Brenton, at 21:46 on Thu, Nov 24 1994, you wrote to Bill Grimsley ...

BV> Personally, I don't think there is a problem with PKTJOIN at all
BV> and those who are claiming it has a fault are simply wankers who
BV> have not bothered to look at what it does or how it does it.

BG> Ah, just like Windows 3.1 and/or OS/2, correct?  |-)

BV> Sumfin like that...However with Windoze, I have looked at what 
BV> it does and believe me...it ain't pretty in there.

Well, I haven't bothered looking under Windows' skin yet (and likely never
will), but if GPFs are any indication, I'll take your word that lots of
weird shit is going on with memory allocation.  I was always apprehensive
about OS/2, but 15 months of using 2.1/2.11 has virtually convinced me that
I've been worrying unnecessarily.  I promise you Brenton, no matter how
hard I try, it's next to impossible to crash OS/2 to the point of the PC
needing a reboot (or reset).

To balance what sounds like rabid zealotry, I've also been using native
Win31 a fair bit lately, and GPFs aside, it has no general feeling of
robustness whatsoever, and if (or when) it crashes, it sadly comes as no
real surprise.  WFWG may well be better, but until Windows95 is released,
I'm no longer prepared to entrust my critical data to apps which require
Windows to run.  It's a pretty sad state of affairs in 1994, IMO.

Regards, Bill

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