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In article <413tbo$gk0@solaria.cc.gatech.edu>,
bigdave@cc.gatech.edu (David Mitchell) wrote:
> Jan_Walter@mindlink.bc.ca@mindlink.bc.ca wrote:

[Compress]
> : sure - 60% or more of GDI calls in Windows 95 are thunked down to the
> : 16 bit GDI layer. really new stuff there. You may have 32 bit drivers,
> : but the in-between layer between your application and your hardware
> :drivers is 16 bit.
> 
> Wow, you seem to know so much that you must even be working for MS 
> writing Win95!  Wait...you don't work for MS!  Well, unless you are 
> involved in industrial espionage, then everything you have said is not 
> fact but rumor, opinion, or your best guess.

No, it is hard facts. It can be tested. In fact I have tested it.
It is true. That is - if MS doesn't rewrite Windows 95 entirely
between build 950 and the release. But that isn't bloody likely
is it?

> Why don't you wait for Win95 to come out before you can start making flames.

Windows 95 - very close to what will be released - have been
available to a lot of people for a long time.

> You seem to be a biased OS/2 advocate and are cynical of MS and Win95.  
> Even if Win95 happened to be the 'best possible OS' out there you would 
> try to say something bad about it.

Windows 95 is hampered by some DOS and Win3 heritage. This is a
fact of life. Windows 95 needs real mode DOS PSP's to start a
32 bit Windows 95 native program. This DOS PSP will be provided
by good old DOS. Windows 95 CANT FUNCTION AT ALL without DOS.

> Don't get me wrong...OS/2 is a great OS.  But Win95 will also be good 
> because it will lead people away from the 16-bit rut and into a more 
> stable 32-bit world.  Win95 will help the PC world to get better 
> object-oriented and get more user friendly applications (you know what I 
> mean).

Windows 95 is in no way shape or form OO. The UI is not in any way OO.


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