29 Sep
2005
29 Sep
'05
2:25 a.m.
On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, 'Computer Collector Newsletter' wrote:
OK. not "obsolete" but "discontinued"
95, 98, ME were windoze ~4 running as a task on DOS ~7
But NT, 2K, XP have MAJOR internal changes, and are based more on
Microsoft OS/2 (by Gordon Letwin), and code provided by Dave Cutler?
(presumably "stolen" from DEC)
Therefore, it COULD be argued that much (not all) of the internal
structures of 95/98/ME IS discontinued.
>>
Windoze95 was obsolete several years before it was released.
No, I don't mean in the sense of whether we like it or not, I mean whether
the world still uses the same basic design. So whether we like Windows or
not, there's the reality of Microsoft's market share.