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From: paulc@microsoft.UUCP (Paul Canniff 2/1011)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Why call it Windows/286?
Message-ID: <5723@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 15 May 89 19:15:46 GMT
References: <89May12.000432edt.19614@me.utoronto.ca>
Reply-To: paulc@microsoft.UUCP (Paul Canniff 2/1011)
Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA
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In article <89May12.000432edt.19614@me.utoronto.ca> yap@me.utoronto.ca (Davin Yap) writes:
>Okay.  I give up.  Why did Micro Soft (skull) call windows/286 what they
>did when the beast doesn't use the protected mode of the 286 to provide
>pre-emptive multitasking?  It runs just the same on a '86 machine?

To differentiaite it from Win386, of course.

>This is truly annoying (hence the mind flame).  For my purposes 'cuz
>the '386 laptops are too heavy and pricey.

Ouch!  I hate mind flames, they really hurt.  Would you be happier if
I attached helium balloons to the 386 for you?

>They should change the name, it's misleading.
>
>Peaved.
>
>PS:  Isn't there a law against this?

No, you can post anything you want, no matter how trivial.

By the way, how does WordPerfect get away with selling a word
processor that isn't perfect?  Very misleading in my book. And
did you know you have to by a PRINTER to even use the darn thing!
Cost me a lot more money than I first thought it would, by the
time you buy that sort of accessory.  None of the reviewers
caught this either.  Sheesh!


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