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Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 17:23:50 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Rich Dawe <rd5718 AT irix DOT bris DOT ac DOT uk>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: DJGPP under WinNT?
In-Reply-To: <EJFEwC.H5t@fsa.bris.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.971111172211.17425N-100000@is>
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On Mon, 10 Nov 1997, Rich Dawe wrote:

> and Dan Hedlund's WSOCK library). I think this is because WinNT doesn't
> provide a WSOCK.VXD like Win95 does. I guess this is part of MS's
> attempt to make it more robust.

I'd rather guess that this is part of MS's constant campaign to retire 
DOS by supporting less and less of features that DOS programs can use as 
they release more and more advanced versions of their OSes.

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