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   Message 3,099 of 3,371   
   Don Lowery to Sean Dennis   
   Re: ArcaOS DOS window fi   
   01 Jun 20 20:17:50   
   
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    SD> why they chose to use it to create NT, et cetera).  From what I've heard   
    SD> from IBM insiders--now this is going on the better part of twenty years   
    SD> ago but I am safely assuming this is still true--M$ is afraid if OS/2   
    SD> was open sourced, they'd wind up getting an open-sourced OS/2-Windows   
    SD> hybrid that they'd lose to. XD   
      
   Also take it that if Arca could get away with it...setting up WINE to run   
   current Windows programs would be the game changer Microsux is especially   
   afraid of? Wished we could run the same route as React OS without still being   
   in alpha 20-30 years later.   
      
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