From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: weis Received: (from weis@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id OAA30602 for caml-redistribution@pauillac.inria.fr; Fri, 25 Feb 2000 14:15:01 +0100 (MET) Resent-Message-Id: <200002251315.OAA30602@pauillac.inria.fr> Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id BAA21917 for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2000 01:29:49 +0100 (MET) Received: from ot-link.ot.com.au ([203.5.3.1]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id BAA07493 for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2000 01:29:44 +0100 (MET) Received: (qmail 22747 invoked from network); 25 Feb 2000 00:29:33 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO druid.in.ot.com.au) (203.5.4.202) by 203.5.4.251 with SMTP; 25 Feb 2000 00:29:33 -0000 Received: (qmail 21026 invoked from network); 25 Feb 2000 00:29:27 -0000 Received: from merlin.in.ot.com.au (HELO in.ot.com.au) (203.5.4.26) by druid.in.ot.com.au with SMTP; 25 Feb 2000 00:29:27 -0000 Sender: maxs@inria.fr Message-ID: <38B5CE41.6568F7C8@in.ot.com.au> Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 11:35:13 +1100 From: Max Skaller Organization: Open Telecommunications Ltd X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.12-20 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gerd.Stolpmann@darmstadt.netsurf.de CC: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: Portability of applications written in OCAML: C stuff References: <200002231831.TAA11195@miss.wu-wien.ac.at> <38B49DBD.8DCBB87A@in.ot.com.au> <00022422015100.15222@ice> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Resent-From: weis@pauillac.inria.fr Resent-Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 14:15:01 +0100 Resent-To: caml-redistribution@pauillac.inria.fr Gerd Stolpmann wrote: > We all know that Windows is not a serious operating system because it lacks > support for many tasks we all EXPECT from an operating system. ? I do not understand. I run NT at home, and it supports a LOT of functionality I expect from an operating system that my Linux box does not. It runs games and office products like Word and IE. It has a clean, snappy, GUI. It has a reasonable scheduler, and a superior method of program construction (DLLs). -- John (Max) Skaller at OTT [Open Telecommications Ltd] mailto:maxs@in.ot.com.au -- at work mailto:skaller@maxtal.com.au -- at home