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Article #986Re: Windows 95 & Microsoft (vs OS/2?) : long but IMHO good! :-)
From: sy... sync
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 00:00
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 00:00
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Rob Vanden Heuvel (rjva...@cantor.math.uwaterloo.ca) wrote: >someone who this guy above cut out wrote: >> The Plus! pack will be released *at the same time* as Win95, not " a while >> after that." >> The Plus! pack (I am running the current build) does *not* contain bug fixes >> for Win95! > >Okay, for the last time now: > >Whether the Plus! pack (PP) is released at the same time as Win95 or shortly >after is irrelevant. By no means does a same-day release indicate that there >are no bug fixes in PP. The simple fact of the matter is that Win95 (being >an OS) must be finalized sooner than PP because OEMs (who don't care about PP) >require Win95 at least 6 weeks prior to Aug. 24 if they have any hope of >making it available by then. This deadline would appear to have been missed >but that's another story. So, Microsoft has several weeks following the >code lock on Win95 in which to code bug fixes to be included in PP. Naturally, >these bug fixes will not be found in the beta versions os PP which fall prior >to the code lock on Win95 because if the code were not locked, then they might >as well put the fixes right in the OS! > >There, 'nuff said. > > Sorry--you're wrong. I'll give you credit for trying, though. sy...@msn.com
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From: sy...@msn.com (sync) Subject: Re: Windows 95 & Microsoft (vs OS/2?) : long but IMHO good! :-) Date: 1995/07/17 Message-ID: <3ucv75$4le@News1.mcs.net> X-Deja-AN: 106329675 references: <3ttpu9$7ht@itsmail1.hamilton.edu> <3tvvet$2c6@news.rz.uni-passau.de> <3u1ij5$l8_005@line01.socketis.net> <DBpvIs.B95@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> organization: The Glue Factory mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit