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Re: *** HUGE NEWS ABOUT WINDOWS 95 ***

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From: aki... Aaron Kimoto
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 00:00
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In a previous article, dav...@interlog.com (Dave Glue) says:

>syse...@carbon.concom.com (Aaron Bilger) wrote:
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>>1. You can operate OS/2 on 4 megs.  You _cannot_ operate Win NT on this.
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>While we're speaking of lies...
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>OS/2 will LOAD in 4 megs.  You cannot do anything productive with it
>in that configuration.  You'll have a hard time trying to convince
>someone who's actually used the product in 4 of that.
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>>2. You can operate OS/2 pleasantly for several applications on 8 megs.
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>"Pleasantly" made by an exaggeration.  However, you are correct that
>NT will need 16 megs to run "pleasantly" as well.
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>>>NT, with 
>>>'95's shell, it's out in beta, will kick OS/2's butt.   Period.
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>>Again, a simple lie.  There is no Cairo beta.  Were there such a beta program,
>>I'm certain one of the pro-Microsoft posters would be happy to direct us
>>to information on joining it.
>
>You're right, there is no Cairo beta.  However, the description
>provided above is not of Cairo, it is NT 4.0 with the 95 interface.
>And it most certainly is in beta, has been for some time, and likely
>will be released _very_ early in '96.
>

I beleive what you are talking about is named Daytona.  (And no, I'm not 
pro-Microsoft, just an innocent bystander.)
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From: aki...@cln.etc.bc.ca (Aaron Kimoto)
Subject: Re: *** HUGE NEWS ABOUT WINDOWS 95 ***
Date: 1995/07/10
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