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Subject: Re: Proposal to Keep WinXP Support "Alive"
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 08:56:53 -0500
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On 12/23/2012 7:10 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
> In message , knuttle

>>>  wrote:
>>
>> I am not against new things in the operating system. In fact I was
>> using
>> OS/2 when most people were extolling the virtue of the first version of
>> Windows. Why because it was far superior to Windows.
>
> In your opinion. (Which Windows are you talking about - 3.1 [or even
> earlier], or the '9x series [95/98/Me]?)
>>
>> I gladly upgraded to XP as it was based on part of the code that made
>> OS/2 far superior and stable.
>
> So you accepted the new when it meant it wasn't new to you (-:.

I have worked with FORTRAN, COBOL, BASIC, DOS, WINDOWS and OS/2
My first programmable device was a TI-59 calculator. My first computer 
was a TI-99/4a, my next was an Apple II? (1983).  The first PC operating 
system I used was DOS.  I then got the first Window OS when it replaced 
DOS 6.  After using it for a period I bought OS/2 and installed it.

I definitely am not afraid of new things.

While you are criticizing me for what I said, you never answered the 
ergonomic problems I have with Windows 8
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