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Received: from wor-srv.wam.umd.edu (wor-srv.wam.umd.edu [128.8.76.2]) by nacm.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id QAA12106 for <executor@nacm.com>; Fri, 23 Jun 1995 16:04:13 -0700 Received: from rac3.wam.umd.edu (rsrodger@rac3.wam.umd.edu [128.8.70.33]) by wor-srv.wam.umd.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id TAA28461; Fri, 23 Jun 1995 19:04:12 -0400 Received: (rsrodger@localhost) by rac3.wam.umd.edu (8.6.10/8.6.10) id TAA27412; Fri, 23 Jun 1995 19:04:11 -0400 Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 19:04:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Stephen Rodgers <rsrodger@wam.umd.edu> To: Dan Guisinger <dan_g@ix.netcom.com> cc: executor@nacm.com Subject: Re: Why a Windows 95 version? In-Reply-To: <199506231931.MAA26104@ix3.ix.netcom.com> Message-ID: <Pine.ULT.3.91.950623190122.27375A-100000@rac3.wam.umd.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-paper@nacm.com Precedence: bulk > >OS/2 2.0 was a crock of shit. However, OS/2 2.1 and later are pretty > >good. And they are *not* less powerful than Win95. As far as 32bit > >progs go, about the same. However, OS/2 will do 16-bit Windows > >much better than Win95, for the following reasons: > > > >1) OS/2 allows multiple Windows 16 apps in virtual machines, allowing > > pre-emptive multitasking of Win16 apps, and protecting them from > > each other. Win95 does not have this, although NT does. > > Actualy, NT does *not* do that either. It is actualy nessecary to work > 100% correctly that the Win16 applications run in the same VM. Actually, Dan, NT *does* do this, and has for more than a year. Hit alt-enter and observe: "Run in seperate memory space." They're pre-empted, they're seperate, and unlike OS/2 and Windows 3.1, they have virtually no limit on resources. > >3) Win95 does not pre-emptively multitask as soon as you run any > > Win16 apps in it. OS/2 does. For most people this makes > > precious little difference, of course. > > > > Don't forget that OS/2 is not Win16 native. That means it can run a > windows subsystem for each application, and get pre-emp. multitasking! > Win95 uses one windowing system that must act like the Win16 system to > the Window 16 applications! So what? The topic under discussion was a Win95 version of Executor, not Win32. Since even IBM has joined the Win32 bandwagon, it would be silly to even consider a Win16 version.