[Long] [OT] That Big Shadow Over Your Shoulder, Part 2, was Re: [Coco] Re: OS Vulnerabilities

[Ward Griffiths]

On Sunday 29 February 2004 10:16 am, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
> I think we really disagree about what constitutes the most important
> aspect of an OS. Mac taught us it was the GUI. That they seamlessly
> moved from their own to Unix expresses that. I wouldn't be surprised
> if Windows does the same. Software is made effective by the
> interface, and so that makes Alex correct -- these are all
> technically modern operating systems.

I have yet to see a smooth transition from one release of Windows to 
another via upgrade in-place (even something as theoretically trivial 
as Windows 3.1 to Windows for Workgroups 3.11).  It's usually easier to 
get a new machine and sneakernet the files to it.
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arms and legs come off_, he added to himself.
                                Terry Pratchet, _The Last Hero_