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

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From: Al Varney
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 21:51

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In article <41nnp2INNn8r@keats.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca>,
Kazimir Kylheku <c2a192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca> wrote:
>In article <edodge-2408951158270001@ip-pdx3-09.teleport.com>,
>Edward Dodge <edodge@teleport.com> wrote:
>
>>I don't know where you are getting your Mac info,  but when Win 3.0 showed
>>up,  multifinder was already *years* old.  I remember quite clearly
>>because System 6 was the big thing then,  and DOS users were telling me
>>their sour-grapes line:  "Who needs to run two programs at the same time
>>anyway?"  Apparently *they* did.  Heh heh heh!
>
>Right. And now Mac users are telling _their_ sour grapes line: "Who needs
>pre-emptive multitasking and virtual, protected address spaces?"

   Try reading some articles in "PC" magazines from the late 1980s, where
PC folks insisted graphical interfaces and mice were a waste of user's time.
Those same folks (on the net) are probably touting Windows '95 today....

Al Varney - never, ever say "Never"

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