From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: *** X-Spam-Status: No, score=3.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, LOTS_OF_MONEY,RATWARE_MS_HASH,RATWARE_OUTLOOK_NONAME autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f907c,d4aba2022b03306e X-Google-Attributes: gidf907c,public X-Google-Thread: 10d15b,d4aba2022b03306e X-Google-Attributes: gid10d15b,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,d4aba2022b03306e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,d4aba2022b03306e X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,d4aba2022b03306e X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 10261c,d4aba2022b03306e X-Google-Attributes: gid10261c,public X-Google-Thread: 145623,d4aba2022b03306e X-Google-Attributes: gid145623,public X-Google-Thread: 1094ba,d4aba2022b03306e X-Google-Attributes: gid1094ba,public From: "Bruce Rosner" Subject: Re: M$ to STRIKE again... Date: 1997/04/13 Message-ID: <01bc482c$66a547c0$d340aace@srsnt1>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 234595341 References: <33489A15.453C@ix.netcom.com> <01bc433c$e5109820$230228ce@default> <01bc4776$23c72ce0$22f482c1@xhv46.dial.pipex.com> Organization: A customer of Pacific Bell Internet Services Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.cobol,comp.lang.pascal.misc,comp.lang.prolog,comp.lang.basc.visual.misc,de.comp.lang.c Date: 1997-04-13T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Nick Roberts wrote in article <01bc4776$23c72ce0$22f482c1@xhv46.dial.pipex.com>... > > > Mark Wilden wrote in article > <01bc433c$e5109820$230228ce@default>... > > > Apparently, Microsoft has decided that it is time for you to burn your > > > bridges. Unlike previous versions of Windows 95, Windows 95 OEM Systems > > > Release 2 (OSR2) does not allow dual-booting between it and Windows > 3.x. > > > > Good! Microsoft has for a long time now gone after future markets rather than past ones. While there is perhaps currently a large market for software products and services for Windows 3.1 systems, Microsoft wisely (in my opinion) prefers to leave it to third parties who drain their resources fighting for larger scraps of a shrinking market. (Word Perfect, Lotus, Novell, etc.)