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- Subject: Re: Will anyone buy NT?? (Yes - Intelligent People)
- Date: 28 Jan 1996 06:14:50 GMT
- Organization: Internet Access Group, Orlando, Florida
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- steve.withers@ibm.net (Steve Withers) writes:
- > In article <4e8b8k$5ql@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com>, Stauf wrote:
- > >
- > .......
- >
- > >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.
- >
- > --
- > ********************************************************
- > Steve Withers - Wellington, New Zealand
- > steve.withers@ibm.net / swithers@vnet.ibm.com
- > Canadian since '58 / Kiwi since '87 / OS2 since '92
- > Life just keeps getting better!
- > ********************************************************
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- ***>>>>>Yea right? That is why even the OS/2 programmers are conceding that Win 95 is about to put them out of business.
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