🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <3tr9ct$1...@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com>,
Psychoboy <mcr...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

[munch]

>Eh...? I was just reading through here (I rarely come to these groups, 
>but I was posting my for sale message and blah blah blah...) and I'm 
>wondering now, what the HELL is Cairo?

It's the rumored next Microsoft addition to the Windows family.  Details
are very sketchy, as it is about as real now as Win95 was three years ago
(and I wouldn't be surprised if the wait is similar).  Cairo is to be
a 32 bit protected OS (as NT, OS/2, UNIXes) with an object-oriented
interface (as OS/2).  Rumors have circulated that it is to be just NT
with a Win95 interface, but that doesn't fit the central description;
Win95's interface is not object oriented, though perhaps prettier than older
Windows.  How much Cairo should theoretically resemble other Windows or
OS/2 or other GUIs is not known.  Theorizing about it is really about as
productive as theorizing about the P8.  Only very, very basic premises
are available.

>What does it have to do with 
>Win95?

Except for the fact that they are both currently non-existent Microsoft
products, very little.

>And in terms of how fast Win95 will run, be it on a P5 or a P6, 
>how can anyone but Microsoft be QUITE sure how fast it will be if it 
>isn't even released yet?

Many beta and prerelease copies have been released, sold, or leaked.  
Thousands outside of Microsoft have certainly seen it.

>And what's the deal with the Windows NT 
>compatibility with Win95?

It is admittedly a good idea.  If the same binaries run on both OSes, it
makes migration from Win95 to the more advanced, stable, and resource hungry
NT.  It would also allow those who can afford and prefer the more advanced
and larger OS now to use a possible flood of apps. for the low-end OS.  I
grant Microsoft is making a wise marketing move by pushing for compatibility
between the apps.


Farewell-


Aaron