[AccessD] OT: WinXP Personal

Um... I think that you just rephrased what I had already said...

"With the solitary exception of XP, none of these home O/Ss was ever
characterized as a "home version/edition" of any of the business O/Ss."

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Wortz, Charles [SMTP:CWortz at tea.state.tx.us]
> Sent:	Thursday, July 10, 2003 8:22 AM
> To:	Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject:	RE: [AccessD] OT: WinXP Personal
> 
> Lambert,
> 
> Up until WinXP there was no such dichotomy as home OS v. business OS.
> Before WinNT 3.5 all M$ users, home and business, ran on Win 3.1, Win
> 3.11 Workgroup, or DOS.  WinNT 3.5 was the first 32-bit OS while the
> Win9x versions continued with the 16-bit kernel from Win 3.1.
> 
> The 32-bit OSs were aimed at those of us that needed more stable OSs
> than what the 16-bit OSs could offer.  Although this market is primarily
> businesses, there are a lot of developers such as myself that adopted
> the 32-bit OSs early on.  I got WinNT 4.0 for my home PC shortly after
> it came out and have just upgraded to WinXP Pro on my home PC.
> 
> Charles Wortz
> Software Development Division
> Texas Education Agency
> 1701 N. Congress Ave
> Austin, TX 78701-1494
> 512-463-9493
> CWortz at tea.state.tx.us
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Heenan, Lambert [mailto:Lambert.Heenan at AIG.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday 2003 Jul 09 15:00
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: WinXP Personal
> 
> Ho hum...
> 
> With a data sample of four (major versions of a 32 bit MS operating
> system, home and office use) the use of the word "usually" is doubtful
> at best (statistically speaking, and we should all know what Benjamin
> Disraeli had to say about statistics *).
> 
> The approximate release dates were:
> 
> Business O/S (workstation versions - not server versions - that's a
> whole other story)
> 
> NT 3.5, 1992	
> NT 4.0, 1996
> Win 2000,1999
> Win XP, 2002
> 
> Home O/S
> 
> Win 95, 1995
> Win 98, 1998
> Win 98 SE, 1999?
> Win ME, 2000
> Win XP home, 2002
> 
> With the solitary exception of XP, none of these home O/Ss was ever
> characterized as a "home version/edition" of any of the business O/Ss.
> Nor have any home O/Ss been release with any regard to what was going on
> in the Business O/S side of the house, until XP, nor was there release
> timetable tied to that of the business O/Ss. They are two different
> animals. Home O/Ss are "designed" to just about run and not lock the
> poor users out because they forget their password. They all are
> deficient one way or another when compared to their distant relatives in
> the business O/S range.
> 
> Lambert :-)
> 
> * Benjamin Disraeli said "There are lies, damned lies and statistics."
> (often attributed to Mark Twain - though HE sites Disraeli in his
> autobiography.)
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Drew Wutka [SMTP:DWUTKA at marlow.com]
> > Sent:	Wednesday, July 09, 2003 2:24 PM
> > To:	'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> > Subject:	RE: [AccessD] OT: WinXP Personal
> > 
> > The Home and Professional editions usually aren't released on the same
> 
> > day. What I mean by Home 'release' is that it's an OS release 'update'
> 
> > to the home version, which usually is close to the next release of the
> 
> > current 'professional' package.  NT came before 98, and ME came before
> 
> > W2k...I don't
> > know if XP was released with Home and Pro at the exact same time or
> not.
> > 
> > Drew
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