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

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From: sy... sync
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.




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Subject: Re: Windows 95 & Microsoft (vs OS/2?) : long but IMHO good! :-)
Date: 1995/07/17
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