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Article #45916Re: Windows 3.0: Coming of age
From: Mark Brown
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1990 14:19
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1990 14:19
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In article <M1TDG00.90Jan23134505@fsrcs1.fed.frb.gov>, m1tdg00@fsrcs1.fed.frb.gov (Taegan D. Goddard) writes: > > Just like I've always said... The PC systems let you choose: > Windows or A:\> ....? > With version 3 of Windows out, there will soon be little reason to use a > Macintosh (with its inflated price.) yano, there's a lot of old vaporware adverts I have that all say something similar... Essentially, Windows is icing on top of DOS, hence not the real OS, hence a waste of the (admittedly powerful, not yet available) 486. Imagine what the MAC OS would be like, running directly on a 486! Pretty damn powerful, methinks... Mark Brown IBM AWD / OSF | The Good mbrown@osf.org | Shared pain is lessened. The Bad uunet!osf!mbrown| Shared happiness is increased. The Ugly (617) 621-8981 |
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!snorkelwacker!paperboy!osf.org!mbrown From: mbrown@osf.org (Mark Brown) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Windows 3.0: Coming of age Message-ID: <3467@paperboy.OSF.ORG> Date: 9 Feb 90 14:19:03 GMT References: <M1TDG00.90Jan23134505@fsrcs1.fed.frb.gov> <10601@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> Sender: news@OSF.ORG Reply-To: mbrown@osf.org (Mark Brown) Distribution: usa Organization: Open Software Foundation Lines: 22