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Inside The Development of Windows NT

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the making-the-monster dept.

mrpuffypants writes "Winsupersite has a 3 part series this month about the history and development of Windows NT all the way up through Windows Server 2003. The author goes fairly in-depth describing how Windows is developed, managed, and how all 50 million+ lines are compiled daily. Part One covers the history of NT from its early days at Microsoft and Part Two discusses how the deployment of the forthcoming server version of Windows is coordinated daily." *shiver*

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  1. Re:Hmm by t0ny · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Oh no, the whole world will fall apart now that they have failed to convice you.

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  2. Can't compare to OSS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I can't believe anyone, even on /., would dare call MS coders clueless or cocky. Have you seen the way OSS programmers strut around like a bunch of teenage boys on testosterone overload, dissing users, starting public flamewars, and not making any progress whatsoever in loosening MS's grip on the mainstream desktop market???

  3. Re:Michael Landon Is My Cousin by Sycraft-fu · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I think people are upset because the articles don't make Windows out to be evil, like many (most?) /. linked articles do. I'm not sure why, but some people that use a non-MS OS feel the need to justify it to themselves by trying to convince themself and others that Microsoft OSes are total shit written by morons. They aren't comfortable with their choice of OS as a personal choice and seem to need to justify it as the only intelligent choice to make.

    So you get an article that says that hey, big shock, Windows is written by normal prorgammers, some quite smart and really is a deceant OS, well they get bitter.

    I just wish people would pick an OS that works well for them and then be comfortable with that choice. Linux zealots tearing at Windows all the time is just as stupid and as much FUD as Windows zealots that tear at Linux all the time.

  4. Just plain nauseating... by mcrbids · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    This is a sickening PR fluff piece. It's like reading $cientology "literature"... filled with "Thanks to the modularity of the NT kernel"...

    I'll probably lose some karma for this, but it's all praise and no objectivity!

    Move along, nothing to read here.

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