Date:	Thu, 13 Apr 2000 12:00:07 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	Mark Mendes da Costa <mark AT itsmyparty DOT com DOT au>
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Subject:	Re: Windows, Microsoft, and other evils
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On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Mark Mendes da Costa wrote:

> I am not a big computer nut, but I have been tuning into this newsgroup
> and others and find an alarming amount of insults to Microsoft. Why is
> this? Why is Bill Gates the 'devil' among other names?

I would like to urge everyone who replies to this thread to PLEASE keep it 
relevant to DJGPP.  Let's not discuss *anything* beyond how MS opertaing 
systems interact with DJGPP.  Please???

As for the original question:  most of the ``devil''-like approach you've 
seen is from off-topic messages.  If you confine yourself to relevant 
messages only (those which have any relevance to DJGPP), you will see 
that the only problem we have with MS is that they leave bugs in their 
OSes which are hard or impossible to work around.

As relevant examples, consider the DPMI-related bugs in the NT DOS box 
(see section 3.3 of the DJGPP FAQ for the gory details), the fact that 
DOS box on Windows 9X and NT loses resources such as selectors, and other 
Windows-related atrocities.  I suggest to search the FAQ for more 
evidence.

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