[AccessD] WinXP Personal

To all,

My original point is that WinXP sucks.  I don't own it.  I have just seen
threads about all the things that it won't do and I was contributing another
thing it doesn't do.

John W. Colby
www.colbyconsulting.com

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Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 5:02 PM
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Subject: RE: [AccessD] WinXP Personal


John

Microsoft have something called CASANDRA (spelling) which is a cut down
server just for .net development. I think it can be downloaded as part of
web matrix.

Martin



On Jul 8 2003, Drew Wutka wrote:

> Yes, Windows XP Home should NEVER be bought for any reason...ever! <grin>
>
> I'm serious.  Unless it's going to cost $20, it's a waste.  You can't
> connect to a domain with it, and it has a lot of the Win2k advantages
> stripped from it!
>
> Drew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Colby [mailto:jcolby at colbyconsulting.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 10:54 AM
> To: AccessD
> Subject: [AccessD] WinXP Personal
>
>
> Another reason not to use it - according to the ASP.Net book I am
> reading, it cannot run IIS which means you can't experiment with a
> personal web page running right on your own workstation.
>
> John W. Colby
> www.colbyconsulting.com
>
>
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Martin WP Reid
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Queens University Belfast

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