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To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (21369)	11/11/1998 12:52:00 PM
From: Andy Thomas	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Hi Reginald, Yes for games there has been a speed improvement. We don't know how much faster the games would be today though, if the companies were still using dos extenders and assembler/c instead of directx. Most customers need a word processor and email. A 486 running win3.1 is equal to or faster than a Pentium 2 for these tasks. Perhaps my message about software bloat and speed problems hits a little too close to home, eh? I think that MSFT's big mistake was in making Win9x a catch-all, be-all, end-all for every app. Dedicated machines would work better; ask any kid with the latest video game (sega, ninetendo, etc.) console what he prefers, the console or win9x. Reginald, what do you care about performance issues anyway? All that matters from the standpoint of a MSFT shareholder is that the copyright laws remain as they are, and that the MSFT marketing works its magic. Who cares about what could have or might have been in regard to quality of software when profits continually rise and you're legally protected? FWIW Andy