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From: il@utai.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Windows/graphics query
Message-ID: <4145@utai.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 5-Nov-87 19:07:25 EST
Article-I.D.: utai.4145
Posted: Thu Nov  5 19:07:25 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 7-Nov-87 18:25:24 EST
References: <45900081@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> <1048@cup.portal.com> <10140@felix.UUCP> <419@srs.UUCP> <174@stratix.UUCP>
Reply-To: il@ai.UUCP (Indra Laksono)
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
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Summary: 

>From utai!utegc!utcsri!utgpu!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!stratix!zeus :
>In article <419@srs.UUCP>, dan@srs.UUCP (Dan Kegel) writes:
>> > Unlike Windows, GEM has been a real product for years...
>>.
>> In the MS-DOS world, these conditions will probably be met by Windows-386 
>> running on a 640x480 screen.
>> Perhaps other windowing systems already meet these conditions.
>> 
>> Comments, anyone?
>> 
>> - Dan Kegel (...rochester!srs!dan)
>
>I gave MS the benefit of the doubt and spent a great deal of money 
>
>....
>
>PS: To flamers, I realize I have offered opinions without backing facts.
>I have done this deliberatly to avoid overloading the net with undesired
>data.  If there is enough interest (heat) I am very willing to prove my
>little thesis.  MS has cost me a fortune, in cash and credibility, and I
>would love to save others the grief I have gone through.

>Mark Mullin @ Stratix Inc
>uunet!stratix!mark

I've always been amazed at why ms windows has emerged as a standard.
2 years ago, I was involved in making either windows/gem work on a now
dead (may it rest in peace) msdos micro.  After extensive usage, I
was sure that gem was slightly better in its ease of use.  The
thing that convinced me was gem draw.  Sure, now windows has a draw
program,  but remember, this was 2 years ago!

Then there's Ventura Publisher which does not support WINDOWS, reason
enough for WINDOWS to die a silent death.

JUST AN OPINION.  Now I can just see lots of people posting things
about pagemaker etc.



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Theory Group, Dept. of Comp. Sc.
University of Toronto, Canada M5S 1A4
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