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Re: Windows Workstation V4.1

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From: ccasm
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 03:37
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In article <carol.710378938@ee.uts.EDU.AU>, carol@ee.uts.edu.au (Carol Gibson) writes:
> cherryp@topaz.ucq.edu.au writes:
> 
>>In article <carol.710135344@ee.uts.EDU.AU>, carol@ee.uts.edu.au (Carol Gibson) writes:
>>> Just got some propaganda on Windows Worksatation 4.1. Has anyone out
>>> there used it? (or version 4?) Is it as good as it sounds? Is it 
>>> perfectly compatable with Windows 3.1 and all it's applications?
>>> 
>>> 	Carol Gibson
> 
>>Don't know where you get your propaganda, but that's what it is. Version 4.x is
>>quite a long way off. There will be a version 3.2around the end of the year
>>which will feature some network and mail primitives, but that's about it.
> 
> Ok - I'll tell you:  First I saw the following article in the June 1992,
> Australia/ New Zealand LAN magazine :-
> 
> "ENHANCED LAN SOFTWARE MAXIMISES WINDOWS 3.1
> 
> Windows 3.1 isn/t network-aware enough, according to Sydney based
> Software Suppliers. To overcome this frustration, Windows Workstation
> Version 4.1 has been designed to provide LAN administrators, system
> integrators and LAN value-added resellers with management tools to manage,
> maintain and support Windows 3.1 users on a network. The LAN product
> provides the ability to centrally create and dynamically update and
> control Windows and Windows-based applications."
> 
> I then got them to send me a fax which detailed version 4.0 and then
> all the extensions in 4.1 . So it *does* exist, and I'd still like to
> hear from anyone who's used it....
> 
> 	Carol
> 

Perhaps its just a Software Suppliers product, not a Microsoft product.
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