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- On 28 Jan 1996, John Linder wrote:
-
- Note: This is not a reply to Mr. Linder, but to the statements of the
- other two people quoted in this post.
-
- > > >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...
-
- I don't know what the hell you're spewing, as NT *will* run 16-bit
- Winblows programs, as well as even 16-bit OS/2 programs. In addition, it
- will run DOS programs. '95 is simply "NT Lite." Mickeysoft is simply
- weaning people away from Win 3.x to NT.
-
- > > If you want backward compatibility, stability *and* smooth pre-emptive
- > > multitasking of both native and 'legacy' apps - you choose OS/2 Warp.
-
- Bzzt, wrong. I have Warp, though it's no longer installed on my system
- thanks to '95 completely wiping out the hard drive that Warp (and '95)
- was on. Anyways, while I did get stability with Warp (and in fact it was
- more stable than either '95 *or* NT), I still had all sorts of other
- problems trying to run Winblows programs under Warp. NT & '95, when they
- work, both run the old Winblows apps much better than Warp ever did.
-
- > ***>>>>>Yea right? That is why even the OS/2 programmers are conceding
- > that Win 95 is about to put them out of business.
-
- Actually, this part does apply to Mr. Linder. I don't know what it is
- that you're talking about, but not counting preloads where the user often
- has no choice, Warp outsold '95 by 5X last year. So, for people who are
- carefully considering what OS to upgrade to, Warp has been the
- overwhelming choice.
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