From:	Tudor <tudor AT cam DOT org>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: OpenDOS
Date:	Sat, 25 Jan 1997 22:12:37 -0800
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Gene Buckle wrote:
> 
> > I looked on the Caldera homepage, and found an article about their suit
> > against Microsoft.  It stated that some MS products (such as Windows)
> > would print bogus error messages if something other than DOS were
> > detected, for the sole purpose of forcing people to use MS products.
> > Will this still be the case with OpenDOS?
> >
> 
> My understanding is that this was done in a pre-release version of windows
> 3.0 and was subsequently removed after the press found out about it.  The
> trade journals really tore microsoft up over it.
This was a common practice for Micro$loft in the past. I remember
articles about windoze programs trashing OS/2 .I really doubt that
Micro$loft isn't using those shitty techniques anymore.
-- 
tudor 'at' cam 'dot' org
yoda69 'at' hotmail 'dot' com
http://www.cam.org/~tudor

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