Re: DRDOS 6.0 and WIN 3.1

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From: Bill Gieske
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1992 14:50

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In article <1992Mar25.151232.6786@DMI.USherb.CA> trepe00@terre.DMI.USherb.CA (Eric Trepanier) writes:
>In article <1992Mar25.011418.15808@den.mmc.com> rarmstro@bigsky.den.mmc.com (Richard Armstrong) writes:
>>
>>I am torked off because it seems to me that Microsoft
>>deliberately made win3.1 incompatible with DRDOS6.0.
>
>Will you quit the whining already!!!
>
>Microsoft owes NOTHING to DR-DOS users.  Its loyalty is to MS-DOS user ONLY!!!
>It's Digital Research's job to make sure their OS _IS_ compatible with
>Windows 3.1 AND NOT THE OPPOSITE!!!
>
>Incidently, Win 3.1 is not the only program to have compatibility problems
>with DR-DOS.

Imcompatibility with popular software is nothing new with DR-DOS.  I got
DR-DOS (earlier version) with a PC kit three years ago, and found it to
be incompatible with WordPerfect Library software (a big seller then).
Yet, the same software worked fine with DOS 3.1 and 4.01.  It still works
now with 5.0!  IMHO, DR-DOS does not test for 100% compatibility, never
has, and maybe never will.

Bill Gieske
AT&T Bell Laboratories
wg@alux2.att.com

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From: wg@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (Bill Gieske)
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Subject: Re: DRDOS 6.0 and WIN 3.1
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Date: 7 Apr 92 14:50:16 GMT
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