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The Windows NT Platform

The Windows NT Platform. Physical Security that Rivals a Blank Password. The Rap Sheet.

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The Windows NT Platform

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  1. The Windows NT Platform Physical Security that Rivals a Blank Password

  2. The Rap Sheet • Late 1980s: Microsoft and IBM joined together to create the successor operating system to DOS for the x86 Platform. It would become a “thoroughly modern, fully 32-bit, robust, multipurpose operating system.” • 1990: Microsoft released Windows 3.0. IBM viewed Windows as a stepping stone to the superior OS they had both been developing (OS/2). Microsoft wanted to expand Windows to compete with OS/2. Microsoft eventually split with IBM and took their portion of development with them. • August, 1993: Microsoft released Windows NT 3.1, having the same GUI as the normal Windows Operating System,but was a pure 32 bit OS while still providing the ability to run older DOS and 16 bit Windows apps, as well as character mode OS/2 1.3 programs and POSIX applications.

  3. Why is NT used? • Many Enterprise Applications are built into the Operating System making setup and administration relatively easy when compared to *nix alternatives. (IIS, DHCP, DNS, WINS, RADIUS) • Low cost licensing gets students and employees “hooked” on the Windows GUI much like drug dealers get junkies hooked. (UW-L is a prime example) • Windows Server OS is closer to “plug and play” with Windows Client OS (that the users happen to be hooked on) than *NIX. • Windows GUI is familiar to many people, including the Administrators themselves. This makes Administration much easier than with most *NIX alternatives. • Steve Ballmer looks like your cool uncle that used to buy you beer when you were in High School.

  4. What is being used? • As of 2000 • NT holds 36% • Linux holds 24% but is “growing like gang busters” • Novell NetWare is hanging on to a 19% share • Other Operating Systems (Proprietary Systems) hold the remaining 21% • “And one rogue Linux server located in a Fortune 500 company's office in the Kansas hinterlands still can be counted…”

  5. Why is NT not used? • Many *NIX Distributions are FREE, and also come with built in Enterprise Applications. • *NIX variants are far and widely known to be more secure and have far few security flaws than NT. (CodeRed, NIMDA, Sapphire Slammer) • NT is currently strictly x86 only software, while there are *NIX variants for almost every platform. • *NIX can be configured to be Windows and Mac friendly with the use of special applications (Samba). • Because NT is widely used NT is widely cracked and hacked. • You have a deep, philosophical understanding that Microsoft is a devil incarnate and should be stopped at all costs.

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