From: Thees Peereboom 

Geo,

I dunno, something about OS/2? 

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C:\>set os
OS=Windows_NT
Os2LibPath=C:\WINNT\system32\os2\dll;

C:\>
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- Thees Peereboom

On Sun, 9 Feb 2003 21:58:03 -0500, "Geo."  wrote:

>Oh right, different design goals, like those of W2kpro and W2kserver and
>enterprise server?
>
>It's really funny, first I have people tell me pro and server are the same
>except for a few registry entries now I have people telling me they aren't
>even the same OS because of design goals?
>
>Tell you guys what, why don't you ask the computer? Open a command prompt
>and type "set os" to see the OS identification variable.
>
>Geo.
>
>"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
>news:9nld4v869nveb3ubtsf0k9j3ifodpqi6qf{at}4ax.com...
>>
>> >design goals are more important to me.
>>
>> I agree, because the design goals determine how the OS operates and what
>it
>> does for (and to) me.   The code base is how it gets there.
>>
>> MS Windows 98 and MS Windows XP could have very similar, if not idential,
>> design goals.  But the code base used to implement those design goals is
>> vastly different.
>>
>> In other words, the design goals are where you want to go.  The code base
>> is the vehicle you use to get there.
>>
>>   /m
>>
>> On Sun, 9 Feb 2003 17:26:35 -0500, "Robert Comer"
>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >> Yes for the former, no for the latter.
>> >
>> >Exactly -- and design goals are more important to me.
>> >
>> >- Bob Comer
>> >
>> >
>> >"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
>> >news:5qjd4v8s65ci4hdhekamrfqs8odjmh7gns{at}4ax.com...
>> >> On Sun, 9 Feb 2003 16:45:09 -0500, "Geo."
 wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >Can you call W2K NT?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Depends if you are speaking of code base or design goals.
>> >>
>> >> Yes for the former, no for the latter.
>> >>
>> >>  /m
>> >>
>> >
>>
>

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