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  2. From: ezsoldos@microserve.com (Ellis M. Zsoldos Jr.)
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  4. Subject: Re: Will anyone buy NT?? (Re: I will NEVER buy Windows 95 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :-( Who really gives a shit what you buy
  5. Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 13:56:50 GMT
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  13. abmyles@unity.ncsu.edu (Albert Bruce Myles) wrote:
  14.  
  15. >Isn't Windows NT Microsoft's continuation of their development of OS/2
  16. >before Microsoft and IB got devorced?  And although OS/2 changed
  17. >tremendously at version 2.0, isn't it still based loosely (very loosly)
  18. >on the original OS/2 Kernel?  If this is true, then would that not make
  19. >OS/2 and Windows NT siblings.
  20. >
  21. Acutally, Windows NT was originally supposed to be called OS/2 3.0.
  22. Microsoft pulled the OS/2 PM API's during their falling out with IBM
  23. (& Akers at the time).  The Console Mode OS/2 API's are still in place
  24. in NT to this day.
  25.  
  26. Take care,
  27. ------------------------------------------------------
  28. Ellis M. Zsoldos Jr.
  29. ezsoldos@microserve.net
  30. http://www.microserve.net/~ezsoldos
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