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- Subject: Re: Why a Windows 95 version?
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- dan_g@ix.netcom.com (Dan Guisinger) writes:
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- > But Windows 3.1 can not be used because it doesn't use a flat memory model.
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- XMS *is* a flat memory model. That's one of the features that distinguishes
- it from silly paged memory models like EMS. Perhaps a more sophisticated
- memory model like DPMI is required, tho -- that's what E/D uses, and I don't
- have a good feel for Executor's requirements insofar as memory management is
- concerned. You could be right, since I think DPMI has problems under Win 3x.
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- Windows 95 might be the most commonly-used OS overall in a year, yes, mostly
- due to OEM bundling, but the real question is "how many potential Executor
- users will be likely to use Windows 95"? That's a tough call, I guess, and
- it certainly merits consideration, but most of the folks I know who are the
- most likely to want Executor are mostly running Linux or OS/2 now because
- those are also cutting-edge toys to play with.
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- I just don't see Windows 95 as being a cutting-edge platform. And I don't
- see the Windows 3.x market vanishing immediately, either.
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- Oh well. I'm bordering on advocacy here (my apologies), and ARDI has a lot
- more important things to concentrate on (like v1.99n and 1.99o <grin>). I
- can't wait for v1.99n's release. Has anyone gotten Cyclone to work on E/D??
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- -Rich Steiner (rsteiner@skypoint.com is my perferred e-mail address)
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