From owner-freebsd-current Sun Mar 26 11:33:34 1995 Return-Path: current-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id LAA22744 for current-outgoing; Sun, 26 Mar 1995 11:33:34 -0800 Received: from cs.weber.edu (cs.weber.edu [137.190.16.16]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id LAA22736 for ; Sun, 26 Mar 1995 11:33:32 -0800 Received: by cs.weber.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1.1) id AA09844; Sun, 26 Mar 95 12:26:54 MST From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) Message-Id: <9503261926.AA09844@cs.weber.edu> Subject: Re: Invalid DOSpartition table may be a bad idea To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Date: Sun, 26 Mar 95 12:26:53 MST Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199503260806.KAA08539@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Mar 26, 95 10:05:58 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4dev PL52] Sender: current-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > To avoid user problems, we may not want to put drives that our stuff is on > > in a state where we will get wiped-out if the user happens to boot a > > Windows 95 floppy, which late this year will be (sadly) one of the most > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > common operating systems on the planet. > > Did they announce the century the `95' belongs to? :-] > > (It's my understanding of KleinWeich, that `95' will expand to the > term `Not before Dec 31, 95', btw.) The target date I have seen is August 1995. I have to say that the most recent beta is *much* more reliable than previous betas, and that the use interface is quite "pretty". On the other hand, the number of animations is staggering, and makes it feel more like a toy that previous versions of windows. IMO, they hired some ex-Commodore people there somewhere. Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.