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- From: v053qpgh@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Eric W Sarjeant)
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- Subject: Re: OS/2 Win3.1 support *better* than MS!
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- Date: 28 Aug 92 13:46:00 GMT
- References: <1992Aug27.122649.21603@actrix.gen.nz> <1992Aug27.160726.42605@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
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- In article <1992Aug27.160726.42605@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, thompson@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes...
- >In article <1992Aug27.122649.21603@actrix.gen.nz>, Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
- >> At an IBM OS/2 seminar this evening, one of the presenters told us that the
- >> news in IBM's internal forums today was that the Win3.1 support in the CSD is
- >> going to also include support for those Win3.x programs that will not run
- >> under Win3.1.......
- >>
- >> So, Win-OS/2 is more compatible with Windows than Microsoft! Don't forget
- >> WinOS/2 also runs Windows 2.x apps as well, which MS doesn't run.
- >>
- >> Sounds like a better Windows than Windows, to me.
- >>
- >
- >My my. Maybe that's why it has taken so long...IBM has been bug-fixing
- >Windows 3.1. Hmmm... Any of the Micro$oft employees want to comment?
- >
- >By the way, which applications don't work with Microsoft Windows 3.1?
- >I can't remember any, but when I am challenged on this point in the
- >future (and I know I will be), I would like to know the specific apps.
- >
- >Thanks.
-
- As far as I know, very few Win 3.0 applications will refuse to run under
- Win 3.1; however, they will have inconsistancies.
-
- For example, Ami Pro 2.0 would run pretty good under Win 3.1, but it would
- generate an occasional Division by Zero Error and refuse to run. As it
- turns out, if you run the application minimized using Win 3.1, Ami Pro 2.0
- would not recognize the app is already minimized and would attempt to
- execute itself normally.
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