Re: TIB: HAL
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Re: TIB: HAL
I stand corrected! And feeling foolish! Sorry about that--DSO
Michael Van Der Kolk wrote:
> >Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 13:12:00 -0800
> >From: "Douglas S. Oliver" <dsoliver@earthlink.net>
> >Subject: Re: TIB: HAL
> >
> >Windows (3.x) runs on top of DOS, but Win95 does not. It is a stand alone
> >system that happens to be packaged with DOS. If you don't believe me, talk
> >to Microsoft.
> >
> And I qoute:
>
> "Windows 95 is an environment, not an operating system. It rides on top of DOS. Many of the funcions that Windows preforms take place through DOS." ‹‹ Inside Windows NT Workstation pg. 57
>
> "It rides on top of DOS" sounds a lot like "runs on top of DOS"
> [snip long post]
>
> Michael Van Der Kolk
> mikev@iserv.net
> http://www.iserv.net/~mike
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Douglas S. Oliver
Department of Anthropology
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521
e-mail: douglaso@citrus.ucr.edu
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