Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 15:31:37 -0800 From: John Oram <norami@unlimited.net> To: hck@nettest.dk Cc: "freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Embedded MS-Windows NT Message-ID: <36D33A58.D4F187DD@unlimited.net> References: <TFSBBNPM@nettest.dk>
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Henrik: This issue has been vented in the magazine Embedded Systems <http://www.embedded.com/>; over the past year or so. <begin ranting> Sadly I think you are correct in that the small memory model for embedded systems will drop by the wayside when Micro$oft begins to beat their marketing drums. Unless someone takes the time to educate the writers of the trade journals as to how ridiculous it is to have an 800 pound gorilla sit on a branch designed for a 10 lb monkey. I have seen these folks kill pen-based computing by purchasing the only satisfactory word-processor (aha!), screw up the small handheld DOS marketplace -those both cost us revenue. And now they are muscling into the smallest of platforms to help the WinTel duopoly keep the US stock market pumped up to unruliest expectations. <end ranting> IF anyone has a suggestion on how to clue in the major trade journal writers as to the level of nonsense this is, let us all know. John O hck@nettest.dk wrote: > > The worst of is, they'll probably pull it off. > > Just look at the Workstation and server market. You can say a lot of bad things > about the product, but they have one h.... of a marketing department that is > able to convince people that it's ok to have to reboot your workstation several > time each day. > It's generally the high-lords of the company that decide which OS to use and > they like the look of Mickey Soft, they don't have to use it and they don't have > to write programs for it. So they are ok with their decide. > We might laugh but not as hard as Billy boy within a year.... > > Oh tempore, Oh mores. > > Henrik > > ======================================================= > Henrik Claville Koch GN Nettest > 3. rd rate pSOS+ dabbler. Kirkebjerg Allé 90 > Tel : +45 72 11 22 00 2605 Brondby > Fax : +45 7211 2210 Denmark > Tel -direct: +45 72 112 473 > Always Looking for Trouble ! > HTTP : http://www.nettest.dk > > E-Mail : hck@nettest.dk --- > one does not obtain food-safety-freedom by instinct alone... > (Paul Atreides) DUNE > > -----Original Message----- > From: MIME:norami@unlimited.net Sent: 23. februar 1999 19:08 > To: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG; HCK > Subject: Embedded MS-Windows NT > > FYI > > (3) Microsoft begins embedded NT beta > > Microsoft today rolled out the first beta release of its > Windows NT Embedded 4.0 operating system to more than 350 > testing sites and expanded the beta testing program. As reported > earlier, Windows NT Embedded 4.0 is for "embedded" settings such > as point-of-sale devices, office and industrial automation, and > even as the underlying software for networking equipment. Today's > release follows November's alpha release. > > <http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,32687,00.html>; > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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