Drew Wutka
DWUTKA at Marlow.com
Sun Mar 22 23:33:54 CDT 2009
Technically, Windows isn't an OS. 9x versions were DOS, and 4.0, 2k, XP, and Vista are NT versions. However, the 'application' side of Windows has been there since 3.1. One of the 'additions' to XP was the ability to deal with zip files automatically. Vista just got better at it, and included more bells and whistles. Drew -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 6:10 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] FMS Article on the new features in Access 2007 Drew, I agree with everything you say except this. An Operating System is the software layer between the hardware and applications. I want an Operating System, pure and simple, not a combination of operating system and application suite. I want to decide what applications I need, not have them bundled. If I want contact management, calendaring, mail, web browsing, media player etc, etc, I will install the programs that I want to use for these applications - they are NOT operating system functions and I object to paying for Mircosoft's versions of these applications when I buy their operating system. How much cheaper would a WIndows Licence be if it wasn't bundled with all these other applications? -- Stuart On 20 Mar 2009 at 14:48, Drew Wutka wrote: > didn't do a lot on top of being a Windows OS. Vista, gets much closer > to what an OS should do. It should push your machine to the max with > every feature that can be crammed in. -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com The information contained in this transmission is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain II-VI Proprietary and/or II-VI Business Sensitive material. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender immediately and destroy the material in its entirety, whether electronic or hard copy. You are notified that any review, retransmission, copying, disclosure, dissemination, or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited.