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Hello Thurston - 

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TW>> Well in my Experience the program compatability was poor
TW>> Particularly with thc Major manfacturers. They DID
TW>> slightly tweek their CP/M OS and delibertly wrote the
TW>> programs to need those tweeks to LOCK YOU IN!! 

TW>> Thewre were of course some exceptions, THAT is why I used
TW>> the word "SOME" i nmy post. The most notable one was
TW>> KayPro and Commodore making their CP/M machines compatable
TW>> with the Osborne CP/M that had a somewhat large base of
TW>> programs to draw from. 

TA> Ah the good old days 8-) 

I think what Tom was describing points out that "the good old
days" weren't all that "good"?

TA> I wonder why none of the linux distros can't match that
TA> path to get more non-nerd users envoled with linux? 

Windows is too close to satisfying non-nerds requirements and
it comes pre-installed with 100s of acquaintances that have
used Windows and are available for advice at no charge at work,
at play, even at home. :-) 

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