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xtifr@netcom.com (Chris Waters) writes:

>In <1992Nov02.215818.22347@microsoft.com> petesk@microsoft.com (Pete Skelly) writes:

>>In article <1992Nov2.090335.21329@netcom.com> xtifr@netcom.com wrote:
>>> 
>>> you ask :-).  DOS+Windoze might be an operating system, but it's such a
>>> lousy one that nobody with any sense cares.  ;-)
>                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>Only 70million care about DOS.
>>Only 10 million care about Win.

>Doesn't contradict what I said.  :-)

>Actually, I doubt if any appreciable percent of the DOS, Windoze, or
>OS/2 users care *WHAT* DOS+Windoze is called.  Using a system != caring
>what it's called.

>And I'll bet good money that there's a lot of those 70 million DOS users
>who care (in some sense) about Windoze; they *hate* it.  These range
>from people like me, who hate it on technical grounds, to people like my
>mother, who know nothing about the technical aspect, but merely loathe
>the lousy UI.

>Not that MS cares about *this*, of course--not the way that they're
>raking in the cash.  Nor, really, do I care.  I'm happy to have MS sell
>a system that only a fool would want to use to all those fools out
>there.  :-)

>And finally, one more time, for those who simply cannot comprehend such
>a simple concept:  THE QUESTION OF WHETHER DOS, WINDOZE, OR EVEN CP/M IS
>AN OPERATING SYSTEM HAS *NOTHING* TO DO WITH OS/2!!!

>Do NOT post a followup to this article!!  You have been warned!  :-)

Not even a tiny one maybe, please?

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