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OS/2 in "The Australian" (30th May) - Lies by MS!

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From: Jamie Paul CURMI
Date: Tue, 30 May 1995 00:00
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Hi!

In the Australian (a national Australian news paper) on the 30th May, there is
an articles about Windows 95 - "Where Gates went wrong".  It discusses how
MS may only sell 20 million copies of Win95 in the first 9 months.  In the
article, Mr Joachim Kempin (Senior Vice President of Microsoft) says:
"There are difficulties in finding native applications for OS/2...
and Warp is, in fact, a fairly thin layer on top of Windows".
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Since when?  Warp doesn't run on top of windows...what is this rubbish?
How can MS get away with saying this in the press?

I am so sick of the FUD in the press.  OS/2 doesn't have a chance because
of comments like this in the paper.  People believe what they read -
especially when it comes from the lips of MS.  How about a letter campaign
to the Australian about this (before next Tuesday's paper)?  Does anyone
know if they have an email address?

Jamie

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From: curmi@cs.mu.OZ.AU (Jamie Paul CURMI)
Subject: OS/2 in "The Australian" (30th May) - Lies by MS!
Date: 1995/05/30
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