Re:Desktop Operating System Market Share
by mariobertschler on Sunday January 08, 2017 @02:01PM
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I see this rather in favor for Mac OS X as their upgrade system definitely works, 10.8 is not old at all (2012), Windows NT is from the 90s mostly pre-internet. It's putting things into perspective.
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It also shows what a solid OS Windows NT has been :)
Also there are many valid reasons to not upgrade from NT...
Re:Desktop Operating System Market Share
by jmiserez on Sunday January 08, 2017 @02:37PM
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> Also there are many valid reasons to not upgrade from NT...
Not if you expose your machine to the internet!
I wonder about NT with nothing but up to date ssh exposed vs win 10 with nothing exposed except the pile of obscure phone home protocols you can't turn off.
I suspect NT wins unless there are unpatched TCP/IP exploits.
I wonder what percentage of in-use ATMs make a similar bet.
~0, because ATMs are not connected to the internet.
Not sure if you are serious. But a OS without security updates for years is almost always much worse.
Re:Desktop Operating System Market Share
by venomsnake on Sunday January 08, 2017 @02:49PM
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Windows NT 4.0 - deploy and forget. Maintian only when some hardware breaks.
There are some nt machines chugging along doing specific tasks that will outlive us all.
Make sure to reboot every 2 billion seconds, otherwise weird stuff stops working... Maybe it's only UI, though.
Re:Desktop Operating System Market Share
by sh_tinh_hair on Sunday January 08, 2017 @05:36PM
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Led a netware 5 migration from NT4 and NT 3.5 in 1999-2000. Some people then would have disagreed with you. :)