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[arachne] Re: [SPAM] Re: Arachne

  • From: "Ray Andrews" <randrews@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:06:02 -0800
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On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:28:05 +1000, Ron Clarke wrote:

>> What's the difference?  Doesn't seem like such a big deal to me.

> There are very many DOS programs that will run under Windows. Most of
> the stuff I write (and sell) runs quite happily under Windows, up to and
> including XP.

> But I would be offended indeed if anyone called them Windows programs.

Precicely. You can run Arachne in a dos box under W98 just fine (full screen!)
but that doesn't make her a W$ program. A W$ program is a program that
uses W$ resources and that runs in native mode.



Regards,


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