[OT] NT, software reliability, and the lack thereof.

From: Max Eskin <max82_at_surfree.com>
Date: Mon Mar 15 16:33:33 1999

On 15 Mar 1999, Eric Smith wrote:
>The actual operating system deep in the bowels of Windows NT isn't so
>bad. But they have lventy-seven layers of crap on top of it to keep
>you from seing anything that might be simple and elegant.

Of course, the kernel can't be blamed for much of anything. I'm sure that
if Microsoft got its hands on VMS source code, they would mess it up,
while if DEC got its hands on NT source code, they would make something
wonderful out of it...


 --Max Eskin (max82_at_surfree.com)
Received on Mon Mar 15 1999 - 16:33:33 GMT