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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. Hmm by CoolVibe · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Both articles feel like "feel-good" articles. There is little mention about IBM and OS/2, and the relationship between the two in the beginning of NT.

    It's just a big advertising piece about how NT is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Sure, it has some entertaining facts, but I'm still not buying it.

  2. Re:There we have it by chrisseaton · · Score: 5, Insightful

    _All_ developers are cocky - very cocky. It's not just a Windows thing.

  3. Re:Incremental build? by SnowDog_2112 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In all the software groups I've been involved in, it's considered good practice to do a full clean build nightly. Doing incremental builds is fine for developers, but when you want to make a drop that goes into an automated testing suite, etc., you do a full clean build each time, "just to be safe."

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