Re: Windows 95 & Microsoft (vs OS/2?) : long but IMHO good! :-)

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From: jo...
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 00:00

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In <3uau8q$9...@mail.one.net>, cinn...@one.net (r. n. dominick) writes:
>Dan Ehrig (deh...@capella.unm.edu) wrote:

>: It did.  For Win32s 1.15.   So, after Warp's release, MS changed it so 
>: that it was incompatible.  Accidentally of course.
>
>Let's see. Microsoft has a bit of beta software. This software extends 
>Windows. When it gets enhanced, another companies' "compatible" product 
>breaks...
>
>....and you blame Microsoft?
>
>BTW, Win32s 1.20 supports OLE 2.0 and several other goodies. It is a 
>significant upgrade, not just a Warp-breaker.
>
>Bitch to IBM, why don't'cha?

Becauase MS doesn't encourage copying of their API?

I wonder if one of the few commerical Win32s apps, MathCad, is uses the newest
win32s API that does not run under WARP.  Last time I checked they were selling
mathcad to WARP users.  

Joseph Coughlan jo...@ibm.net

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From: jo...@ibm.net
Subject: Re: Windows 95 & Microsoft (vs OS/2?) : long but IMHO good! :-)
Date: 1995/07/18
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