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- From: dtaylor@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Douglas A Taylor)
- Subject: Re: Novell bought USL?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.155936.26476@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- References: <16053@auspex-gw.auspex.com> <1992Dec23.180219.25620@sci34hub.sci.com> <PCG.92Dec27232149@decb.aber.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 15:59:36 GMT
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- In article <PCG.92Dec27232149@decb.aber.ac.uk> pcg@aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi) writes:
- >What they have now is that Novell controls an almost full line of
- >alternatives to Microsoft's:
- >
- >graphics PC: Windows 3.1 ???
- >
- >The only product missing in Novell's lineup is a GUI (DR's GEM would be
- >there, but it is manifestly useless); I would not be surprised if Novell
- >bought out DesqView/X too; even if the recent moves to 4.2 as a low
- >price, user friendly lightweight offering may mean that it was being
- >positioned as a Windows 3.1 alternative too.
-
- Another possible choice for Novell's GUI is PC/GEOS. It's a terrific
- multitasking, multithreading GUI that runs well on minimal hardware
- (8088 w/ 512k) and really screams on higher-end machines. The folks
- at GeoWorks don't see themselves as Windows competitors, but Microsoft
- and Novell probably do.
-
- GEOS already works better with DR-DOS's TaskMax than with MS-DOS's
- DOSSHELL, and I understand that Netware code will be included in
- PC/GEOS v2.0 (due out early this year).
-
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