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- Path: sparky!uunet!comp.vuw.ac.nz!actrix!Steve.Withers
- From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
- Subject: Re: More advertising
- Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 21:10:09 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.211009.11588@actrix.gen.nz>
- References: <30DEC199218072507@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov> <1992Dec31.000144.10417@wam.umd.edu> <1992Dec31.174624.29207@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
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- In article <1992Dec31.174624.29207@mksol.dseg.ti.com> mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
- >
- > > 2) OS/2 might run more Windows programs than 3.1 if you include
- > > ancient programs and cheezy shareware, but I don't and neither
- > > do most customers. I think it's a little dishonest to
- > > pretend that the ability to run ancient 2.x programs outweighs
- > > the ability to run currently released applications. In fact,
- > > incompatibility with unupdated programs is almost *assumed*,
- > > while compatibility with all present releases -- at the
- > > very least -- is implied by the word "more".
-
- Well, I know that Becker Tools for Windows, ABC Flowcharter, Typing Tutor 5
- and Smalltalk/V don't run under Win3.1 (unless they have been recently
- updated).
-
- This isn't cheesy software. This is mainstream stuff.
-
- Steve
- --
- Steve Withers - Wellington, New Zealand | On Sept. 19th, 88% of NZ voters opted
- Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz | for proportional representation. It
- +64 4 478 4714 | looks like we may get a more
- **** Happy user of OS/2 v2!! **** | democratic system "real soon now".
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