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On Mon, 15 Dec 1997 07:24:57 -0500, richard wrote: >On Sun, 14 Dec 97 20:46:30 , "Paul Khoury" <pkhoury@loop.com> wrote: > >>If you're really worried about fragmentation and cluster size, you might consider >>OS/2, or Linux, with the HPFS and EXT2 file systems, respectively. > >As far as I know, neither OS/2 nor Linux runs Microsoft Word 97 or a few other >programs I need for work > >>And I think NT has controllable cluster size, too. > >I think you're right. NT seemed a more complex and unwieldy program which needs >a lot of resources to operate. If memory serves, the supposed advantages are >increased stability (this does not seem to be the case), security (which seems a >proxy for "users have a hard time running unauthorized programs") and file >system. Disadvantages include driver and power management support which is not >as good as win95. > >Is this right? > > That sounds about right. If you need driver and power management, and controllable cluster size, consider Linux or OS/2. Both have those abilities, plus they are networkable, have been around for a LONG time (at least regular UNIX has!), and there is good APM support for both OS/2 since 2.1, and also Linux. There are also other good things about it, but I will explain later. Paul