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

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From: Bill Schneller
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1995 00:21
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Thomas Gschwind (tom@csdec1.tuwien.ac.at) wrote:
: BlackHoleQ (blackholeq@aol.com) wrote:
: : >       Said it before, and I'll say it yet again, I like Windows '95.
: : It's
: : >a GREAT improvement over Win 3.1(although I think you actually have to
: : TRY
: : >to make something worse), however, aside from multitasking(which didn't
: : >help the amiga from going the way of the dodo), it's still=
: : >
: : >       Win '95 = MacOS '89

: : I don't see how so many people seem to insist that underpowered OS +
: : stupid interface = perfect operating environment. Win95 is faster, better
: : at multitasking, better at virtual memory, has a better file system,
: : better disk caching, has a better inteface and more naitive apps. At 6%
: : market share, which is likely to get smaller when newbies begin flocking
: : to Win95, mac is much more likely to "go the way of the dodo" than
: : Windows.

: And Linux is even better than the stupid Win95! Better
: at Multitasking, better at vm, much better fs, and much better disk
: caching.

: And the % of market share does not tell anything on the quality of
: the product!

Just it's prospects for the future.

: Thomas

: --
:                    Thomas GSCHWIND, Student at Technische Universität WIEN
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Subject: Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!
Date: 8 Aug 1995 00:21:52 GMT
Organization: Boston University
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