From: cjjohans AT cc DOT helsinki DOT fi (Carl J R Johansson) Subject: Re: (gnu-win32) Re: NT demands (was: Default linker output filename) 27 Nov 1996 16:21:32 -0800 Sender: daemon AT cygnus DOT com Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Sender: cjjohans AT vesuri DOT Helsinki DOT FI Original-To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com In-Reply-To: Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com On Wed, 27 Nov 1996, Carl J R Johansson wrote: Sorry if this is getting off-topic, but I can't stress enough how much i actually prefer NT. The RAM requirements are a necessary tradeoff for the stability, Linux doesn't have to be compatible with lots of legacy stuff (still waiting for WINE) so they could write it from scratch (and OS/2 Win16 compatibility is too slow for me). I don't think one should keep people in the dark about it though, and the RAM in at least my local store is already getting more expensive so it might be a good idea to get a high-performance OS right away. Anyone replying should maybe take this off the list and Cc: to some advocacy newsgroups. I just don't want people to believe that I think NT is bad in any way, it just might not be affordable to everyone (like a Ferrari). And the more users it gets the more compatibility it will have, not an OS fault either. cj - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".