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   You still have failed to state the goal of either Windows XP =
Professional or Windows NT Workstation 4.0.  All you have to offer is =
that Windows XP Professional has a superset of the capabilities of =
Windows NT Workstation 4.0.

   Are you even going to try or shall we all accept that you were just =
bullshitting?

Rich

  "Robert Comer"  wrote in message =
news:3e471302{at}w3.nls.net...
  Nice dig, but Geo has it partly right, it's what XP is designed to do =
that NT4 wasn't -- Product activation, integrated Messenger and WMP (for =
the masses, it doesn't mean squat we don't need that at work as a =
vulnerability point)  Also XP is somewhat more designed to run games, =
well, I don't need that at work and don't need that ability taking up =
space on my hard drives.

  It all comes down to XP being a consumer targeted OS and NT4 was most =
certainly not.

  - Bob Comer


    "Rich"  wrote in message news:3e46fccf{at}w3.nls.net...
       I have no doubt that one (only one) goal of Windows XP Home =
Edition was to supercede Windows Me on consumer desktops.  Robert though =
made a quite broader claim regarding the overall goals and not of this =
product but Windows XP Professional and Windows NT Workstation 4.0.  I'm =
sure Robert will clear this up when he tells us all the goals of these =
two products.  I'm particularly interested in what goals Windows NT =
Workstation 4.0 had that Windows XP did not.

    Rich

      "Tony Ingenoso"  wrote in message =
news:3e46ed08{at}w3.nls.net...
      Easy - produce a consumer market acceptable OS so the 9x code base =
could be retired.  That there was no corresponding touchy-feely 9x =
release speaks volumes.

      W2K was/is perfectly acceptable for the vast majority of business =
uses, but didn't have the Mr Rogers neighborhood ambiance of XP to = appeal
to the drooling masses.  With 9x hitting the showers, and = apparently no
plans for a strictly business oriented product, a = unification product was
mandatory [I don't consider XP pro as being = business oriented the way W2K
is]
        "Rich"  wrote in message news:3e46e3cf{at}w3.nls.net...
           Facinating.  Can you spell out these goals clearly?

        Rich

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   You still
have failed to =
state the=20
goal of either Windows XP Professional or Windows NT Workstation =
4.0.  All=20
you have to offer is that Windows XP Professional has a superset of the=20
capabilities of Windows NT Workstation 4.0.
 
   Are you
even going to try =
or shall we=20
all accept that you were just bullshitting?
 
Rich
 

  "Robert Comer" <bobcomer{at}mindspring.com>">mailto:bobcomer{at}mindspring.com">bobcomer{at}mindspring.com>
= wrote in=20
  message news:3e471302{at}w3.nls.net...
  Nice dig, but Geo has it partly =
right, it's what=20
  XP is designed to do that NT4 wasn't -- Product activation, integrated =

  Messenger and WMP (for the masses, it doesn't mean squat we don't need =
that at=20
  work as a vulnerability point)  Also XP is somewhat more designed =
to run=20
  games, well, I don't need that at work and don't need that ability =
taking up=20
  space on my hard drives.
   
  It all comes down to XP being a =
consumer targeted=20
  OS and NT4 was most certainly not.
   
  - Bob Comer
   
   
  

    "Rich" <{at}> wrote in message news:3e46fccf{at}w3.nls.net...
       I
have no doubt that =
one (only=20
    one) goal of Windows XP Home Edition was to supercede Windows Me on =
consumer=20
    desktops.  Robert though made a quite broader claim regarding =
the=20
    overall goals and not of this product but Windows XP Professional =
and=20
    Windows NT Workstation 4.0.  I'm sure Robert will clear this up =
when he=20
    tells us all the goals of these two products.  I'm particularly =

    interested in what goals Windows NT Workstation 4.0 had that Windows =
XP did=20
    not.
     
    Rich
     
    

      "Tony Ingenoso" <tonyiNOSPAM{at}attglobal.net&g=">mailto:tonyiNOSPAM{at}attglobal.net">tonyiNOSPAM{at}attglobal.net&g=
t;=20
      wrote in message news:3e46ed08{at}w3.nls.net...
      Easy - produce a consumer market =
acceptable=20
      OS so the 9x code base could be retired.  That there was no=20
      corresponding touchy-feely 9x release speaks volumes.
       
      W2K was/is perfectly acceptable =
for the vast=20
      majority of business uses, but didn't have the Mr Rogers =
neighborhood=20
      ambiance of XP to appeal to the drooling masses.  With 9x =
hitting the=20
      showers, and apparently no plans for a strictly business oriented =
product,=20
      a unification product was mandatory [I don't consider XP pro as =
being=20
      business oriented the way W2K is]
      

        "Rich" <{at}> wrote in message news:3e46e3cf{at}w3.nls.net...
          
Facinating.  =
Can you=20
        spell out these goals clearly?
         
        Rich
         

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