My guess is that your post seems to be tinged a bit with anger or frustration, so the mods interpreted it to be hostile. On top of it, some folks here really dislike grammar nazis for some reason.
I didn't take your post that way, but I see how some might.
As an aside, if you're going to be grammar nazi, you should really learn how to spell grammar.;)
None of the versions of the 'Windows NT line' of operating systems were named for technical reasons -- they were named for marketing reasons.
Microsoft tries to tell us that Windows and Windows NT are the same OS because they have the same GUI -- or at least a 'similar enough' GUI. And some level of application binary compatibility. The API (or, really, ABI) compatibility also exists in the *nix world -- AIX 5L will run Linux binaries. Linux can run SCO binaries.
It's like saying that Linux and FreeBSD are the same OS because they both can run GNOME and X.org.
Obviously we know this to be false, because Linux and FreeBSD use two completely different and independently developed kernels.
So Windows NT 3.1 was released at more or less the same time Windows 3.1 was. But they were completely different operating systems. NT-based OSes use an OS kernel that looks a whole lot like VMS because its chief architect, David Culter, wrote VMS.
Windows 3.x and 9x are the same OS, just different rev levels and primary application APIs. The kernel of those OSes is VMM386.EXE/DOS386.EXE, which is more or less a 32-bit DOS extender, or, really, a 32-bit protected mode implementation of MS-DOS complete with multitasking and what have you.
But these don't run the same VMS-like kernel that exists on Windows NT. So they are NOT the same OS.
And before any pedants come in and say "Well, what about Windows 2003 and 2007?", Windows 2003 Server:: Windows XP as Windows NT 4.0 Server:: Windows NT 4.0 as Windows 2007 Server:: Windows Vista.
No, Windows 1.x, 2.x and 3.x aren't part of the NT line. TFA and everyone are conflating two completely different operating systems just because they all happen to be named Windows:
1 = Windows NT 3.1 2 = Windows NT 3.5 3 = Windows NT 4.0 4 = Windows 2000 5 = Windows XP 6 = Windows Vista 7 = Windows 7
So, you see it makes perfect sense.
Now someone tell me why I'm defending Microsoft because I have no idea.
For "covering up" the faulty GPUs? Hey, if they signed contracts with the OEMs on these chips leaving the announcements to them, then that's the brakes -- they can't talk about it. What would you expect them to do?
Yeah. Upon reading that phrase 'does not necessarily result in interference', I actually thought 'well, straight sexual intercourse doesn't necessarily result in the female getting pregnant, either, but it happens often enough to cause people use protection.'
Don't look at me! I use bash, Tcl, Python and Perl for all my dynamic language scripting needs. He wanted a native Windows thing. WSH sucks. VB isn't even a dynamic language. PowerShell is at least passable.
I fail to see Python as being the anti-Perl. Python and Perl have many similarities, even outside the aforementioned Perl 5 object system. Both are dynamic languages, dynamically-typed, and both make using regular expressions to do nifty things nice and easy.
The main difference I see is that Python appears to be more organized, methodical and consistent, while Perl seems to be a bit schizophrenic. OTOH, you can find both descriptions can be applied to various aspects of both languages.;)
I like Python, but I like Perl too. Lua is pretty cool, too. The only dynamic language I detest is Tcl.
Damn! There's just something about Perl that makes its coders have a healthy sense of humor....damn....why are you looking at me like that? You're serious?
In fact, all the major scripting languages mentioned -- Perl, Python, Ruby, JavaScript, Groovy -- are all dynamically typed. Too bad they left out Tcl. That one's dynamically typed too. Well, if by dynamically-typed you mean "everything, including code, is a string" but still...;)
And I'm not even sayin' that 'cause I love Tcl. In fact, I hate Tcl. But I fail to see why it wasn't mentioned (aside from the fact that it sucks, that is...:)
Right. Because there's no innovation out of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems, IBM, Microsoft, Zope, Red Hat, HP. etc.
If you have purchased a computer in the last 5 years, you have purchased innovations from at least two of the American companies I just listed. Even if it was an Apple.
How much worse can it be than this, where an artist was detained for her pen and ink drawings [slashdot.org]? It's like they trained up the border patrol for the inevitable rubber stamp.
You really don't want to know the answer to that question. Trust me.
What this debacle should teach us (as if we didn't already know) is that the levels of corruption, malfeasance in office, and influence peddling in Congress are much higher than was previously thought. "Elected" leaders of banana republics whore themselves out in similar fashion, and really, not for much less money.
If you didn't already know this, you haven't been paying attention. Seriously.
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My guess is that your post seems to be tinged a bit with anger or frustration, so the mods interpreted it to be hostile. On top of it, some folks here really dislike grammar nazis for some reason.
I didn't take your post that way, but I see how some might.
As an aside, if you're going to be grammar nazi, you should really learn how to spell grammar. ;)
Plus, the wire screen of many microphones can be kinda scratchy....oh wait, you were using the microsophone for talking into, right?
None of the versions of the 'Windows NT line' of operating systems were named for technical reasons -- they were named for marketing reasons.
