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- Subject: Re: I've seen NT......and I'll take OS/2 2.0 thanks!
- Message-ID: <713796881snx@alfheim.actrix.gen.nz>
- From: frey@alfheim.actrix.gen.nz (Bruce Clement)
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 12:54:41 GMT
- References: <1992Aug13.114605.7935@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
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- rommel@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE writes in article <1992Aug13.114605.7935@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>:
- >
- > In article <1992Aug13.073141.16594@actrix.gen.nz> Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
- > >BTW, the MS presenter also said that Presentation Manager support will be
- > >incorporated in NT in 1993. Is this recognition that OS/2 V2 is a viable
- > >market presence?
- >
- > It would be interesting to know if this means a complete implementation
- > of the OS/2 1.x (16-bit) API or if this includes support for the 32-bit
- > OS/2 2.0 API.
-
- At the major preview/presentation that MS gave at the show, they said
- that the 1st version will incorporate POSIX & OS/2 *full screen* APIs, and
- that presentation manager would be added to a second release next year.
-
- When questioned, they admitted:
- 1. OS/2 support means OS/2 1.x
- 2. The POSIX support will be system calls (& programmer libraries) only,
- not shell/etc.
-
- Another interseting point about the presentation: Several IBM staff
- were in the audience - one admitted to me (privately) that they were
- just checking out the opposition :-).
- --
- Bruce Clement (frey@alfheim.actrix.gen.nz SNEWS/2, UUPC 1.11q)
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