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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?
> 
> Jamie
> 
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