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The whole c2 security thing and the POSIX compliance for NT were so they could sell their OS to the government, wasn't it?
I think they may have dropped POSIX from Windows2000, I don't know if it ever worked very well.
They did the same thing when OS/2 seemed a plausible alternative, NT supported HPFS. When OS/2 dropped off the map, MS dropped support for HPFS.
They only support competing standards when they have to, I think. Once they gain market share they drop all that extra "fluff". Then competing products have to be compatible with theirs, not the other way around. It saves them on costs of development, support, etc.
I am waiting to see when they will drop NWLINK from their OS.
Patrice Boivin
Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA)
-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry C [SMTP:usidba_at_yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 6:07 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: Re: oracle and America
Holy mackerel!
I hope there isn't some rogue nation buying all our old VAX clusters
to run
their navy. We'll get our behinds kicked!
- Jerry
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Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 10:06 AM
> On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Boivin, Patrice J wrote:
>
> > I thought I heard a story about a U.S. Navy ship that was towed
to port
> > because its systems ran on WindowsNT...
> >
> > Maybe it was an urban myth.
> >
> > I was glad to hear that the Boeing planes run on UNIX.
> >
> > ; )
> >
> > Patrice Boivin
> > Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA)
>
> No myth this. ( yeth? ;)
>
> Here's a reference:
>
> http://www.gcn.com/archives/gcn/1998/july13/cov2.htm
>
> Jared
>
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