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To: Jonathan Quick who wrote (42)	9/13/1996 8:41:00 PM
From: Kashish King	of 99

You wrote: >> NT 4.0 is backward compatible with the Win '95 API, but the NT 4.0 installation process requires reinstallation of ALL components previously installed on Windows 95. Like the absence of plug and play support, the absence of laptop support, and the absence of Direct 3-D support, the inability to easily upgrade from an existing Win 95 installation limits the attractiveness of NT 4.0 to the home user and the business user alike. << First of all, NT 4.0 is not backward compatible with all of the '95 API sets. Second, the limited presense of Window '95 in business is not going to dissuade business users from upgrading workstations and servers which is by far the largest segment of installations. Third, you can't have hardware oriented services on an utterly hardware independent operating system so Plug 'n Play is out as is laptop support. Windows '95 will be around for awhile but eventually there will be NT and Pegasus and that's it. The upcoming 3D applications and tools are so compelling that Diamond will do just as well in the business area as the home, IMHO.

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