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To: bdog who wrote (6364)9/6/1998 2:30:00 PM
From: Bob Jagow  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 11149
 
"an os that only blue screens once a year?" even better is in the works.
They got rid of the win 3.1 gpfs in win95 by renaming them -- understand they plan to switch to an orange screen in NT 5.0 ;)



To: bdog who wrote (6364)9/7/1998 11:57:00 AM
From: Sean W. Smith  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 11149
 
LOL! bdog

(ya, but will the gates propaganda team ever come up with an os that only blue screens once a year?) >g<


or will people start choosing alternative robust computing platforms that do exist today??? I don't care. I just want a secure, robust, and stable os that runs all my apps!

Sean



To: bdog who wrote (6364)9/9/1998 10:05:00 AM
From: John Schott  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 11149
 
You have to understand. The blue screen is merely a simple marketing tool used by MS.

They just want to make sure that you never, ever forget who really owns your PC.


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