From: "Geo." 

Considering NT started life as OS/3, I find that comment strangely appropriate.

Geo.

"Thees Peereboom"  wrote in message
news:cr2g4v49si4osk4ob3oak7mia5dusu76dd{at}4ax.com...
> Geo,
>
> I dunno, something about OS/2? 
>
> ---------------startquote
> C:\>set os
> OS=Windows_NT
> Os2LibPath=C:\WINNT\system32\os2\dll;
>
> C:\>
> ---------------endquote
>
> - 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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