What is an Operating System (was Electronics Barn closing)

[Joseph S. Barrera III]

Vintage Computer Festival wrote:

>  Um, XP is based on 2000.

Yes.

 > It's the only really "stable" (I put that
>  in quotes because my system has been teetering on the brink of
>  oblivion for the past week...I just have too many open windows going
>  to conveniently reboot) release of Windows so far.

Only stable *consumer* version of Windows.

Windows NT, 2000, 2003 are all nicely stable.

I recommend 2000 as the best w/o activation issues.

>  ME is definitely a pile of shit.

That seems to be the consensus.

- Joe

(former Microsoft employee, in the OS research group :-)