Re: Billy has nothing to worry about.
Robert Wilderspin said
> > > That's an unfair comparison. Computers in general are more evolved
> > > these days, so it stands to reason that any new operating system will
> > > appear to get further in a shorter amount of time. Perhaps one should
> > > compare Windows NT to big-box Unices? NT is much younger, and yet
> > > it's got a lot of nifty features that took Unix years and years to
> > > develop. Why, Unix didn't even have CD-ROM support until it was
> > > nearly two decades old!
> >
> > Tal about unfair comparisons. How old was Unix before CD-ROM's even
> > existed!? You say we can't compare the old with the new because
> > technology has excelerated the pace of development - yet that's
> > exactly what you're doing when you compare NT to "big-box Unix".
>
> I was being facetious to illustrate the worthlessness of the previous
> poster's argument. I'm fully aware that Unix predates CD technology
> by about two decades.
So sorry. I missed the sarcasm.
>
>
> Regards,
> Rob
>
Humbly Yours,
Chuck
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