[WriteLog] Open Letter to Wayne - Networking

[Jeff Maass]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Bob McCormick W1QA
> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 9:52 AM
> To: WriteLog at contesting.com
> Subject: RE: [WriteLog] Open Letter to Wayne - Networking
> 
> 
> > Based on Microsoft's life cycles, you might 
> > want to consider making the break at Windoz 2000.
> 
> I wonder how many individuals' (e.g., non-business) systems
> are running Windows 2000 Professional?  My observation had
> been that W2K Pro was pretty much deployed in a business
> environ but not that many end-users adopted it.
> 
> FWIW ...
> 
> 25 Oct 2001 = release date of Windows XP to the public
> 
> That's almost 3 years ago!
> 
> Very soon (next month or two) we will have:
> 
> Windows XP SP2 (aka Service Pack 2)
> 
> IMO, this should really be called Windows 2004 ...
> (or whatever the marketing people would like to call it)
> 
> There are a lot of changes coming - good changes.
> But enough changes that I would look at this as 
> a pretty good revision of the operating system.
> Improvements in security - greatly affecting 
> how network software works.
> 
> (One could view this similarly to what Microsoft
> did with Windows 95 A & B, or Windows 98 / 98 SE.)
> 
> If I were developing something for today ...
> I won't even consider Windows 2000 at this point.
> (If it were to work on that platform, cool ...
> but I wouldn't go out of my way to make it a
> design requirement or do testing on it.)
> 
> my 0.02 worth ...
> 

Bob:


WRT the upcoming XP SP2: newer is not necessarily better.

>From Computerworld: 
http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/windows/story/0,10801,94184,00.html

    "SP2 is due out in the third quarter, so it 
     could be available as soon as next month. The
     service pack, which will be downloaded 
     automatically into many PCs through Microsoft's
     Windows Update service, could break current 
     applications, disrupt networking setups and 
     prompt nontechnical users to make PC 
     configuration decisions that may be beyond 
     their grasp." 

73,

  Jeff Maass  K8ND