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- From: weinkam@fraser.sfu.ca (James Lawrence Weinkam)
- Subject: Re: Byte should dump Pournelle (was Re: Windows 3.1 virus attacks OS/2 2.0!)
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- Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
- References: <9208110533.AA23393@SPUNKY.CS.NYU.EDU> <rick.33.713554348@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 19:37:06 GMT
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- rick@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu (Richard M. Warner) writes:
-
- >>I remember Pournelle complaining in BYTE magazine a few months ago about
- >>Windows 3.1 changing some Windows 3.0 files in the backup directory he
- >>had just created prior to installing Windows 3.1. I believe the backup
- >>directory was on his D drive, whereas he installed Windows 3.1 on the
- >>C drive. I think he mentioned that Norton's Desktop for Windows did the
- >>same kind of thing. Perhaps your friend should have formatted his D
- >>drive as an HPFS partition.
-
-
- >Gee, are you talking of that great 'expert' Jerry Pournelle? The one who
- >just discovered that fonts look better at 'higher resolutions'? The one who
- >just figured out that you should set a tower on its side for ease in
- >installing boards? Every time I read that loser I wonder why Byte
- >keeps him around. His position is supposed to be that of 'Joe User', but
- >he definitely is less competent than most, and most of his problems are
- >solved for him by tech reps sent to his house by the vendors.
-
- Joe User, when installing windows 3.1 will use the default settings.
- From what has been said, the default settings will screw up previous
- installations of windows even if the user does not want these to be
- changed. Thus by Pournelle doing exactly what Joe User would do, he
- has brought fourth the knowledge that windows 3.1 install will mess up
- previous windows setups when using the default installation.
-
- Why complain about one of his good Joe User columns?
-
- James
-