From: eachus@spectre.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus)
Subject: Re: MicroSoft to purchase Aonix?
Date: 1997/05/30
Date: 1997-05-30T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <EACHUS.97May30174913@spectre.mitre.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 338DD91B.537C@bix.com
In article <338DD91B.537C@bix.com> Tom Moran <tmoran@bix.com> writes:
> Do you recall people saying, some years back, that they should buy PCs
> from Texas Instruments because TI would still be around? Will MS still
> make OSes suitable for niche markets like yours in 10 years, or will it
> concentrate on the mass entertainment market?
That implies that Microsoft is building an OS suitable for
real-time simulation right now.
(I am typing this on a Dell Dimension XPS Pro200n that I am in the
process of configuring NT 4.0 Workstation on, so I am not speaking out
of ignorance. NT Workstation is very usable as a desktop--or deskside--
system, but as a server or real-time engine it has a ways to go.)
--
Robert I. Eachus
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Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-05-29 0:00 MicroSoft to purchase Aonix? Mike D Bates
1997-05-29 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1997-05-29 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1997-05-29 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1997-05-30 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus [this message]
1997-05-30 0:00 ` Scott Stallcup
1997-05-30 0:00 ` jim hopper
[not found] ` <01bc6c71$0d641ba0$220b6dce@my-pc.neosoft.com>
1997-05-30 0:00 ` Dale Pontius
1997-05-30 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-05-30 0:00 ` Robert B. Love
1997-05-31 0:00 ` Jerry van Dijk
1997-06-02 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-05 0:00 ` Jerry van Dijk
1997-05-31 0:00 ` Steve Doiel
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1997-05-30 0:00 gilbert prine
1997-05-31 0:00 ` Mike D Bates
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