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Subject:Re: Documenting for LCD or most common? From:Barry Kieffer <barry -dot- kieffer -at- EXGATE -dot- TEK -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 13 Feb 1998 08:20:55 -0800
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Arnett [SMTP:Keith_Arnett -at- RESTON -dot- OMD -dot- STERLING -dot- COM]
> Sent: Friday, February 13, 1998 7:13 AM
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> Subject: Re: Documenting for LCD or most common?
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> Despite the shared name (and some functionality), Win 3.1 and Win
> 95
> are two different operating systems, and generally speaking, they
> should be documented separately.
>
Now hold on there Keith,
You are right up to a point (and a fine point it may be).
Let's clarify: Windows 3.x is an application running on top of
the DOS (disk operating system). Windows 3.x is not, and never was
intended to be an operating system. Windows 95 on the other hand is
integrated tightly enough that it is considered an operating system.
The differences between Win 3.x and Win 95 are vast. Entire
papers are written in collages on this topic.
