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Re: Ask yourself these before you choosing a 32bit OS...

#504
From: DF Russell
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 1995 13:55
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In article <n618mq9V5IUS075yn@oslonett.no>, mobergru@oslonett.no (Rune Moberg) writes:
|> In article <3vlrod$19fj@sat.ipp-garching.mpg.de>,
|> bds@ipp-garching.mpg.de (Bruce Scott TOK ) wrote:
|> > My advice if you are using 16-bit Win apps all day is to postpone a
|> > switch until it is necessary.  At that time, the support will be better
|> > and the products cheaper.  People who switch within the MS umbrella as
|> > soon as it is possible are going to get taken to the cleaners.  Assuming
|> > you're using Win 3.1 now, why buy Win95 now when you can get it in much
|> > better shape and more cheaply a year or so from now?
|> 

Dear Abby,

|> We've been running Win95 on some of our machines since February. Why should
|> we wait? It's been betatested by an army of betatesters for quite some time.
|> There are probably less bugs left, than any Windows 3.x version!

Signed, MicroSerf


Dear MicroSerf,

You don't have to wait, OS/2 Warp is available now.


|> 
|> Upgrade now, get more productive and earn in the investment faster.
|> 
|> 
|> =\
|>  *=- R.Moberg, author of CD-Player Pro! ftp.cica.indiana.edu:
|> =/                                      /win3/sounds/cdppro45.zip

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From: dfr@dfrussell.raleigh.ibm.com (DF Russell)
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Subject: Re: Ask yourself these before you choosing a 32bit OS...
Date: 4 Aug 1995 13:55:01 GMT
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