From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Nov 18 16:34:31 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from shell.webmaster.com (mail.webmaster.com [209.133.28.73]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9369615556 for ; Thu, 18 Nov 1999 16:34:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from davids@webmaster.com) Received: from whenever ([209.133.29.2]) by shell.webmaster.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-12345L500S10000V35) with SMTP id com; Thu, 18 Nov 1999 16:34:26 -0800 From: "David Schwartz" To: "Jonathon McKitrick" Cc: "Phil Regnauld" , Subject: RE: Marketing vs. technical superiority (was: Judge: "Gates WasMain Culprit") Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 16:34:26 -0800 Message-ID: <000001bf3225$d5735f30$021d85d1@youwant.to> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2377.0 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Just a question... you mentioned somewhere before that NT kept users on > the cutting edge with service packs. I've heard admins says these are > little more that bug fix kits. Can you name some of the more advanced > features M$ has provided 'without cost' to its users by means of Service > Packs? DirectX, AGP support, KNI support, 3Dnow support, adaptive listen queues, large memory support, support for new processors, more efficient SMP support, support for concurrent NTFS defragmentation (though not the actual defragmentor), cryptography, message queues, synchronization with Windows 98 platform features, fibers (similar to threads, but lighter), installation enhancements (the Setup* API), smart card support, Java, and lots more. All of these things could have been charged for had Microsoft wished to do so. DS To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message