Subj : FileMgr
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Mike Tripp
Date : Sun Nov 02 2003 10:55 am

Hello Maurice!

01 Nov 03 17:54, Maurice Kinal wrote to Bob Jones:

 MK> be multiusage in favour of OS/2 and DOS compatibility.  Personally I
 MK> don't count Winxx as a seperate OS from DOS although DOS people might
 MK> argue that.

Depends on the xx.  95/98/ME are "DOS w/extensions", though each subsequent 
release has done more and more to hide/blur/contradict the fact.  NT/W2K/XP are 
true 32-bit preemptive multitasking environments which emulate DOS rather than 
consume/coincide with it...just like OS/2.  In fact, they are merely MS's 
continuation of the work they were paid by IBM to do on OS/2 after the rift 
over whether the Windows GUI would be =the= GUI for OS/2.

And the key to interoperability is to think =union= of the sets and not 
=intersection=.  You don't have to lose anything "in favor of OS/2 and DOS 
compatibility"...just strive to maintain "Maximus/Squish compatibility".  That 
may mean the introduction of a new keyword to introduce a new behavior that is 
only meaningful in one of the 4 supported environments instead of hacking the 
usage of an existing one, but that approach is how Scott's utils made it onto 
the 3 ports that already exist.

..\\ike

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