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To: DiViT who wrote (59897)	7/16/2001 4:18:55 PM
From: Dave	Read Replies (2) of 74651

Dave do you really understand what you are talking about? No, I'm just spouting off random nonsense. How about you? If Microsoft had removed 'DOS dependency" "years ago" you would have cried foul when all the Legacy DOS based programs ceased to work. If they did that, and I did cry foul, then I would be confusing "DOS dependency" with "DOS support." They are welcome to remove the crufty old legacy 16-bit code within Windows that DEPENDS on DOS, while leaving SUPPORT for DOS applications intact. That's what Apple did with Mac OS X, finally removing all emulated 68K code from the operating system, while still supporting legacy applications in an emulated environment (in which many legacy apps actually run much faster than they did in OS 9). Now I understand that Windows XP will FINALLY be rid of 16-bit code. Yes, I believe will break many 16-bit DLLs and drivers, but it will get rid of the horribly distasteful need for "thunking" between 32-bit and 16-bit code (please correct me if I'm wrong). It's been a long slow ride, but third-party developers who are stuck writing to the Window API deserve this change! Dave

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