RE: The future of computing

["srichter " <srichter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: Jim Damato <jdamato@dollargeneral.com>
Reply-To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 19:28:53 -0500

>I can remembering anticipating Microsoft's true Windows
>operating system through quarter after quarter of delay, then catching on
>that it was really just a half-assed integration of DOS and Windows.  

I disagree Jim. 

Win95, based on the win32 api was an order of magnitude better than win3.1.
And the win32 api was an outstanding product. Ignorant as I am of the mac os 
and unix at that time, I dare say win32 was innovative. All aspects of the 
windows os made accessible to the pgmr via an api. Memory mgmt, tasks, 
syncronzing locks, file io, window mgmt, a device context that abstracted the 
printer and display hardware below the api level, etc. Very comprehensive, very 
complete. Add an oop language such as c++ and a pgmr was much more productive 
on win95 than win3.1.

Steve Richter

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