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- Subject: Re: Will anyone buy NT??
- Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 20:59:52 -0500
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- In article <4e8b8k$5ql@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com>, Stauf wrote:
- >
- .......
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- >This whole thing is stupid!!! Win95 is not a "stepping Stone to NT"!!!
- >It is WAY PAST it!!! I don't see how anyone that is not on a network
- >can buy NT... That is really stupid!!! Win NT was optimizes for
- >Networks ONLY!!! NOT FOR ANY PCs NOT ON A NETWORK!!!
- >Almost no software runs on NT since it uses 32-bit code. Win 95 is
- >very compatible with all programs since it is a 32-bit OS with 16-bit
- >Code!! For any PC not on a network there is no competition between NT
- >and 95!!! Windows 95 is the obvious choice...
-
- Perhaps among Microsoft's 'yester-tech' operating systems.
-
- If you want backward compatibility, stability *and* smooth pre-emptive
- multitasking of both native and 'legacy' apps - you choose OS/2 Warp.
-
- Six million people did last year - one million in December '95 alone.
-
- Without the preloads, Win95 didn't even come close. Upgraders are
- going for OS/2.
-
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- Steve Withers - Wellington, New Zealand
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- Canadian since '58 / Kiwi since '87 / OS2 since '92
- Life just keeps getting better!
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