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Article #924Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!
From: Colin Smith
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 1995 14:21
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 1995 14:21
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Sam Trenholme (set@oryx.llnl.gov) wrote: : -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- : >And why shouldn't it? OS/2 doesn't have enough naitive apps, and macs, : >well, what more can I say, thy're macs! I think it is safe to say Win95 : >has the most naitive apps of any OS (any app designed for DOS, WinNT, And here was me thinking that Windows96 hadn't been released yet, and it's got the most "native" applications? Are you sure it doesn't just _support_ the most applications? : >Win3.x, or Win95 itself will run). It is a better OS (I can't think of : >anything the mac can do that Win95 can't) with a better interface than mac : >(easy enough for newbies, but not insulting for experienced users, and if : >you don't like it, shell programs number in the *thousands*). I'll be glad Well that's no good! what'I need is a couple of well known fairly standard shells that I can write reasonably powerful scripts for . :-) : >when NT becomes more common place, since it is even better! Why is everyone bothering with Windows95 anyway? You're bound to require similar hardware to NT! Does anyone really believe the "386 with 4Mb" stuff that Microsoft was coming out with? -- ______________________________________________________________ |Linux the FREE OS that has a Performance/Price ratio that is | |INFINITELY higher than anything sold by Micro$oft! | | | | http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/linux.html | |______________________________________________________________| NOTE:-This is my Opinion and not necessarily the opinion of ANYONE else, especially not my employer! Colin Smith. colins@mojo.europe.dg.com
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.2600,alt.destroy.microsoft Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!news.sprintlink.net!dg-rtp!mojo!colins From: colins@mojo.europe.dg.com (Colin Smith) Subject: Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!! Message-ID: <1995Aug9.142158.6386@mojo.europe.dg.com> Date: Wed, 9 Aug 95 14:21:58 GMT References: <3v692u$iii@news.ios.com> <3v8tp4$8g1@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <3vvcc5$rkd@lll-winken.llnl.gov> Organization: Data General X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Followup-To: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.2600,alt.destroy.microsoft