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Seriously cosidering reverting back to Win98
SavannahLion:
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--- Quote from: protokatie on November 23, 2009, 07:13:18 pm ---There is no reason to go back to pre-NT based windows...
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Uh... NT was in parallel development with 9x run since about 93 or so. It became an interesting OS in 95 or thereabouts.
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NT was in development even before that. Maybe we could consider the winNT line to have started with windows 3.11 for workgroups?
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Sorry, I meant to say it was released in '93. Parallel development with 9x/3x side. I was paying attention to a grumpy baby during my edit.
IIRC, NT was in development sometime in the mid 80's and was supposed to be an entirely different OS. IOW, I believe it predates 3.11.
In any case, I don't consider NT getting interesting until 4 or 5 or so. Windows 3.11 was great, but things didn't get fun until 98. As far as I'm concerned MS probably should've been better off never releasing some of their cancerous releases like 95, ME, and so on and so forth.
SavannahLion:
I haven't had to recall much Microsoft history since college so a quick check on my facts confirms what I can recall.
NT development started sometime in '88 and was meant to be released as OS/2 3.0. A classic story of Company A telling Company B to ---fudgesicle--- off. (Nintendo/Sony come to mind). It was ultimately released in '93 (I remember encountering it while in High School).
Technically 3.11 isn't NT, it's still a precurser for 95, not for NT.
I think it's interesting that a company has been consistently hit and miss with their OS since the 3x days. :P
protokatie:
I completely forgot about OS/2 (AND I HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO DO SO!) :P
As per Sony/Nintendo, well thats what you get when you go to two different companies to make your CD-Rom drive and end up falling away from both. BTW I still have my PS, the original box.
Silas (son of Silas):
Win98? I think there's a clue in the name as to why there may be better OS choices.. :laugh:
+1 for Dexters VM idea.
Level42:
I'm seriously thinking about ditching my 2008 Skoda and buy a horse instead.
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