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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!wabbit.cc.uow.edu.au!news.tansu.com.au!picasso.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au!newshost!chrisb From: chrisb@stork.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au (Chris Bitmead) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Free Un*x vs. Windows NT Date: 29 Nov 94 18:44:18 Organization: Telecom Australia Lines: 12 Message-ID: <CHRISB.94Nov29184418@stork.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au> References: <3b074f$mro@pdq.coe.montana.edu> <1994Nov25.195528.18050@palantir.p.tvt.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: stork.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au In-reply-to: paul@pp2.smc.south.telia.se's message of Fri, 25 Nov 1994 19:55:28 GMT uphlabh@gemini.oscs.montana.edu (Brian Handy) writes: : I've been harrassed for about the last week by a local guy here who's : convinced Windows NT is the greatest thing around the block and my : FreeBSD box is simply a waste of electricity and silicon, which in : turn makes me an Oxygen thief. The thing to remember about NT, is that out of the box it's indistinguishable from Win 3.1 (except that it doesn't crash as much). So if you liked win 3.1 you'll love NT. But if you despised 3.1, well NT feels like just more of the same.