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

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From: Duncan Grisby
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 08:51

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In article <810818221snz129.os2.7@blackcat.demon.co.uk>,
 Mike Dickson <Mike@blackcat.demon.co.uk> writes:
> In article <mmaterna-0909951842500001@d105.sp.interaccess.com>
>            mmaterna@interaccess.com "Mark J. Materna" writes:
> 
> > > Crap. If the operating system is hopeless rubbish then no one is going to
> > > write for it, are they?
> > 
> > Then how do you explain DOS (an oxymoron) ??
> 
> Because for a long time that's all there was for the PC. Windows is just
> an extension to that.

But why did people develop for the PC at all?  There were much
better alternatives available, both in terms of operating
systems and hardware. It all comes down to the fact that PCs
were marketed and the alternatives weren't.

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From: dpg1@cam-orl.co.uk (Duncan Grisby)
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Subject: Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!
Date: 12 Sep 1995 08:51:53 GMT
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