From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,583275b6950bf4e6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-05-18 04:06:40 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news.teledanmark.no!news.equant.no!newsfeed1.e.nsc.no!nsc.no!nextra.com!news2.e.nsc.no.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Tarjei T. Jensen" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3lIxa.13309$8g5.207727@news2.e.nsc.no> Subject: Re: Quality systems (Was: Using Ada for device drivers? (Was: the Ada mandate, and why it collapsed and died)) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: <3PJxa.13336$8g5.208066@news2.e.nsc.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: 130.67.225.105 X-Complaints-To: news-abuse@telenor.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 13:06:39 MEST X-Trace: news2.ulv.nextra.no 1053255999 130.67.225.105 Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 13:06:03 +0200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:37484 Date: 2003-05-18T13:06:03+02:00 List-Id: "Dale Stanbrough" wrote: > I presume you mean "Windows as an operating system" rather > than "Windows as a platform with lots of applications". That is correct. Something to ponder: Until we deployed NT4, the users were constantly complaining about the operating system and wanting something better. After NT4, there have been no complaints. > I don't know that much about Windows; what does it do more than Unix? Its simply too much to list everything. Some things: DDE, DCOM, printing, HTML applications (HTA), jet, various APIs (mapi, odbc, etc). Once you start digging, you find a lot of interesting things. The object stuff is wonderful compared to what we have in Unix. .Net is an extension of DCOM. People ar excited about .Net because it is an excellent idea. BTW. Until Gnome came along, I've spent 10 years trying to get Unix people to understand that support for printing does not equal lpd support. With Gnome comes the first real understanding of user needs into the Unix universe. The main problem with microsoft is they start with something and then just stop without finishing properly or the project continues in a completely haphazard manner oblivious to user needs. BTW: You should read Alan Cooper's "The Inmates Are Running The Asylum". He will change how you look at software development. He will help you focus. On the other hand; he is quite annoying and not always right. greetings,