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From: Scott Hill
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 00:00

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Quentin Christensen <ogo1@mynx.wow.aust.com> wrote in article
<35F2FF13.B4764EC1@mynx.wow.aust.com>...
> > 
> > Win32 programming is a bit more involved than that.  Calling it a
"MENU"
> > is a bit silly.
> > 
> > JCS
> 
> hmmm, I don't think is any more silly than m$ claiming win95 is an
> OS...  (if you want to argue that one, DOS 7 is the OS, win95 sits on
> top the way win3.1 did, only it's more annoying to go between dos and
> windows than with 3.1)  basically windows is a program launcher, with a
> (pretty?) gui interface.  Can you tell me what win95 does then apart
> from launch programs?
> 

	Pre-emptive multitasking. Mutlithreading. Resource management. Have ever
programmed for Win95 ? I thought not.

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From: "Scott Hill" <scott@ddlinks.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Cool jobs at a cool company.
Date: 1998/09/07
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