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From: bwb@sei.cmu.edu (Bruce Benson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Win 3 and Borland products
Message-ID: <7799@fy.sei.cmu.edu>
Date: 10 Jul 90 20:55:59 GMT
References: <1990Jul9.185717.25142@usenet@kadsma>
Reply-To: bwb@sei.cmu.edu (Bruce Benson)
Organization: Software Engineering Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
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In article <1990Jul9.185717.25142@usenet@kadsma> pajerek@kadsma.UUCP (Donald Pajerek) writes:
>The recent reports from people who have been unable to get
>Borland's language products to run under Windows 3.0 make me
>wonder if the time has come for the PC industry to consider
>organizing an effort to develop a non-proprietary, DOS-compatible
>operating system.  It is getting to the point where it may no
>longer be acceptable for Microsoft - with its increasing
>involvement in applications - to control the OS as well.
>
>There are certainly precedents: look at OSF and EISA.

I wonder if the problems are related to the OS (Turbo C 2.0 works fine
for me under windows standard and enhanced) or to the hardware/bios
and add-in board combinations?  I was amazed how many software problems 
disappeared when I upgraded my Cordata 286 to a new bios - and elated
when they all disappeared when I junked my Cordata for a Zeos 386 (using
the same add-in boards).

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