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From: hadgraft@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au (Hadgraft)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: new windows OS
Message-ID: <1991Apr8.102619.86535@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
Date: 8 Apr 91 00:26:19 GMT
References: <1991Apr5.215151.5455@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Organization: Civil Engineering, Monash University, Australia
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In article <1991Apr5.215151.5455@hubcap.clemson.edu>, cballen@hubcap.clemson.edu (charles allen) writes:
> Why not?  Why not replace DOS with a full operating system for WINDOWS
> that can still run DOS apps from a shell?
>
> Yes, what I'm talking about sounds like OS2, but I want it for ALL
> machines, not just microchannel.  Plus, it better not be as buggy.
> This OS should run all DOS WINDOWS compatible programs.  Couldn't
> that solve a lot of problems (as well as create some, I know!  :-(

Microsoft and IBM are working on solving the problem the other way around. That
is, OS/2 2.0 will include the ability to run Windows applications as if they
were OS/2 applications. Bye bye DOS.

BTW, OS/2 is not restricted to microchannel machines.
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