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- Path: sparky!uunet!microsoft!wingnut!philipla
- From: philipla@microsoft.com (Phil Lafornara)
- Subject: Re: DOS 6 Beta Looks for OS/2!!!!!!!!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan04.052720.12606@microsoft.com>
- Date: 04 Jan 93 05:27:20 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
- References: <1i5tblINN694@tamsun.tamu.edu> <1993Jan03.075933.945@microsoft.com> <1i7u0lINNggh@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>
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- In article <1i7u0lINNggh@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> czmax@cats.ucsc.edu (Max C. Pritikin) writes:
- >
- >philipla@microsoft.com (Phil Lafornara) writes:
- >
- > [a bunch deleted]
- >
- >> OS/2 should still work just fine, but it wouldn't be able
- >>to read the compressed FAT partition. I expect that any warning
- >>message is intended to convey exactly this information.
- >
- > [some more deleted]
- >
- > Hmm, I've very eager to see the actual text of the message.
- >Until then there is nothing much to argue about...
-
- True. That won't stop anyone from arguing, though.
-
-
- > We have a bunch of people willing to flip over a supposed
- >evil message from the Evil Empire (TM). (Speaking of which... Phil it
- >*DOES* have a history of such things:
- >ie the WordPerfect Monster in MS Word
- >and the limping, buggy, 123 icon in MS Excel 4.0. )
-
- Ah - these are called 'glory screens'. They typically list
- the names of the people who worked on the product, and are almost
- always very, very difficult to get to - you need to turn somersaults
- to see them. I personally think they are a silly idea, and don't
- know how they get through code reviews.
-
-
- > and on the
- >other side we have you arguing that MS couldn't possible have shiped
- >a product that blantently lies about another product.
-
- I will assert again that the message quoted here (which we've
- all agreed is probably incorrect) doesn't contain a lie at all.
-
-
- >Shrug. How about somebody scaring up the actual text??
-
- I'll try on Monday.
-
- -Phil
-
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