sure, the "chicago" ui was indeed a huge step forward... but until nt4, it was still only skin deep. even after nt4, abominations such as mfc and heritage from

sure, the "chicago" ui was indeed a huge step forward... but until nt4, it was still only skin deep. even after nt4, abominations such as mfc and heritage from ms lan manager lived on. the network protocols were so poorly designed that entire companies (riverbed, et al) sprung up to rewrite them as less latency sensitive alternatives that would actually function over wans.