[Ham-Computers] RE: windows stuff

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OK.  That makes sense.  Although with NT4.0 you had NT and NT Server.  And 
everyone knew which was which.  Madison Avenue BS I guess.

Now that you mention her, I remember RADM Hopper and her connection to COBOL 
and bugs.  And some other things earlier, some of which you still can't get 
through FOIA.

In a message dated 8/30/2005 9:00:10 PM Central Daylight Time, 
aaron.hsu at nbcuni.com writes: 
> No, as far as I know, there was never a "home" version of Win2K.  The only
> thing remotely close (actually, not even close) would be Windows Millenium
> Edition (ME).  But I, like Microsoft, would like to deny all knowledge of
> that product <g>.
> 
> The "Professional" moniker was probably used because Win2K (all flavors) was
> targeted to the business market.  It was also used to differentiate it from
> the "Server" versions of Win2K.  In all, I believe there was Pro, Server,
> Advanced Server, and Enterprise Server (which was only available direct from
> approved hardware vendors on enterprise-class, multi-CPU (4-way and 8-way)
> servers).
> 
> COBOL - the COmmon Business Oriented Language - basically brought to life by
> Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper, USN.  One of the first women appointed the
> rank of Admiral in the U.S. Navy - a bit of trivia, she also coined the term
> "bug" when she found a moth trapped in a relay that prevented a computer
> from working properly (back in the days when computers were primarily vaccum
> tubes and relays).  Since then, things that prevent a computer from working
> properly are called "bugs".

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