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

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From: Kim Lee
Date: Wed, 31 May 1995 00:00
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In message <Pine.SV4.3.91.950531114628.21237A-100000@brisbane.DIALix.oz.au> - 
Mark Farnham <mfarnham@brisbane.DIALix.oz.au> writes:
:>
:>On Tue, 30 May 1995, Jamie Paul CURMI wrote:
:>
:>> Date: Tue, 30 MAY 1995 22:45:39 GMT 
:>> From: Jamie Paul CURMI <curmi@cs.mu.OZ.AU>
:>> Newgroups: aus.computers.os2, comp.os.os2.advocacy,
:>>     comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
:>> Subject: OS/2 in "The Australian" (30th May) - Lies by MS! 
:>> 
:>> 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".
:>>     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
:>> 
:>> 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?
:>> 
:>	The Australian e-mail addresses can be found on the back page of 
:>the computer section. Editorial letters go to Jeremy Horey at
:>	jhorey@ozemail.com.au

Thanks. Let's start abusing THEM!!!!!

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From: kim@zip.com.au (Kim Lee)
Subject: Re:OS/2 in "The Australian" (30th May) - Lies by MS!
Date: 1995/05/31
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