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- From: henryn@storage.tandem.com (norman_henry)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: OS features
- Date: 26 Jan 1996 04:53:06 GMT
- Organization: Tandem Computers, Inc.
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <4e9mni$cdl@mercury.cpd.tandem.com>
- References: <oj6n37ea1fn.fsf@hpsrk.fc.hp.com>
- Reply-To: henryn@storage.tandem.com
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- koren@hpsrk.fc.hp.com (Steve Koren) writes:
-
- > First: NT *is* Windows
-
- Say what? If you mean that Windows NT = Windows 95, you're wrong. NT
- is quite a different beast. NT is a sophisticated operating system.
- Windows 95 is a hack on top of the OS, DOS (flamegear on ;) About the
- only thing they have in common is the string "Windows".
-
- > Second: Windows 95 *has* memory protection
-
- For 32-bit applications, not so for 16-bit dittos. To me this sounds
- like selling a car with only two wheels, with the argument "this car
- has wheels!" Now try and drive that car... ;)
-
- Henry Norman
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