Re: Win95 a TRUE OS? Help a newbie!

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From: ffab... Frank Fabbrocino
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 00:00

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mcr...@ix.netcom.com (Psychoboy) writes:

>Is Microsoft Windows 95 a true, real operating system?

A long time ago, Micro$oft had a problem: Everyone and their dog hated
M$-DOG.  Billy the Gates feared that if they didn't do something soon, they
would lose a lot of money to IBM with its soon to be released OS/2.  Since
getting rid of M$-DOS would scare away a lot of users (and their pocket
books), they decided to just hide M$-DOG instead---underneath Windoze.
Windoze95 is the latest (bug-ridden) incarnation of this costume.  Except
this time M$-DOG is hidden better.

Later,
Frank

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