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- From: jknepley@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ranseus (Jim Knepley))
- Subject: Re: Let's start a DR-DOS newsgroup- All in favor- say aye!
- Message-ID: <1992Aug16.044217.2360@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- References: <1992Aug14.203339.7139@novell.com>
- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 92 04:42:17 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug14.203339.7139@novell.com> dougb@novell.com (Doug Barlow) writes:
- >Ok, maybe I'm a little biased since I work for Novell but I'm an end-user
- >just like the rest of you. I wouldn't mind seeing a newsgroup about DR-DOS.
- >Then, all of the hard-core Microsoft users could stay in their group and
- >the rest of us have a place to go to discuss a better product. :-)
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- Here here! Mark me down as a hard-fast yes for a DRDOS newsgroup!
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- >Comments?
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- Actually, I have one that's not really related to this thread:
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- Are Microsoft PR people the most efficient group on earth or what? EXAMPLE:
- Pre-OS/2 2.0
- "Oh, OS/2 sucks, use windows."
- As OS/2 2.0 is released
- "Oh, OS/2 2.0 is ok, but doesn't run as well as windows."
- When OS/2 2.0 is established as a very good 32bit os
- "OK, it's better than windows, but Windows/NT is incredible!"
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- ANOTHER EXAMPLE: (a little more to the point)
- Pre-DR DOS 6.0
- "DRDOS 5.0? Just wait for ours!"
- As DR DOS 6.0 is released
- "Bah! It can't be as good as _OUR_ DOS 5.0"
- When everyone realized that DR DOS 6.0 is better than MSDOS 5.0
- "OK, it's better, but it's not compatible with Windows 3.1!"
- When Novell ships the fix for running Windows 3.1
- "Um, ok, it's still not better, but we're not sure why."
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- The scary point:
- There are people out there who will take Microsoft at their word! I've even
- heard rumors that DR DOS didn't work right with Netware. As advertised, they'rea blasted efficient group...
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- Anyway, yes on the newsgroup...
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- Jim
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