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- From: mfraioli@grebyn.com (Marc Fraioli)
- Subject: Re: NT delayed again??? (PC Week Nov 2)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.213304.22892@grebyn.com>
- Organization: Grebyn Timesharing
- References: <hatton.720949698@cgl.ucsf.edu> <1992Nov6.213812.26453@grebyn.com> <hatton.721381198@cgl.ucsf.edu>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 21:33:04 GMT
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- In article <hatton.721381198@cgl.ucsf.edu> hatton@socrates.ucsf.edu (Tom Hatton) writes:
- >Just as an additional query - is Windows for Workgroups simply a
- >grandiose title for Windows with networking (plus some other minor
- >goodies)? I haven't seen the description of the features. It may
- >be a record, but I haven't yet seen MS hype on this so far, although
- >I'm sure it's on its way.
-
- As far as I can tell, yes, it's just Windows 3.1 with networking stuff
- added in. In fact, this seems to be the gist of Microsoft's argument
- that they didn't need a new liscence from Novell, because it's
- essentially the same product, just with a few other things bundled. Of
- course, that's what they tell the court, but it'll be interesting to see
- if they advertise it that way.
- --
- Marc Fraioli
- mfraioli@grebyn.com (So I'm a minimalist...)
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