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- From: lachlan@dmp.csiro.au (Lachlan Cranswick)
- Subject: Re: MS to 'support' OS/2?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec27.214359.2111@dmp.csiro.au>
- Organization: CSIRO Division of Mineral Products, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
- References: <1hf40bINNbbv@shrike.und.ac.za>
- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 21:43:59 GMT
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- goldstei@shrike.und.ac.za (Hilton Goldstein) writes:
-
- >Hi,
-
- >Are MS planning to port/write apps for OS/2 2.x? I am particularly
- >interested in MS-Word for OS/2 which is superior to the Windows
- >version 2.0a. An MS salesman here said MS would support all
- >platforms, but how much of that is truth and how much is PR???
-
- >I am currently using the Windows product under OS/2, but it keeps
- >crashing "error in ATM", and for the other obvious reasons would
- >like an OS/2 product.
-
- >Please email any replies - thanking you in advance...
-
- From memory, the original box of MS Word 5.0 for DOS
- say also for OS/2. Does this imply that it
- has code written to take advantage of OS/2 or as
- a DOS program, it will also run under OS/2.
-
- This "original box" was at least 3 years old? (I think)
-
- Thanks in advance, Lachlan
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