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From: pavlov@canisius.UUCP (Greg Pavlov)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: OS/2 is dead?
Keywords: OS/2
Message-ID: <3078@canisius.UUCP>
Date: 15 Dec 90 00:00:05 GMT
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Organization: Canisius College, Buffalo N.Y. 14208
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In article <windy.661083071@andrej>, windy@andrej.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Andrew John Stuart Miller) writes:
> 
> Windows and Presentation Manager are nothing to do with operating
> systems.  They are windowing systems, ........
> 
  Given that DOS provides the rudimentary set of "operating system" services
  and Windows supplements them a bit, I don't think that this statement is 
  completely true in this context.  And most PC users couldn't give a damn
  one way or another.
> 
> If only typical PC users understood.......
> 
  Why should they ?  Will it really make a significant difference for most of
  them ?