CP/M-86 / MSDOS / DRDOS / GEM / Windows

From: Doug Yowza <yowza_at_yowza.com>
Date: Sat Sep 19 23:27:01 1998

On Sat, 19 Sep 1998, Scott Walde wrote:

> When I started selling computers in 1990, we had Aldus Pagemaker (v?) on
> the shelf. It included run-time windows v2.x.
>
> Did this practice stop with Windows v3.0? Everything anyone has mentioned
> here was v1 or v2.

Yes, Microsoft was intent on positioning Win3 as an operating system, not
as a mere GUI. As a developer at the time, I found this a bit presumptious
of them :-) I distinctly remember asking a Microsofty if Win3 would be
released in run-time form and getting a terse "no." It was clearly a
strategic descision.

-- Doug
Received on Sat Sep 19 1998 - 23:27:01 BST