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From: dba+@andrew.cmu.edu (David Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2
Subject: Re: HPFS and OS/2 2.0 windows compatability
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Date: 21 Oct 89 01:13:11 GMT
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>Also, I remember reading several places that OS/2 V2.0 (the
> 386 version) will be able to run Windows binaries without
> modification...and as protected mode tasks, not "boxed into"
> the DOS box.  ANyone else know for sure??

This is rumored in the latest InfoWorld -- at least I think that's where
I read it. The report I read indicated that this is Microsoft's latest
scheme for having its cake and eating it too. It sounds to me like
something they might indeed try to do, but I don't know anything beyond
that. Does anyone know if this is technically feasible?

--david