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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,d4aba2022b03306e X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 10261c,d4aba2022b03306e X-Google-Attributes: gid10261c,public X-Google-Thread: f907c,d4aba2022b03306e X-Google-Attributes: gidf907c,public X-Google-Thread: 10d15b,d4aba2022b03306e X-Google-Attributes: gid10d15b,public X-Google-Thread: 1094ba,d4aba2022b03306e X-Google-Attributes: gid1094ba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,d4aba2022b03306e X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 145623,d4aba2022b03306e X-Google-Attributes: gid145623,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,d4aba2022b03306e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: sad@utkux.utcc.utk.edu (Deutscher) Subject: Re: M$ to STRIKE again... Date: 1997/04/14 Message-ID: <5itm8n$oah$1@gaia.ns.utk.edu>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 234795967 References: <33489A15.453C@ix.netcom.com> <01bc433c$e5109820$230228ce@default> <01bc4776$23c72ce0$22f482c1@xhv46.dial.pipex.com> <01bc482c$66a547c0$d340aace@srsnt1> Followup-To: 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 Organization: University of Tennessee 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: 1997-04-14T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Bruce Rosner (brosner@pacbell.net) wrote: : 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.) Let me translate: Microsoft has or a long time now gone after complete incomaptibility with it's competitiors and even its own products in order to maximize the amount of money they can collect after every bug fix in their 'operating system'. Microsoft wisely (IMHO) relies on blindfolded people who think this is just great. Stefan -- ======================================================================== Stefan A. Deutscher, sad@utk.edu, (001)-423-[522-7845|974-7838|574-5897] home^ UTK^ ORNL^ ========================================================================