NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/comp/os/mswindo/misc/5659

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From: [e-mail] (Dwayne Paschall)
Subject: Re: WANTED: Info about Windows NT for new user..
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On the otherhand, I've been running NT since the July release. The latest bea release
is much improved. I reliably run both 32-bit and 16-bit Windows apps. One comparison
that I DON'T see made very often between OS/2 and Windows is the number and quality
of applications avaliable for both. OS/2 has yet to spawn near the number of apps.
that is CURRENTLY avaliable for Windows. BTW, most current Windows apps WILL work
under NT. The only one that I have that won't is Central Point Backup for Windows.
this is because CPB makes direct disk access. This is a no-no under NT and subsequently
causes a GPF.

Overall, I would say that NT is a viable operating system in its current release. And
for $69, you get an operating system, a 32-bit C/C++ compiler with online docs, as well
as postscript and WRITE formant documentation for the whole thing.
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