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Subject: Re: OS Bigotry
From: peter @ nmti . com (Peter da Silva)
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 10:06:16 -0600 (CST)
To: dcristini @ true . NET (Daniel Cristini)
Cc: Firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <199602170715 . LAA07230 @ True . Net> from "Daniel Cristini" at Feb 17, 96 11:15:30 am

> B) NT's documentation is absolutely useless, there is very little about
> troubleshooting an instalation or specifics on how the OS handles anything,
> so (unless you pay a ton of money for MS Press' books I guess) it is hard
> to solve problems (when they arise) on a box with NT, in essence it is a
> real black box.

Even with the books it's no picnic.

>         C) Wanna hear a good one? [couldn't read the README for a CDROM
> until he'd installed the system]

Microsoft "Write" files are pretty standard, but certainly something like
a CDROM driver doc should be in a plain text format... otherwise you will
find yourself stuck if you have a problem with the driver and you're trying
to install off the CDROM.

>         E) This one is the best: [installed wrong HAL.DLL]

Command line wouldn't have helped you. HAL.DLL is like the kernel.


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