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  3. From: tzs@stein.u.washington.edu (Tim Smith)
  4. Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
  5. Subject: Re: FCC will proclaim Microsoft is run by Communists! : )
  6. Message-ID: <1i4132INN6kk@shelley.u.washington.edu>
  7. Date: 2 Jan 93 12:16:34 GMT
  8. Article-I.D.: shelley.1i4132INN6kk
  9. References: <1992Dec31.035545.3621@microsoft.com> <1992Dec31.224255.27090@spang.Camosun.BC.CA> <1993Jan01.191432.10082@microsoft.com>
  10. Organization: University of Washington School of Law, Class of '95
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  13.  
  14. philipla@microsoft.com (Phil Lafornara) writes:
  15. >>Never heard of functional specifications?
  16. >
  17. >   Of course I have.  This is why I can't understand when people
  18. >complain to Microsoft because DR-DOS didn't meet them exactly.
  19.  
  20. If you exactly meet the Microsoft published specifications for MS-DOS, you
  21. will not be compatible with MS-DOS.
  22.  
  23. --Tim Smith
  24.