Hi Neil.

15-Jun-03 11:31:00, Neil Heller wrote to Bill Birrell


 BB>> It is interesting that the programs that stopped working on Win
 BB>> ME now work again on Windows XP, so Windows is not one OS but
 BB>> many. I think I prefer backwards compatibility, but I'm open to
 BB>> persuasion, if I can be convinced of increased utility (which I
 BB>> doubt).

 NH> IIRC ME was a "pared down" version of Win for laptops.  If that's
 NH> the case it wouldn't surprise me at all to find that something
 NH> important may have been cut.  Cutting by committee often has
 NH> unpredictable results.

CE was for palmtops (and possibly some small/old laptops).
me was "son" of 98  (and 2000 was the "son" of NT4)

 -=> Bye <=-

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