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Re: Micro$loth Windoze 95 Badges - how they should be
- Subject: Re: Micro$loth Windoze 95 Badges - how they should be
- From: ayis@esg.com
- Date: 1995/09/11
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc, comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc, aus.computers.ibm-pc, aus.computers.sun, aus.computers.os2, aus.computers.amiga, comp.sys.amiga.misc, comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc, comp.sys.intel, comp.sys.mac.programmer.misc, comp.sys.misc, comp.sys.newton.misc, comp.sys.next.misc, comp.sys.sgi.misc, comp.sys.sun.misc, comp.os.ms-windows.misc, comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup, comp.windows.misc, comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc
- Organization: University of Delaware
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ddraper@tiac.net (Dr. Dave) wrote:
> I think you ought to check you facts out, either that or open your mouth
> and insert your foot. There is more 16-bit code in the guts on Win 95 than
> Microsoft likes to admit. Almost all of the USER and GDI system code is
> 16-bit. Most of the DOS and Win 3.1 emulation code is 16-bit. I would go so
> far as to say most of the 16-bit code in Win 95 was grafted in from DOS and
> Win 3.1 and them modified to run.
> - Dave
> David Draper
> Software Consultant - Unix/DOS/Windows
> ddraper@tiac.net or dave@xait.xerox.com
> (617) 275-5045
All I have to say is that Microsoft is smart real smart. Windows 95 is not a full breed
32 bit OS as Dave said. Instead, if you want the full deal you must upgrade to NT. How
does Microsoft plan to keep NT up to date with 95? Simple, to have the Microsoft
Windows Compatible logo your application must run on 95 and NT. That is not a real
difficulty to programmers but it shows how Microsoft is trying to consume the market by
taking the low end OS market with 95 and the high end with NT. Infact, IBM has admitted
defeat to Microsoft and hopes to hold on to the server market (which it is losing).
As a side note Microsoft plans to sell add on packages for 95 for extra features which
they removed at the last minute from the beta. The reason being that the extra feature
would confuse users. Anyway, the extra packages and Windows 95 would bring the cost
to about $190. Isn't NS about the same with academic pricing?
-Ayis