From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Feb 2 5:40:53 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E8DF37B491 for ; Fri, 2 Feb 2001 05:40:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97] ident=root) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #4) id 14OgS2-000DRF-00; Fri, 2 Feb 2001 13:40:34 +0000 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f12DeXJ91388; Fri, 2 Feb 2001 13:40:33 GMT (envelope-from jcm) Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 13:40:33 +0000 From: j mckitrick To: Terry Lambert Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: software development tools - microsoft and unix Message-ID: <20010202134033.A91283@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20010201183650.C76922@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <200102012239.PAA17765@usr08.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200102012239.PAA17765@usr08.primenet.com>; from tlambert@primenet.com on Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 10:39:25PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org | A secondary problem with Windows, which is _not_ common to all | versions (which is why many shops choose to develope on NT), is | that it is really not a true protected mode OS. Because of this, Now that win2k is becoming established, and appears to be quite robust, what does this mean for the future of professional programming? It certainly makes the environment much more attractive to programmers who need that kind of stability. I've heard the TCP/IP performance is vastly improved as well. jonathon -- o-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-o | "You can't have everything. Where would you put it?" - Steven Wright | o-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-o To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message