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echo: osdebate
to: MACK BARSS
from: SCOTT LITTLE
date: 1997-04-23 21:57:00
subject: Which Is The Best?

 [ Quoting Mack Barss to Scott Little ] 
 MB> FreeAgent is 16bit and can run on OS/2 in a WinOS2 session.  You do
 MB> realize that Forte puts out a 32bit version of their newsreader don't
 MB> you Scott?
They have to make money don't they?
 MB> Opps.. Agent is not shareware.. it's commerical ware.  So.. Forte will
 MB> give you a stripped down version of Agent and 16bit at that.
OK. Tell me where 32bit is important in a newsreader.
I think it's time for you to stop reading those tech sheets and take a long
hard look at the real world. Why use 32bit? Just becuase it sounds better?
The program (esp. one as simple as a newsreader) could quite possibly be
just as fast, if not faster, and probably also a fair bit smaller if it was
16bit rather than 32.
Regards,
 - Scott
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