[CT] [OT] Do you control the computer, or does it control you?

[Daniel Moran]

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Windows 3.0 ran fine on 286s. It didn't multi-task DOS apps particularly 
well, that's all.

I though the article was silly myself -- hating Windows simply because it 
grew complex seems to me to be missing the point. Modern OSs _are_ complex. 
Objecting to being treated like a criminal, otoh, seems reasonable.

Windows 2K Advanced Server is much more complex than Windows 95 ... but I 
understand it fine. Windows XP Home Edition is simpler than Advanced Server 
by quite a bit -- I refuse to run it.

At 08:06 PM 1/22/2002 -0800, you wrote:

> > I just gotta say: It's weird how this guy took all the time and effort
>to
> > master MS-DOS, but when Windows 95 came out he gave up on trying to
>learn
> > the nuts and bolts of his operating system.
> >
> > Being someone who has spent a lot of time learning about both MS-DOS
>and
> > 9x,
> > I have to say I'd rather run 9x any day.
>
>I was all prepared to take the guy seriously, until I read, "I optimized
>my system so that when Windows-3.x came out, I was able to run it on my
>puny 286, and often better than a lot of 386SX machines could do."  Ummm
>... IIRC, Windows 3.0 was a real-mode only operating system.  You CAN'T
>run it on a 286 ... the processor doesn't do real-mode ... only
>protected-mode.
>
>This guy isn't doing Linux any favors, personally ...
>
>Lee
>
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