>OK, I'm getting really frustrated about the lack of details about NT's
>deficiencies. I couldn't care less about OS bigotry- I'll use whatever systems
>meet my needs (which often include security). I have seen, over and over
>again, posts that basically say "I've personally verified that NT sucks for
>{security, networking, multitasking, Internet services}. Don't believe the MS
>marketing hype".
>
>For example:
>
>Scott Barman <scott @
Disclosure .
COM> writes:
>> Hopefully, when folks put NT on the internet, they will find the same
>> thing I found through experimentation: it has multitasking that can't
>> get out of its own way, it can't handle the load of a medium-low
>> environment, and if something goes wrong, there isn't a quick interface
>> to fix things (by passing that maze of twisty little menus all
>> different!).
I think you are asking too much (and too little) of Usenet (or mailing lists).
The people who post here are not paid to do so, so it's unlikely they are
going to take the time to perform a rigorous study and prepare a report.
Nonetheless, this post you use as an example does have valuable information
in it. You know that Scott feels that the performance is only appropriate for
a low volume environment, and that the menu structure was non-intuitive and
too lengthy for his tastes, and that this is not hearsay, that he's actually
had some personal experience.
Interestingly, this is the same message I've found in published reviews of
NT Web servers, where the writer *was* paid, and did take the time to
compare a bunch of
different systems on different OS.
Take all you read on the net with a very large grain of salt. Try to read
between the lines. The fact that Scott hasn't said that the thing doesn't
work is important information. Maybe NT would be just the thing for that
low volume application you have where the sysadmin is not comfortable with
command line processing.
OS bigotry is not something you are likely to vanquish with Usenet postings.
Better to see it for what it is, an amusing fact of life among supposedly
keen analytical computer minds. Just keep it in mind when you evaluate what
you read. And whatever you read, verify independently (and post the results).
--Mike
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