On 11-10-02 6:02 PM, August Abolins -> CARROLL MCALLISTER wrote:

 CM>> Microsoft finally gets Windows right (at least, post-XP) in
 CM>> Windows 7, then they want to mess it up??

 AA> Microsoft seems to be consistent with this teeter-totter pattern:

 AA> Win3.1: good
 AA> Win95: bad
 AA> Win98: good
 AA> WinME: bad
 AA> WinXP: good
 AA> Vista: bad
 AA> Win7: good

 AA> So.. we should be able to predict how Win8 will fare.

Makes a nice pattern - except it leaves out major versions (WFWG3.11, NT3.1/3.5,
Windows 2000) AND I would probably disagree with several of the good/bad
verdicts - for instance, I'm not sure by what criteria Win95 is voted 'bad'
other than to make the pattern seem to work.

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