Ok, I have to jump in here and contradict you Evan. NT 4.0 was a VERY problematic OS for a server and NT3.51 was even worse. In fact, I went through the entire MCSE for NT 4.0 and W2k training twice (paid for by my employer :o) and the general rule of thumb and practice out there was to reboot the server to fix errors on a regular basis-this was even admitted by the separate CERTIFIED training facilities. Yet I had Novell servers running for 6 years without EVER having to reboot once. Hard to imagine, but true. Part of the reason why there are still thousands of companies out there still running Novell 2.15 and 3.11 (instead of the latest versions) which is the equivalent to running MSDOS 5.0 instead of Windows 2000 yet alone XP. The old versions still in use cannot be compared to the latest versions they are so different. Granted, NT is easier to setup, but it must configured correctly just as Novell must be or else you run into problems that require rebooting to clear. Yet, even with correct configuration, NT servers typically require rebooting fairly regularly when they experience moderate usage or even usage and/or configurations that is supposed to be what the OS is designed to handle. I have seen this in over 350 locations where the systems were installed and configured with different engineers.

I DO agree though (wholeheartedly as a matter of fact), that Windows 2000 (NT5/even with its bugs and patches) is MUCH MORE reliable and I've been happy with it so far.

Tracy

>>However, the one thing that bothers me that I can’t get used to is the increase in bugginess of programs, from operating systems to applications.
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>I disagree with the premise that software is more buggy. In fact, I think one can cite examples that show that software is less buggy. Using Windows as an example. NT, 2000 and XP require rebooting perhaps every few months if installed correctly. With Win95 reboots were perhaps daily or certainly weekly events. This stability comes even with (I'll guess) an order of magnitude more code. MS Office XP. I never have problems, but back in the Win3.1 days a portion of my week was spent dealing with problems with Office.