>         Not too suprisingly, some people are still 
 > bitter because Windows
 > has replaced DOS as the main gaming OS - some are 
 > just bitter at having to
 RH> I think that whats so distasteful is the fact that Windows is so buggy 
 RH> that Micro has put out, to my knowledge, 4 upgrades 
 RH> already and we uses have to pay for EVERY one of them. 
        We do?  Last I noticed, patches are free to download off the net.
 RH> We end up buying the same poor performing OS over and 
 RH> over. And Bill Gates gets richer and richer with the "More Bugs the 
 RH> Better" working wonders with his bank account...and we 
 RH> consumers are stupid enough to go along with it in 
 RH> order to play the games that the companies make 
        Compare your statement above with one further on...
 RH> Exclusively for Win95.  Those companies have tie-ins 
 RH> somewhere along the money line by way of buy-outs or 
 RH> generous "gifts" from Micro of their OS or such.  All 
 RH> these companies that supply Win95 with their products, 
        The only companies that get "gifts" from MS are the ones that have 
products published (Atomic, Digital Anvil, TRI, etc.) or directly owned by 
Microsoft (Reality Labs, etc.).
 RH> new computer systems etc., you can't tell me that they 
 RH> buy these full versions at a $200.00 or more pop each 
 RH> and just give them to the buying consumer...
        Computer companies install Windows because it's the most widely used 
and supported OS in the industry!
 RH> Had OS2 Warp flooded the market using Gates tactics, we 
 RH> be seeing games made solely for OS2 Warp now. But they 
        No, we wouldn't.  If you'd checked your performance figures, you'd 
know that DOS games are slower under Warp than Win 95.  Also, Warp has no 
DirectX-like driver set to speak of.
 RH> weren't as greedy. OS2 Warp3 has had to put out, last I 
 RH> found, 17 versions of fix discs (pack) for their
        Hmm...17 fix discs.  Microsoft has had to put out, what, two or three 
Service Packs?  And if you count the number of DirectX revisions, that still 
only brings the number up to eight. 
 RH> operating system and as far as I know we have not had 
 RH> to pay for one of them! I got fixpack 17 off of the 
 RH> internet FREE!!!
        Like I said, you can get MS updates for free as well.
 RH> I got the first version of Win95 and it runs like cramp 
 RH> so I deleted it instead of shelling out $100.00 or for 
 RH> Versions B, C and D? each yet!!! Cripes, I'm almost 
 RH> half way to buying a new computer system instead of 
 RH> fattening Gates bank account. Plus all the money I did 
 RH> NOT spend on Win95 only games...
        Get ready to have a total lack of new games.  All of the major 
holiday releases are Win 95 only.
 
         
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