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- From: petesk@microsoft.com (Pete Skelly)
- Subject: Re: Bill Gates: What a weenie...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan09.121816.6570@microsoft.com>
- Date: 09 Jan 93 12:18:16 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corp.
- References: <1993Jan8.173936.17197@nosc.mil> <1993Jan7.160729.9080@nosc.mil> <1993Jan7.183230.17029@spang.Camosun.BC.CA>
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- In article <1993Jan8.173936.17197@nosc.mil> discar@nosc.mil wrote:
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- >
- > However, I tend to agree that Windows (as it comes on disk) is not an operating
- > system until it is installed on a machine. The result, "Windows" or to be
- > more precise, "Windows+DOS" is an operating system that is far different than
- > just "DOS."
- >
- Then again, the only advantage that a pre-installed OS/2 has over a
- pre-installed Windows is the number of disks you can use a paperweights.
- Very few "Operating Systems" operate any systems until they are installed ;)
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- petesk@microsoft.com
- My Opinions.
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