G'day Rick

03 Apr 04 00:06, Rick Van Ruth wrote to Paul Quinn:

 MM>>>> Probably because, with the rise of protected mode operating
 MM>>>> systems such as XP, they are no longer effective.
 PQ>> [ ...trim... ]
 DD>>> Not everyone is running XP - there's still quite a few '98 out
 DD>>> there.

 PQ>> Too true.  We're still running 5 with '95 here.  The 6th with '98 is
 PQ>> broken.  Since experiencing XP at work, I wouldn't touch it with a 
 PQ>> barge pole even if I had the hardware.

 RVR> XP Home is much the same as 98 only it has less features (networking 
 RVR> wise). XP Pro works better then 98 and is still much the same under the 
 RVR> GUI change.
 RVR> They just finally got the OS in 32 Bit from taking NT code.

Surpisingly, XP Pro still runs many "dyed in the wool" DOS apps.

Regards,
David

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