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From: Robert Clark <clark@open.org>
To: Patrick <patrick@nwinfo.net>
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Patrick,
	Iff BeOS moves to Intel, you may get what you want.
	X is a display server. W95 is not. If someone writes a fully
functional, fully compatible, W95 emulator for X, Microsoft will have
moved on to some newer version of Windows. 
	A good question for anyone at this point in their life, ' are you
ready to admit to yourself your ignorance?'. If not, go back to windows,
and enjoy the ignorance of bliss. Choose wisely, because once you know
FreeBSD, you may never again be satisfied with anything less.

				[RC]


 On Wed, 31 Dec 1997, Patrick wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
>     I HATE microsoft and would love to see an alternate seamless OS
> transplant.  I'm not EVEN a computer scientist and need my PC on a daily
> basis so I can't tinker for days like I used to.  Am I dreaming thinking one
> day X will be able to emulate W95 enough to support software written for it
> while freeing me from Billy's death grip forever?
>     Thoughts?  Does such a microsoft replacement exist anywhere?
> Patrick Padgett
> patrick@nwinfo.net
> 
> 
> 
>