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- From: hboulley@cedar.cic.net (Al Boulley)
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- Subject: Re: Why are 32 bit better than 16 bit pgms?
- Date: 2 Feb 1996 22:33:05 GMT
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- Gary Sims (SimsGW@msn.com) wrote:
- : Given the relative success of Intel processors and Motorola
- : processors, we now have a baseline measurement for the relative
- : importance of backward compatibility and "upward" compatibility.
- : Personally, I vote for keeping my software over a marginal increase
- : in bandwidth everytime.
-
- : Gary W. Sims
- : Stonehaven Laboratory
-
- So it's obvious which is better by the relative success of each? Sure, and
- Windows 3.1/Windows 95 is better than MacOS for the same reason. Easy to
- follow someone who has hordes of followers... after all, the majority must
- be right! And then Microsoft thinks they are doing something right because
- so many people want their software. Truly an example of the blind leading
- the blind.
-
- Your attidude doesn't surprise me a bit when I notice you posted from "The
- Microsoft Network". I suppose you think the Pentium is a RISC chip, too.
- You can continue to have your "software", albeit of lower quality, and your
- "marginal increases" -- I'll stay with products that were designed the right
- way from the beginning.
-