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  4. From: dbarker@spang.Camosun.BC.CA (Deryk Barker)
  5. Subject: Re: FCC will proclaim Microsoft is run by Communists! : )
  6. Message-ID: <1992Dec30.194337.12197@spang.Camosun.BC.CA>
  7. Organization: Camosun College, Victoria B.C, Canada
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  9. References: <1992Dec30.140240.6978@tc.cornell.edu>
  10. Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 19:43:37 GMT
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  12.  
  13. bai@msiadmin.cit.cornell.edu (Dov Bai-MSI Visitor) writes:
  14. : In article <1992Dec29.194318.27886@spang.Camosun.BC.CA> dbarker@spang.Camosun.BC.CA (Deryk Barker) writes:
  15. : 
  16. : >And if the fact that DRDOS's emulation is imperfect because of
  17. : >information held back by Mircrosoft?
  18. : 
  19. : I have had some installation problems in the past when I tried to
  20. : install IBM OS/2 ver. 1.3 on a fully-compatible IBM clone. Should 
  21. : I conclude that IBM conspired against the clone-makers ?
  22.  
  23. You seem to have missed the word 'if' in my original posting. I was
  24. suggesting that there were several possible reasons for the problem,
  25. one of which was malice on the part of MS.
  26. --
  27. Real:  Deryk Barker, Computer Science Dept., Camosun College, Victoria B.C.
  28. Email: (dbarker@spang.camosun.bc.ca)
  29. Phone: +1 604 370 4452
  30.