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From: drp@vpnet.chi.il.us (Douglas Pokorny)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Windows 3.0
Message-ID: <2666e9f5-1d94.1comp.sys.ibm.pc-1@vpnet.chi.il.us>
Date: 2 Jun 90 01:55:05 GMT
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Quite well, I haven't had a program yet that has caused a problem or 
"mysterious circumstance".  It's ability to handle both text based
and graphics based non-windows applications is impressive.

(Software like: Telix, Word for DOS, Word perfect, Word for Windows,
Turbo C, Deluxe Paint, X-Tree gold, Norton Utilities, etc...)

The nicest aspect of Windows 3.0 is that it seems to use all of the
features of the 386 cpu to its fullest, with virtual memory, virtual
8086 machines, and the like.

It seems to be the environment of choice when it comes to developing new
software.  It doesn't make sense these days for every programmer to have to
re-invent the wheel when it comes to displaying information on the screen.

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