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- Subject: Re: Will anyone buy NT?? (Yes - Intelligent People)
- Date: 29 Jan 1996 23:34:21 GMT
- Organization: Nova Scotia Technology Network
- Message-ID: <4ejlht$4p0@news.nstn.ca>
- References: <4ef48q$rik@news.iag.net>
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- In <4ef48q$rik@news.iag.net>, John Linder <jgl@iag.net> writes:
- >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!
- >> ********************************************************
- >
- >
- >***>>>>>Yea right? That is why even the OS/2 programmers are conceding that Win 95 is about to put them out of business.
-
- Well let's see, there are more copies of OS/2 than Win 95 installed out there, there
- was more OS/2 sales then Win 95 last month and there are FAR FAR more OS/2 apps
- than Win 95 apps, so why would this be ?
-
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- gator@atcon.com
- Team OS/2 N.S.
- Canada
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