Re: Xandros reviews -- emulating Windows, bug for bug, even

[Steven Pritchard <steve@silug.org>]

On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 07:47:31PM -0600, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> No, WINE (and Samba) don't do the latest Windows goodies.  But they do
> the _older_ stuff _better_ sometimes.  Sure, it's gotta be 3+ years
> old.  But reverse engineering takes time.

Actually, I think Samba 3 pretty much catches up with Windows nicely.
There *might* be some Win2k+3 stuff it doesn't do, but I wouldn't know
since I've never actually seen that particular waste of money.  It
does handle XP fine though, and it supports things that none of my
clients use (such as Active Directory).

> Remember, Windows is _not_ unstable (at least not NT-based Windows)
> because of the _OS_ -- but because of the _applications_.

Yeah, Windows tends to be pretty solid if nothing actually runs.

Seriously, the problems with Windows are pretty deep.  Apparently the
upcoming service pack for XP is going to fix (or, more likely, paper
over) some of the more glaring examples.

Steve, feeling too lazy to finish this particular rant.  ;)
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