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From: jwi@cbnewsj.att.com (Jim Winer @ AT&T, Middletown, NJ)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: Why even use Windows x.xx?
Summary: For some programs you have to
Message-ID: <1991Apr12.142258.15226@cbnewsj.att.com>
Date: 12 Apr 91 14:22:58 GMT
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In article <10960@uwm.edu> markh@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mark William Hopkins) writes:

   Maybe I missed the boat somewhere, but what is so great about windows
  anyhow?  What does it get me that I already can't get with reasonable command
  shell, a good editor and a few good UNIX-like utilities?

   Or was it simply meant as something to be marketed to people who have an
  aversion to command-line shells?  You know, personal taste?

The only reason for using widows is because you have to for programs like
Micrographix Designer or Corel Draw.  I use Ventura GEM/DOS because it's
much faster, and WP5.1 as well.  There is no possible way that I will even
consider WP for Windows, W4W, or AMI PRO -- Windows is just too damn slow.

Jim Winer -- jwi@mtfme.att.com -- Opinions not represent employer.
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