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

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From: David P. Summers
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 1995 01:48

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In article <42c4lv$a20@news1.panix.com>, Mark Swearingen
<mark@ephesus.com> wrote:
> Wrong!  Windows 3.1 apps and DOS apps can run under Windows 95.  Who told you 
> otherwise?

They run, if you don't want to use the new features.  If you are
still going to be stuck with 8 character file names, why bother?

> =>Solution to what problem?  It's like "true" multitasking.  People
> =>keep saying it's better because it solves the problems of premtive
> =>multitasking.  The funny think is that I'm just not having those
> =>problems to a significant extent.  It maybe that it's somewhat
> =>better, but it's clear that it's more of a religous belief.

> You obviously don't do very much with your computer.

Ah!  The old "I'm a poweruser and must know what's best" arguement!

> Under Win 3.1 I 
> frequently run into situations where I can't Alt-Tab to another application 
> because the app I'm in won't release the CPU.

If FTP'd, done spreadsheet calculations, etc. in the background and
not had this problem.  I guess what is being fixed is the mediocre
programming in the Windows world rather than a real problem.

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From: Summers@Ethyl-the-Frog.ARC.NASA.gov (David P. Summers)
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Subject: Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 1995 18:48:18 -0700
Organization: NASA Ames Reseach Center
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