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

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From: Illya Vaes
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 12:56

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blackbob@sashimi.wwa.com (G) writes:
>Joshua T. McKee <jtm@ssds.com> wrote:
>>> 92%  of  the industry has PMT, so it's hardly something which I'd
>>How do you arrive at that 92%?  Since PC's make up the majority of the
>>industry, and the operating system running on 95% of them does not PMT,
>>how do arrive at your number?  Even windows 95 doesn't PMT by my
>>definition of PMT.  OS/2, Windows NT, Linux - Those all have PMT.
>Why doesn't Windows 95 have PMT? 

Why don't you ask Microsoft, why they left in all the Windows 3.x nonreentrant
stuff that stops the multitasking when accessed (which is also done for win32
apps).

>At any rate, if it does, then 92% of shipping OSes have PMT.

Shipping OSs? THe number were already sold systems/OSs.
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Subject: Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!
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