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- Path: sparky!uunet!gumby!yale!spock!roland
- From: roland@spock.uucp (David A. Braun)
- Subject: Re: Windows 3.1: The ultimate DOS Shell
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.194931.26955@spock.UUCP>
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- Organization: Choate Rosemary Hall
- References: <1992Nov9.174255.22889@spock.UUCP> <1992Nov10.065307.19403@microsoft.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 19:49:31 GMT
- Lines: 27
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- In article <1992Nov10.065307.19403@microsoft.com> petesk@microsoft.com (Pete Skelly) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov9.174255.22889@spock.UUCP> roland@spock.uucp wrote:
- >> I put is simply that Windows is the ultimate DOS Shell:
- >>
- >> DOS <> Windows
- >> as
- >> OS/2 <> PM (WPS)
- >>
- >> Can someone tell me I am really wrong in saying this?
- >>
- >> Roland.
- >>
- >
- >DOS+Win Memory Management + Win Scheduler + Win Device Drivers ...<> Win Shell
- >OS/2 <> PM (WPS)
- >
- >petesk@microsoft.com
-
- No, PM has memory management, scheduling, device drivers, etc... and more.
- So, the analogy is correct, or as you put it:
-
- DOS+Win Memory Management + Win Scheduler + Win Device Drivers ...<> Win Shell
- OS/2+PM Memory Management + PM Scheduler + PM Device Drivers ...<> PM Shell
-
- Satisfied...:Windows is an OS, I think not.
-
- Roland.
-