Re: Non-UNIX Changes
On Sun, May 21, 2000 at 04:03:04PM +0200, Tomasz Wegrzanowski wrote:
> > Agreed, and I'd also agree that almost all of the "flaming" that takes
> > place vis-a-vis both Linux and Windows comes from the same standpoint
> > of assuming that there are Two True Operating Systems, UNIX and Windows,
> > and One of Them Shall Win The Day.
> Not many people things Windows is any True Operating System.
(Score: -1, Troll). Actually, there are plenty of people for whom Windows is
their favourite operating system. And no matter what you think of Microsoft,
there's no good reason why we can't look at Windows for interesting ideas.
> What record-oriented file can do what can't be done by 20 lines of cpp
> macros ?
Database performance; you can optimize the filesystem to make seeking to or
searching records easy. There are still plenty of people buying IBM
mainframes. :)
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Adam Sampson
azz@gnu.org
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