Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!

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From: jim frost
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1995 13:58

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rkswamy@eos.ncsu.edu (Ravi Krishna Swamy) writes:
>In article <DCLu3n.EAK@world.std.com> jimf@world.std.com (jim frost) writes:
>>jjs@dostoevsky.ucr.edu (Joe Sloan) writes:
>>>In article <DCL9rv.8yA@world.std.com>, jim frost <jimf@world.std.com> wrote:

>[stuff cut]

>>So it's possible.  Why would anyone do it?  Software.
>>
>>NT allows you to tap the vast PC software market in a way that no UNIX
>>can.  Good, cheap software is *extremely* compelling!

>You're of course talking about the intel version of NT right?  How
>well do win3.1 programs run on NT/MIPS, NT/Alpha, or NT/PPC?
>I would assume not to well.  I'm not going to run my simulation on
>some crappy intel chip if I can avoid it.  NT is still young but
>its not viable yet and hopefully never because of the lack of
>scientific apps.   

I used NT/Alpha for awhile; while you didn't want to run Excel on it
(it worked, but it was pretty slow), most Win3.1 applications worked
plenty well enough to get work done.

You might recheck the availability of scientific applications for NT.
A great many scientific and engineering applications which
historically targetted UNIX are already on NT -- the big lack has been
in *productivity* applications.

jim frost
jimf@world.std.com
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http://world.std.com/~jimf

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Subject: Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!
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