Re: Win95 a TRUE OS? Help a newbie!

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From: aur... Aurora
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 00:00

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ffab...@skat.usc.edu (Frank Fabbrocino) wrote:

>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.

Hey, the guy asked for unbiased opinions, so shut up. These are the
kind of replies that make those OS/2  vs W95B so irritating.

Aurora

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Date: 1995/07/21
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