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- From: grant@pentagon-gw.army.mil (Pete Grant)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.programmer,comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.advocacy
- Subject: NT (was Re: IS IBM UK STILL IN THE STONE AGE???
- Message-ID: <1992Sep4.125119.28047@pentagon-gw.army.mil>
- Date: 4 Sep 92 12:51:19 GMT
- References: <64786@cup.portal.com> <1992Aug29.104619.1323@dlpinc00.rn.com> <64910@cup.portal.com>
- Organization: U.S. Army Artificial Intelligence Center, The Pentagon
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- In article <64910@cup.portal.com> TomK@cup.portal.com (Tom R Krotchko) writes:
- >
- >Finally, it appears to me that the "Windows" in "Windows NT" is
- >purely a marketing move; the only thing Windows NT has in common
- >with Windows 3.1 is they both run on Intel chips and both are made
- >by Microsoft.
- >
-
- They also look quite similar. A casual passer-by could glance at your
- NT screen and would think you are running Windows 3.1.
-
- Incidentally, the NT installation guide says that its boot sector is
- incompatible with that of OS/2. I temporarily removed OS/2 to do some
- testing under NT (Pre-release developer's version). I've made no
- attempt to bypass this restriction so I don't know if it can be done.
-
- So far, I like OS/2 a lot better -- but keep in mind that my NT is
- only a Beta version.
-
- Pete.
- >TomK@cup.portal.com
-