Microsoft tries to tell us that Windows and Windows NT are the same OS because they have the same GUI -- or at least a 'similar enough' GUI. And some level of application binary compatibility. The API (or, really, ABI) compatibility also exists in the *nix world -- AIX 5L will run Linux binaries. Linux can run SCO binaries.
It's like saying that Linux and FreeBSD are the same OS because they both can run GNOME and X.org.
Obviously we know this to be false, because Linux and FreeBSD use two completely different and independently developed kernels.
So Windows NT 3.1 was released at more or less the same time Windows 3.1 was. But they were completely different operating systems. NT-based OSes use an OS kernel that looks a whole lot like VMS because its chief architect, David Culter, wrote VMS.
Windows 3.x and 9x are the same OS, just different rev levels and primary application APIs. The kernel of those OSes is VMM386.EXE/DOS386.EXE, which is more or less a 32-bit DOS extender, or, really, a 32-bit protected mode implementation of MS-DOS complete with multitasking and what have you.
But these don't run the same VMS-like kernel that exists on Windows NT. So they are NOT the same OS.
All those OSes above, 1-7 are Windows NT-derived.
Read English much?
And before any pedants come in and say "Well, what about Windows 2003 and 2007?", Windows 2003 Server :: Windows XP as Windows NT 4.0 Server :: Windows NT 4.0 as Windows 2007 Server :: Windows Vista.
*sigh*
No, Windows 1.x, 2.x and 3.x aren't part of the NT line. TFA and everyone are conflating two completely different operating systems just because they all happen to be named Windows:
1 = Windows NT 3.1
2 = Windows NT 3.5
3 = Windows NT 4.0
4 = Windows 2000
5 = Windows XP
6 = Windows Vista
7 = Windows 7
So, you see it makes perfect sense.
Now someone tell me why I'm defending Microsoft because I have no idea.
They don't have to reveal anything until they release their 10Qs.
but nevertheless dell put a bios-update online for my modell which obviously changed something concerning ventilation
Errmmmmm....uhhhh....what? How does a BIOS update affect ventilation? Or do you mean 'fan control'?
Meh. We have lots of empty space here in the U.S. too, west of the Mississippi river and east of California.
For "covering up" the faulty GPUs? Hey, if they signed contracts with the OEMs on these chips leaving the announcements to them, then that's the brakes -- they can't talk about it. What would you expect them to do?
Yeah. Upon reading that phrase 'does not necessarily result in interference', I actually thought 'well, straight sexual intercourse doesn't necessarily result in the female getting pregnant, either, but it happens often enough to cause people use protection.'
Don't look at me! I use bash, Tcl, Python and Perl for all my dynamic language scripting needs. He wanted a native Windows thing. WSH sucks. VB isn't even a dynamic language. PowerShell is at least passable.
The word is derived from 'Caesar', which means 'emperor' in the medieval European sense.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar
Yes.
I fail to see Python as being the anti-Perl. Python and Perl have many similarities, even outside the aforementioned Perl 5 object system. Both are dynamic languages, dynamically-typed, and both make using regular expressions to do nifty things nice and easy.
The main difference I see is that Python appears to be more organized, methodical and consistent, while Perl seems to be a bit schizophrenic. OTOH, you can find both descriptions can be applied to various aspects of both languages. ;)
I like Python, but I like Perl too. Lua is pretty cool, too. The only dynamic language I detest is Tcl.
Damn! There's just something about Perl that makes its coders have a healthy sense of humor....damn....why are you looking at me like that? You're serious?
In fact, all the major scripting languages mentioned -- Perl, Python, Ruby, JavaScript, Groovy -- are all dynamically typed. Too bad they left out Tcl. That one's dynamically typed too. Well, if by dynamically-typed you mean "everything, including code, is a string" but still ... ;)
And I'm not even sayin' that 'cause I love Tcl. In fact, I hate Tcl. But I fail to see why it wasn't mentioned (aside from the fact that it sucks, that is ... :)
One word. PowerShell.
That is all.
Australia?
Right. Because there's no innovation out of Intel, AMD, Sun Microsystems, IBM, Microsoft, Zope, Red Hat, HP. etc.
If you have purchased a computer in the last 5 years, you have purchased innovations from at least two of the American companies I just listed. Even if it was an Apple.
Sure.
>>> import decimal
>>> d=decimal.Decimal
>>> a="1"
>>> b=1
>>> print d(a)+d(b)
2
We've all been criminals for a long, long time. It's just that nobody has bothered to prosecute us yet.
Oh, yeah, way to go! You just go right ahead and give them a reason to put the hammer down!
How much worse can it be than this, where an artist was detained for her pen and ink drawings [slashdot.org]? It's like they trained up the border patrol for the inevitable rubber stamp.
You really don't want to know the answer to that question. Trust me.
What this debacle should teach us (as if we didn't already know) is that the levels of corruption, malfeasance in office, and influence peddling in Congress are much higher than was previously thought. "Elected" leaders of banana republics whore themselves out in similar fashion, and really, not for much less money.
If you didn't already know this, you haven't been paying attention. Seriously.
America: No really! We didn't vote them! It was all Diebold! Honest injun!
the world: Damn. You guys need to lay off the drugs. Seriously.