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- From: "richard anstruther" <richard.anstruther@canrem.com>
- Subject: ads
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.3155.6594@dosgate>
- Reply-To: "richard anstruther" <richard.anstruther@canrem.com>
- Organization: Canada Remote Systems
- Distribution: comp
- Date: 3 Jan 93 17:44:45 EST
- Lines: 46
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- -> From: rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari) writes:
-
- -> 1. OS/2's superior crash protection is irrelavent. If the
- -> program crashes (windows) they simply reboot and have it running
- -> again in one to two minutes. Auto-save prevents most losses
- -> of work, so nothing much is lost even if it does go down.
-
- True if system integrity and other running applications are "nothing
- much"
-
- -> Plus, Windows doesn't crash much for the non-DOS using
- -> "average" user. DOS hardly crashes at all (and the difference
-
- And how many "average" PC users out there don't have any DOS
- software? One? Five? Ten?
-
- -> 2. As far as these folks are concerned, the WPS is a clumsy,
- -> confusing jumble.
-
- You've asked them have you?
-
- -> Want to run Word? Click click double-click. Nothing to
- -> it.
-
- Gee, the same way you'd start an application from the WPS,
- except the WPS would require half as many clicks.
-
- -> The "average" user hardly does any file management, so
- -> that's not a big deal (and even if it is, just click click
- -> double-click the file manager).
-
- Again, twice as many clicks as it takes to open the drive icon
- under WPS.
-
- -> Remember--these folks find *Windows'* interface confusing,
-
- Not suprising, considering how illogical and unintuitive it is.
-
- -> 3. Run software more efficiently?? You'll have to cite me
- -> an example. I can't think of a one.
-
- You don't think having a custom VDM for every DOS app, with
- its own EMS, XMS, UMB, HMA, config.sys etc. counts for anything?
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