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- From: bdubbs@cs.tamu.edu (Bruce Dubbs)
- Subject: Re: Origins of IBM / Microsoft rift
- Message-ID: <1992Jul31.164151.20704@tamsun.tamu.edu>
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- Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University
- References: <r5nmfzl.xtifr@netcom.com> <1992Jul30.161639.5706@microsoft.com> <nv@byu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 16:41:51 GMT
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- In article <nv@byu.edu> earlyd@ee.byu.edu (David Early) writes:
- >
- [stuff deleted]
- >
- >> Windows playform to service the OS/2-PM platform. That's
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >Am I the only one who caught this sub-conscious slip??? The Windows 'playform'
- >is acurate. That is all I ever see anyone using it for: entertainment.
- >
- Oh come on. The 'y' is right next to the 't' on the keyboard. Quit
- wasting time with stuff that has no bearing on the subject. Some
- of us would actually like this forum to address real issues -
- advantages/disadvantages of OS/2 and comparisons with other items
- existing and in development are reasonable.
-
- By the way, will EVERYONE please set their news posting editors to
- limit line length to 70 characters or so. This is for two reasons:
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- 1) It is hard to read very long lines and quickly comprehend the
- thought presented, and
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- 2) Some character mode newsreaders limit the line length to 80
- characters and the wrap makes reading even harder.
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- Bruce Dubbs | Oxymorons of note:
- bdubbs@neuron.tamu.edu | Honest Politician, Political Science,
- bdubbs@sadis01.sa.aflc.af.mil | Scrupulous Lawyer
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