sigh...sorry, it's just that everyone is getting so anxious over this XP thing that it seems like there's some sort of disinformation campaign going on out there about it.
There is. A specific and deliberate one coming form some of the open software "advocates" who see this as a perfect opportunity to sow some paranoia. Go take a look at Slashdot some time to see the hatred. It's too bad, some really smart peopel are making decisions with anatomy items other than their brains :)
When you add in that it is in vogue in the tech press to be anti-MS then you have some really bad info being handed out as fact.
The simple reality is that Windows2000 was a great OS and Windows XP is a improvement over 2K. Soem really nice features are involved...
- Secure, built in remote control software for tech support purposes. This is really good for me, I have relatives and friends who use me for tech support (not to mention clients) and this has already saved me a lot fo driving.
- Fantastic stability. We have been running some testing servers and one production server on XP and it is amazingly stable - easily as stable as out Linux systems.
- Built in firewall. This will go a long way to helping stop a lot of the rampant access problems on the internet today.
- Much faster boot up. Typically about 1/3 to 1/2 the time of Win98 or Win2K.
- User switching for the home. Your rendering in Bryce, your son wants to check his email or play a game for a few minutes while you handle something else. No problem, he can log in and your render is still running in a completely separate process space - he can't accidentally ruing it and if his Quake session crashes your render keeps on going.
- Unified code base. Finally, the consumer level and enterprise level systems are running a single operating system. This vastly simplifies the issues of security fixes and bug stomping while bringing radically improved stability and security to home users.
Generally this release rocks. Linux was a huge incentive for MS to get it right and they did. This pisses off a lot of folks.
