On Sat, 1 Feb 1997, Corey Hoitsma wrote: > > True, no person is better than the other, but OS's ARE better than > each other! Unix has a major advantage over Win95, mostly because > it was made so long ago, that the makers had a chance to really make > it workable. Win95 can be really handy when it comes to programming, > but then again, Unix offers all the socket and Internet ability. Unix isn't neccessary better than Win95. Its arcane, its GUI sucks; when its even available, securing it can be a bitch, and as far as socket libraries go, all major compilers available for the Win95 platform come with full featured socket libraries now (Borlands in particular is almost exactly the same as the one in my version of xlC for Unix) The argument of which OS is better doesn't get you anywhere though, since they both have obvious advantages and disadvantages over one another. Its almost as effective as debating which language is better: Ada or C++? Try asking that to 50 computer engineers and you'll get 50 different responses... all kinds of advantages and disadvanges. :) Just my .02 cents Rich +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | +-----------------------------------------------------------+
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