Talk:DESQview

message: Someone needs to merge this and DESQView.  ElBenevolente 23:06, 24 May 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Nevermind.  I merged them.  It might have too much information now, some liberal deletions may be in order.  ElBenevolente 23:21, 24 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge

message: I noticed this page linked from Operating Systems.  I didn't want to edit it as it is huge, but I would seriously debate that DESQView or DV/X do not qualify as an operating system, as they ran under DOS.
:If Microsoft Windows 1.x-3.x qualify as OSes, then DV/X qualifies as an OS. 70.51.8.158 (talk) 09:06, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Windows 1.0 is an operating environment, and so is DESQview.—Wbm1058 (talk) 16:45, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Operating Systems

message: This says 1984 and the TopView article says 1985.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.216.42.197 (talk) 08:52, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: IBM TopView was announced in August 1984 and shipped in March 1985.—Wbm1058 (talk) 16:42, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Conflicting Release Dates for IBM TopView

message: There are inline citations present, so this template does not apply any longer; for any further deficiencies in sourcing, other templates and tags can be used. Arny (talk) 22:09, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Alas I have already fixed several incorrect and unreferenced statements in this article, and there are probably some more. – Wbm1058 (talk) 22:02, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed "unreferenced" template from page 

message: * InfoWorld May 16, 1983 ("DesQ opens windows to software integration") called the product DesQ, a year before the product shipped
* PC Magazine Apr 17, 1984 ("Desq: Through An Open WIndow") called it Desq, shortly before it shipped
* InfoWorld Jul 2, 1984 ("Can Visicorp come back?") DesQ... "began shipping in April"
* InfoWorld Jul 30, 1984 product review now calls it Desq
* Computerworld Mar 28, 1988 "In Depth" calls it Desq as well
: since Wikipedia doesn't favor unnecessary capitalization (MOS:CAPS, MOS:TM), Desq it is – Wbm1058 (talk) 22:02, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Capitalization of the product Desq 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: That's not true.  It's DV 2.80. 139.138.6.121 (talk) 00:28, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Final release stated as 2.70 

message: DESQview (DV) is a text mode multitasking operating environment
I understand what this is trying to say but DV can run and multitask graphical applications as well, to include Windows 3.1.  Myabe this can be-reworded but I'm not sure how to go about that. 57.135.233.22 (talk) 05:11, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Text Mode