoft 
and IBM parted ways before OS/2 2.x was out, so MicroSoft is limited to 
OS/2 1.x "code compatibility"..  Even Win 2000 will run OS/2 1.x (16 Bit 
) Apps.. Try TEDIT, or BRIEF...

What I find the MOST HILARIOUS is that MicroSoft "thought" that by 
"killing off" OS/2, they would force the "Computer
Users" to "migrate to 
Windows", and get them onto the MicroSoft "Forced March"
upgrade cycle, 
unlike IBM who "Supports you where you are".

So what has happened to MicroSoft???  Those Win NT 4.0 Users (and Win 
2000 Users too) are REFUSING TO UPGRADE!!!  They (the Customers) say, 
"We Like NT (4.0/2000), It's Stable.".  And MicroSoft says,
"Who do they 
think we are, IBM!!!"


MarkO




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