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|    Don Lowery to Sean Dennis    |
|    Re: ArcaOS DOS window fi    |
|    01 Jun 20 20:17:50    |
      TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A46       MSGID: 1:340/1000 31769d6d       REPLY: 1:18/200.0 5ed56e0e       TZUTC: -0700        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.              ACME BBS-Member of fsxNet/WWIVNet/SciNet/AmigaNet/VKRadio/FidoNet/MicroNet.              --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/04/21 (Windows/32)        * Origin: ACME BBS-W.Coyote & D.Brown are our best users. (1:340/1000)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 18/200 19/10 57/0 90/1 120/340 601 123/131 153/250       SEEN-BY: 203/0 220/70 221/0 1 6 242 360 226/17 30 227/114 702 229/101       SEEN-BY: 229/424 426 452 616 664 1014 240/5832 249/206 317 400 267/800       SEEN-BY: 280/5003 292/789 854 8125 317/3 320/219 322/757 335/364 340/1000       SEEN-BY: 342/200 423/81 633/267 280 640/1138 1321 1384 712/620 848       SEEN-BY: 770/0 1 100 330 340 772/0 1 210 220 230 500       PATH: 340/1000 770/1 712/848 640/1384 221/1 292/854 229/426           |
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