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- From: jja@wsl.ie (John J. Allen)
- Subject: Re: OS/2 apps for OS/2
- Message-ID: <1992Jul31.104605.5466@wsl.ie>
- Organization: Workhorse Systems Limited, Dublin, Ireland
- References: <1992Jul30.200550.2729@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 10:46:05 GMT
- Lines: 11
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- In article <1992Jul30.161639.5706@microsoft.com> gordonl@microsoft.com (Gordon Letwin) writes:
- > 2) OS/2 runs windows applications. I hear every day how well it
- > does so. So who in their right minds will write apps for
- > OS/2 PM - and only run on OS/2 - when they could write apps
- > for Windows and run on BOTH platforms?
-
- I hope you have the same attitude to Windows NT when it is released,
- ie. don't develop NT apps as NT can run Win 3 apps & OS/2 character mode
- apps.
-
- Or don't write MAC apps as the MAC can run DOS programs.
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