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- From: jurlwin@gandalf.UMCS.Maine.EDU (Jeff Urlwin)
- Subject: Re: Bill Gates: What a weenie...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.051139.8153@gandalf.UMCS.Maine.EDU>
- Organization: University of Maine, Department of Computer Science
- References: <1993Jan7.160729.9080@nosc.mil> <1993Jan7.183230.17029@spang.Camosun.BC.CA> <1993Jan09.121816.6570@microsoft.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 05:11:39 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan09.121816.6570@microsoft.com> petesk@microsoft.com (Pete Skelly) writes:
- >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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- The advantage, of course, is also dependant upon your preference ;)
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- Jeff
- >
- >petesk@microsoft.com
- >My Opinions.
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