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Re: what to call windows locker after "nt" is no longer used
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Theodore Y. Ts'o)
Wed Nov 4 15:52:46 1998
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 15:52:38 -0500
From: "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@MIT.EDU>
To: Rob Smyser <smyser@MIT.EDU>
Cc: winnt@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Rob Smyser's message of Wed, 04 Nov 1998 09:58:23 EST,
<199811041458.JAA16920@marley.MIT.EDU>
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1998 09:58:23 EST
From: Rob Smyser <smyser@MIT.EDU>
it seems that the NT moniker is falling out of use in future versions
of Windows -- does it seem right to make a "windows" locker as the
starting point for information about the IS approach to 2000, NT 4, 95, 3.1,
etc.?
We could leave the existing win{nt,95} filetrees in place and create
pointers to them from the index page of this new locker.
Thoughts?
Given that NT and windows 95/98 *are* fundamentally different, I would
keep the NT moniker, since it serves a useful purpose by making this
distinction explicit. People will be referring to "NT" for a long time,
despite the vaunted Microsoft marketing engine.
- Ted
