I haven't seen a problem with DOS programs yet with Win98 betas. Not sure
whether I'm non-disclosed so I won't go into details. :) I'll try out CT
this week.
Even NT, which has NOTHING to do with DOS, still lets you run CT and TR,
etc. There's such a huge installed base of DOS software that MS can't
completely walk away from it (lots of new Win 3.1x systems shipped in 97,
believe it or not). I also bet that most of us won't be upgrading to Win98
right away; not a lot in there that would compel one to do so (at least,
that's what I read in the trade press!).
Still Dave's point that relying on DOS isn't a solid path into the future
seems like a good one to me.
73 de Kevin K7VI
Vancouver USA
At 10:12 PM 1/17/98 -0500, Dave, K4JRB wrote:
>Trey's note on running CT/TR et al on W95 machines made me a remember a
>conversation I had just after new years with an associate. The associate
>is an advocate of DOS, but is now repeating the chilling news about the
>future of DOS programs under W95 and especially 98.
(snip)
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