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In my opinion you guys are forgetting one thing…NT is not the total 32 bit solution. Don't forget Chicago – MS Windows 4.0. This OS will be based upon the 32 bit NT engine. It will also be much more forgiving on hardware requiements, and as far as the HAL [hardware abstraction layer] I'm not sure if it will be standard equipment on Windows 4.0. This would make it a must for any other processor besides the Intel platform. Untrue. Chicago has been developed by a COMPLETELY separate group than NT. Its design goals were to finally eliminate MS-DOS and provide a better OS for the zillion 386 and 486 machines today without requiring them to have tons of RAM like NT. NT's design goals were hardware abstraction and portability (as you know), POSIX compliance, security, and network server capability (option). ———————————- Yes the Chicago project is the next step in eliminating MS-Dos and yes it will yeild a great addition to any 386 or 486 PC, But how does it do that, a 32Bit engine. Mabe you missunderstood my latter message. When I said that NT was not the total 32bit solution I was refering to the sole use of NT as a Rendering engine. To the end user, price is more important than a client server solution. Therefore Chicago would be a more likely OS for the Desktop animator. True NT is PORTABLE, I don't think MS is worried about the prortability of Chicago. The NT server "capability" is standard equipment not an "option". Maybe you mean user implementation through Third Party Software designed to operate as a server app under NT. As fare as POSIX 1.1 is concerend, your right , Microsoft is wanting NT to be a sort of a UNIX "killer", but I think they are doing a little to much as fare as attacking so many software platforms within the NT higherarchy. I think they have a good thing going. In my opinion he POSIX 1.1 and OS/2 1.0 Compatability should be dropped.