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Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 15:39:25 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou AT libertysurf DOT fr>
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Subject: Re: Win2k vs Win NT4
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On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Eric Botcazou wrote:

> > IMHO, it hardly makes sense to use Int 33h calls to distinguish between
> > two version of the OS.  It's certainly wrong for a library to do that;
> > perhaps on the application level it is justified.
> 
> The mouse driver is primarily affected, so using Int 33h seems to be
> regular.

Not at all.  There are additional aspects of NT vs W2K differences which 
other library functions would want to know about.

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