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wmarone is offline wmarone
2011-09-17 , 03:10
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Originally Posted by tuxsavvy View Post
I couldn't see how trashing win9x was the smartest thing, it was that very decision when migrating onto NT kernel that I was really unhappy with the lack of CLI tools.
Microsoft neglected CLI tools for ages, but on the NT kernel they at least had a minimal POSIX environment. Considering Windows, the move to the NT kernel was probably one of the better jumps they ever made (the 9X kernel was a disaster of a hack.)

It was also where if the GUI just died the whole OS would roll over on its side and make you weep. Sure there's recovery console which is provided as an installable option through command line but it just shows how microsoft sees CLI.
9X lacked memory protection, so a single app could take down the system. NT at least had to die seriously hard to go down completely.
 

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