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Article #2039Re: OS/2..Win 95 -- Some actual facts that will affect *gaming*
From: jco... Jody Cooper
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 1995 00:00
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 1995 00:00
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In article <3tbnso$b...@news.cc.utah.edu>,
>You better check up on your facts son. IBM does not have any legal rights
>what so ever to to WIN32 API's or Win 95. That little fact spells
>deathbells for OS/2. OS/2 sales only picked up once they incorporated
>Windows into the program and that's a fact. Imagine all the wonderful new
>software coming out for Win95 and OS/2 will be left floating in use to be
>Win 3.1 land.We keep hearing about all this port over nonsense, the only
>problem is all the companies seem not interested in doing so! They can only
>clone Win 31 and down which explains why they've been trying unsuccessfully
>to reverse engineer Win32 API for some time now. You people ought to try
>reality for a change.
IBM has announced some time ago that OS/2 will have "links" to Win95.
While you are correct that they no longer have access to code, they can still
provide the links they need since MS has release the Win32 spec. list.
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