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to: FRANK SEXTON
from: RUSSELL BROOKS
date: 1998-03-29 08:17:00
subject: Re: V90 Upgrade Wizard

  -=> /* Quoting Jeff Mcclain to Frank Sexton */ <=-
 FS> -> Hmm... more experienced maybe, but you missed another ->
 FS> important point.  The Wizard is built ONLY for people who -> are
 FS> using Windows or Mac as their operating system.  I -> guess it
 FS> could be that these folks need it worse than some -> other (grin).
 JM>> Frank, The numbers I have seen from a tracking program indicate
 JM>> that almost 85% of the people are using Windows 95 or Windows 3.x
 JM>> or Windows NT.
 FS> I now realize it's a 3Com decision to forfeit 15 percent of the
 FS> market.  No problem.
 FS> I use NT and OS/2 at home and NT, Win31, Digital Unix, HP Unix and
 FS> SunOS/Solaris at work. Unfortunately 3Com doesn't support all my
 FS> needs in either locale.
What has all the fuss been over the years about the SDL's not
supporting other platforms..specially OS/2
Anyone with OS/2 can get/make an old DOS boot disk  and flash the modem
from a floppy. there are many old versions of DOS that are out of date
and will still boot a machine one time, once in a blue moon, once for
just 60 seconds (long enough to flash the modem)
Surely Bill Gates does not expect everyone to buy the full version of
Dos 2.1 just to boot and flash and throw back in the cupboard twice a
year.  ... or does he.
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