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Article #2146Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!
From: Mike Dickson
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 19:00
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 19:00
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dpg1001@cam.ac.uk "Duncan Grisby" writes:
> But why did people develop for the PC at all? There were much
> better alternatives available
I agree, but the IBM PC had other benefits, mostly the open architectural
design and their (relative) inexpense. Like most things, I think it was
half by accident. If we knew then what we know now then how different
would things be?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!mail2news.demon.co.uk!blackcat.demon.co.uk From: Mike Dickson <Mike@blackcat.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.destroy.microsoft Subject: Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!! Date: Tue, 12 Sep 95 19:00:52 GMT Organization: Black Cat Software Factory, Scotland Distribution: world Message-ID: <810932452snz129.os2.7@blackcat.demon.co.uk> References: <42mdcg$iru@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> <810601085snz129.os2.7@blackcat.demon.co.uk> <mmaterna-0909951842500001@d105.sp.interaccess.com> <810818221snz129.os2.7@blackcat.demon.co.uk> <433hn9$m0s@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> Reply-To: mike@blackcat.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: blackcat.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Demon Internet Simple News for OS/2 v1.29 [build 7]