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 A few weeks ago, a so called computer failure at Stanford Business school should give warning of the future. Unlike UNIX, Microsoft Windows NT has problems when upgrading hardware. If you add hard drives or make changes to the configuration, you are very likely to have to re-install the operating system. The problem is poor design. Microsoft likes to call it security. The news did not name the operating system at fault for the crash, however they did say that users using UNIX or Apple boxes did not have the problem. Who is left? It is likely to be Microsoft. My experiences with Windows NT, shows a match to the problem that happened at Stanford. If your hardware changes, NT may not be able to read your drives without re-formatting them, loosing all the data. Restoring a failed NT system is no picnic! However, restoring a failed UNIX system leaves lots of tools for fixing the problem. I say this all because Microsoft marketing fails to tell the truth about where it fits in the technology spectrum. Near the bottom! So if Microsoft manages to displace other operating systems in places of education, we will see more computer failures in the future. We will also see more dependency on Microsoft and less future productivity due to limits placed on our computer environment.
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