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- From: heiser@TDWR.ED.RAY.COM (Bill Heiser)
- Subject: Re: America OnLine Software?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.230358.24514@ferrari.nmc.ed.ray.com>
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- References: <725032838.AA00000@blkcat.UUCP>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 23:03:58 GMT
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- In article <725032838.AA00000@blkcat.UUCP> Kurt.Germann@f347.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Kurt Germann) writes:
- >I called AOL and specifically asked if their new Windows stuff
- >that's in beta test might work under OS/2, and was told that it
- >would NOT, and that they had no plans to produce something that
- >would work under OS/2!
-
- I would guess that this is becuase AOL is designed for HOME use ...
- it is not AT ALL business-oriented. I think the majority
- of home PC systems run DOS, not OS/2 (at least partly due to the
- memory and disk requirements). There also seems to be a dubious
- aire about the future of OS/2... (please don't flame me, these are
- just observations).
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