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Re:Microsoft Partner Network changes spark uproar by whoopdedo on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @05:40AM (#20390205)
I occasionally felt that ME was so bad in order to push the last holdouts finally into the 32-bit era.
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Re:Microsoft Partner Network changes spark uproar by dragonwriter on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @09:08AM (#20391315)
Presumably, you mean the NT-era and off the Windows 95 descended code base, but as I recall it was exactly the opposite: the ME that was released was something of a last-minute rush job because, it was supposed to be an NT-based OS, but that wasn't ready and was effectively delayed until XP.
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Re:Microsoft Partner Network changes spark uproar by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @07:47AM (#20390832)
ME was 32 bit... I think what you mean to say is to push the last hold outs into the NT on the desktop era.
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Re:Microsoft Partner Network changes spark uproar by TazeTSchnitzel on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @07:50AM (#20390844)
NT was on the desktop! I think you mean in the home.
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Re:Microsoft Partner Network changes spark uproar by u801e on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @08:48AM (#20391179)
That didn't happen until people started using Windows XP. I only saw a few businesses using NT or Windows 2000, but I don't recall many people running those versions in their home computers.
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