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Date:         Sat, 11 Apr 1992 19:07:42 EDT
Reply-To:     S Kotsonis <ntepy@WPI.WPI.EDU>
From:         S Kotsonis <ntepy@WPI.WPI.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Windows 3.0 ---> 3.1
Comments: To: Hellenic Discussion List <hellas@brownvm.brown.edu>
              92 3:59 pm

Epeidh mou thv spave reviewers pou dev exouve ta facts tous straight,
as sumballw se authv thv suzhthsh.

> bghkan sthn agora me diafora 20  wrwn, ta Win3.1 poylane hdh san trella

H OS/2 2.0 bghke sths 31 Martiou evw to Windows 3.1 bghke sths 6
Apriliou.

>
> Gia  to OS/2  ayto kauayto  twra. H  telikh ekdosh  den einai  kai toso
> kauarh.  Exei  polla  kai  anohta  bugs.  'Hdh  ta  prwta  reviews  toy
> pro.i.ontos  sto PC  Week kai  sto PC  Corporate einai  sxetika xliara.

  H pi0avothtes va prepei va kaveis turn-off tov kompiouter sou epeidh
exei kolosei to mhxavhma eivai megaluteres sto Win3.1.  Auto eivai
epeidh h OS/2 exei pre-emptive multitasking evw to Win3.1 (ka0oti dev
eivai operating system) perimevei ta programmata va tou dosouv elegxo
tou susthmatos.

>
> To kyriotero pleonekthma toy OS/2 enanti twn WIN ypotiuetai pws ua htan
> af'enos  h  kalyterh   antimetwpish  twn  syxnwn-pyknwn  "unrecoverable
> application errors"  kai h taxyterh ektelesh  pollwn programmatwn. Ayto

To pleovekthma ths OS/2 eivai pre-emptive multitasking kai Object
Oriented User Interface (WorkPlace Shell).  H taxyterh ektelesh eivai
logo tou multitasking.

> omws poy  ua prepei  na lhfuei  ypoch einai pws  af'enos ta  WIN3.1 den
> paroysiazoyn  pia  UAE's  (kata  periergo  tropo  oi  treis  teleytaies
> beta-version poy eixa sth diplanh mhxanh, htan ejairetika staueres) kai
> af'eteroy h taxythta toys einai sygkrisimh me to OS/2 2.0.

Na sou upev0imhsw oti otav protobghke to Win 3.0 kavevas dev mhlhse
gia UAE.  Oso gia thv taxuthta, h OS/2 2.0 eivai 32-bit evw to Win3.1
16-bit. Auti th stigmh dev uparxouv akomh 32-bit programmata gia thv
OS/2 alla mexri tov augousto 0a uparxouv 32-bit programmata (Lotus
1-2-3, Wordperfect 6.0 (new version), kai alla megala software
houses).  Ta 32-bit programmata 0eleis de 0eleis trexouve pio grhgora
apo 16-bit.

Mesw tou multi-threading(kati pou to Windows dev exei) 0a mporouse eva
programma va exei arxhsh va upologizei exhswseis oso akoma esu kaveis
input ta data points.


>
> Alla gegonota  poy ua prepei na  labei kaneis ypoch toy  einai ta ejhs.
> Yparxei  enas terastios  plhuysmos PC  poy  trexoyn WIN3.0  kai poy  ua
> kanoyn upgrade  se WIN3.1 prokeimenoy  na mh xasoyn th  symbatothta sto
> User Interface.  (To OS/2  mono kata dianoia  akoloyuei to  CUA =common
> user access). Oi mones mhxanes gia  to epomeno 3mhno poy ua poylioyntai

To CUA to e0ese h IBM, thv OS/2 thv egrapse h IBM kai 0elhse va ferei
to Workplace shell oso pio kovta sto CUA mporouse.  Oute to Windows
oute h OS/2 eivai 100% CUA alla h OS/2 eivai polu pio kovta apoti to
Win3.1.  Ektos to oti to Win3.1 lambavei upopsi ta guidelines to CUA
movo gia to User Interface kai kai oxi gia alla stoixeia tou CUA.

> An  efodiaze  to OS/2  me  ena  Windows-like  interface safws  ua  eixe
> perissoteres eykairies.  Apodeijh, oi fantastikes pwlhseis  toy Quattro

Alla 0a eitave katwterh apo oti eivai twra.  Poia eivai h logikh sto
va baleis se amaksi orgava mekapses otav exeis orgava Jaeger.

>
> En  pasei periptwsh,  kerdismenos  sthn periptwsh  ayth  einai einai  o
> xrhsths twn PC kauws exei sth  diauesh toy dyo ejoxa se genikes grammes
> leitoyrgika systhmata  gia epejergastes 32-bit. Sigoyra  oi xrhstes twn
> Macs kauhlwmenoi sto bareto monopwlio  ths Apple ua aisuanuoyn ta prwta
> kentrismata ths zhleias.

To Windows 3.1 dev eivai 32-bit. Katalabe to se parakalw.  Oso gia to
megalo existing market tou Windows :

      1:  H OS/2 trexei programmata windows seamlessly.

      2:  To '80 h CPM eixe to megalutero market evw uphrxe h DOS

> Leonidas
> Miami OH Physics
>

Priv tre3etai va kavete upgrade to Windows 3.0 sto 3.1 gia 40$
koitaxte kai thv OS/2 2.0 pou me 50$ kavete upgrade apo Windows3.0.

Xrhsths OS/2 kai beta tester ths OS/2 2.0,
Stefanos Kotsonis
ntepy@wpi.wpi.edu
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