🚀 go-pugleaf

 Microsoft is also yammering about an "object-oriented environment to
sit on top of Windows."  Uh... something like HP's New Wave?  Some
entirely new interpretation of "object-oriented?"  Like, if it's so
great, why not put it into Windows in the first place?  How does this
square with the holy grail of CUA?  They're also talking about another
new version of Windows, this one to have built-in peer-to-peer
networking.

 By the way, Microsoft is accepting upgrades for 3.1 now at $49.95.
They claim they'll start shipping on April 6.

 Microsoft Wins in Court:  No, not the Apple case, but the sex
discrimination suit brought by former employee Dorothy Russell and the
unfair competition suit brought by Alalamiah Electronics in Kuwait.  The
long-standing suit from Apple looks like it's grinding to a close.

 Compaq and Dell have been suing each other all over the world, with the
latest contest being in British court.  Compaq claimed Dell was running
misleading ads, and Dell files counterclaims, etc.  They've reached a
worldwide settlement, no details were given.

 Intel has joined virus paranoia with Intel LANprotect anti-virus
software.

 Bondholders for Miniscribe (who, as you may remember, shipped bricks in
hard drive boxes at the end) were awarded $550M in damages by a Texas
jury.

 IBM trimmed 25% of its Hursley, England division.  Hursley was
responsible for much of OS/2 1.0 and DOS 4.0.  DRI's Hungerford UK
division is expanding and is working on a flash file system for
DRDOS, networking goodies, and other odds and ends.

 The latest word is that Microsoft C 7.0 will be bundled with Qualitas
386-to-the-Max (I verified this) and with NuMega's SoftIce/W debugger.
(not verified)

 Latest OS/2 rumors:  IBM still claims they'll ship on the 31st.
Seamless Windows is supposedly in.  Though it uses Windows 3.0 code for
Windows, it adds parameter checking like Windows 3.1.  OS/2 *can* use
more than 16MB of RAM, but only on the PS/2 Model 95 or EISA machines
with 32-bit DMA.

 For a good time, call:  Microsoft is offering personalized online
developer's support for Windows for only $150 per question.

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