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- From: 74047.1206@compuserve.com (Larry DeHaan)
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- Subject: Re: Will anyone buy NT?? (Re: I will NEVER buy Windows 95 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-( Who really gives a shit what you buy
- Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 19:35:39 GMT
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- In Post:<slrn4fi89a.a4p.davis@wiwaxia.mit.edu>, davis@space.mit.edu (John
- E. Davis) wrote:
-
- >On 14 Jan 1996 11:22:03 GMT, joebev@netvoyage.net <joebev@netvoyage.net>
- >wrote:
- > : Have fun running a deadend OS that MS won't upgrade because they want you
- > : to move to NT. Have fun spending more money for 95 versions of your
- > : apps that cost more and do less.
- >
- >I have been wondering if Windows 95 simply installed over an existing DOS
- >partition without the user backing up the whole hard drive and then
- >reinstalling applications. I cannot imagine this happening with NT without
- >the need to reformat the hard disk for NT file systems. I do not think that
- >most Windows users would be willing to do this. Since I do not use
- >Microsoft products, I can only speculate on what would happen if
- >Microsoft pushed its customers to NT.
- >
- >--John
- >
-
- It would really be great if you would stop cross-posting your "WIN 95 Hate
- Session" all over Usenet.
-
- LDH
-