Re: Ask yourself these before you choosing a 32bit OS...

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From: Anthony D. Tribelli
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 23:45

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Kazimir Kylheku (c2a192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca) wrote:
: How could anyone have said such a moronic statement is beyond me ...

Maybe if you thought about it a little longer rather than reflexively 
flaming based upon your first impression :-) you might have considered 
the original poster was only talking about Intel x86 CPUs.

: ... IBM
: had 32-bit computers with 32-bit operating systems when Bill Gates was
: just learning the three R's in gradeschool.

Perhaps the original poster meant to say "32-bit Intel x86" and was not
referring to 32-bit code in general. Microsoft MAY have been more
enthusiastic about 32-bit x86 than IBM. The RUMORs (not proven) were that
MS wanted OS/2 1.0 to require a 386 and have 32-bit capabilities, but IBM
said no. IBM didn't want to abandon all the 286 AT users. If this RUMOR
has some truth in it MS may have had more 32-bit x86 experience when IBM
finally saw the light. 

Tony

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