>>>>>I know that stability was the #1 priority for Win2K. I heard one of the Windows program managers state that under NT, the development team would turn off the computers at night .. it was never left running for long periods of time. That all changed in Win2K. In some cases compatability was sacrificed for stability.
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>>>>W2K is far and away the most stable OS Microsoft has released todate. I've been using it since Feb or Mar (?) and average no more than a crash a week. In an attemp to improve on that I installed SP2, but it seemed to make matters worse. Had Win95 the stability of W2K I probably wouldn't have moved to Linux. IMO, though, Win3.11 for Workgroups was as stable, if not more so, than W2K.
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>>>Jerry;
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>>>My experience with Windows 3.11 and VFP 3.0 was a crash averaging every six minutes. That prompted me to have the client move to win 95 (July 1995) and allowed me to complete the project without going insane. Each newer OS has had real improvements measureable in a number of ways. Combine that with the improvements in the tools we use and live is good.
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>>>Tom
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>>I never used VFP 3.0. The dev tool I used the most with Win3.11 was Advanced Revelation.
>>JLK
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>Jerry;
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>Once again our paths have crossed! I used Revelation and then Advanced Revelation (around 1989?). That was going to replace all database tools according to the guy who bought the company (I had a conversation with him at one time at meeting here in Silicon Valley). It had some good ideas but did not have acceptance from IT or clients - sounds familiar!
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>Tom

That was Jim Aqua*** ... I won't relate to you on a public forum what I think of him or his ethics. He controlled the migration of AREV to the WinXX GUI platform ("Open Insight", also refered to as "Open Eyesore") and drove it into the ground trying to meet HIS bonus deadlineI was on the beta test team and screamed over and over to get some major show stopping bugs fixed before released. But noooooo... The product that was delivered was AREV for DOS wrapped in C functions and was as slow as molasses. I bought 5 of the first boxes of "Open Insight") and in testing the first box realized they were putting over a fast one, trying to forward finance their development. So I put my experiences on the AREV bulletin board and put my 5 copies up for sale to the highest bidder. JA came back with a "SOLD" reply, claiming he'd take them back for what I paid for plus shipping. It took one more public imbarrasment before he actually honored his reply, but I got all my money back (~$3,000). I realized the company was in for hard times and switched to PowerBuilder. :).