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Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???

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From: Dave Glue
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 05:01
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On Sat, 06 Jan 1996 20:08:46 -0800, Remy Saville <rem@guild.bc.ca>
wrote:

>The Dark Lord Of The Sith wrote:
>> I am sorry Issa, but you have shown yourself to be a fool...Copland will
>> be stronger than '95 and Gershwin will be even more so than Merlin (the
>> new version of Windoze NT).
>
>You don't look so cool either, when you call Merlin, the next version of 
>OS/2, the next version of Windows NT.  Even if Copland is better than win95, 
>Nashville is already in beta.  Nashville=Win96 and will be released in 97 :)

No, Nashville will likely be released before mind-96.  Minor upgrades,
nothing spectacular.  It's basically the "fix pack", and why not name
it Win96 is the process?  People aren't going to like buying a "95"
product in 96, and MS knows that.

>Why does nobody compare OS/2 to win95 or copland?  Its better than win95, 
>better than what I hear about copland, and its out now, with a nice update 
>due out in a few months. (Merlin)

Software.  Industry support.  
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Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 05:01:44 GMT
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