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I beg your pardon!
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Re:Won't be
Oh, god. Some people really have too much time.
Because I actually replied and tried to address everything, I have too much time? Whatever.
You believe wrong.
Amazing logic! Truly, I have been humbled by your razor-sharp intellect.
Yeah, OO.o can't import some files. And that would be enough for some people. Instead of using native format.
Pretty much.
What you're describing windows as is gods gift.
Ah, yes. The wonderful Linux/OSS zealot reaction to anyone that claims Windows might actually be fairly usable.
Yes, I do think Windows is usable.
No, I do not think Windows is god's gift to mankind.
Yes, I think Windows has quite a few issues.
No, I do not think Linux is worthless.
That about covers it.
no HIG whatsoever (XP and Office 2003???? wtf????),
I don't recall mentioning anything about HIG in general, just specific programs.
Office 2003 may have flaws in the UI, but I still think it's better than what OO.org or Staroffice have achieved so far - and i've seen many other people voicing the same opinion. I'm sorry that you feel so upset by that.
virus prone,
Only, frankly, if you're an idiot, deliberately letting things get screwed up, or just generally not using common sense. If anything, Microsoft should share the blame with the users on this one.
If you actually use a slight bit of protection, don't open strange attachments in your email, and use some common sense about visiting the seedier parts of the Internet, it's pathetically easy to avoid getting a virus of any kind.
spyware prone.
See above.
Start menu without any sense. (why the fuck does every software have to make his submenu, can't M$ just make some restrictions base on software type?)
What makes no sense to you makes perfect sense to someone else.
Control panels that mess up configuration to level of insanity (things can be done simpler you know).
Maybe they can, but it sure as hell isn't under most flavors of Linux either. For anything non-trivial you still have to dive into text config files half the time, or deal with configuration tools that make absolutely no effort to explain what the setting you're changing actually does.
Ultra friendly network browser that never displays what I wuold like, only what I wouldn't like.)
Ahah! It doesn't work how you personally want it, so of course it must be total crap! Genius!
You obviously don't know how network neighborhood looks when you enter into 50-100 computer network
Actually, I do. And I also know how it looks with a network of about 2000 or so computers and printers. If you know where you're looking, and the admins don't have a completely nonsensical naming scheme, it's actually not too hard to find things.
If the admins/users have named all the devices with random arbitrary names...Well, who's fault is that?
Oh yes. Getting slower with time.
Mmmhmm. Have any actual benchmarks for that, or are you just spouting your personal opinion like fact again?
And most of all my dear dorothy. Why the fuck there's no simple way to stop desktop notifications? (don't offer registry key or tweakit, you were talking about grandma)
Why should there be a simple way to do that? If you're advanced and/or knowledgable enough to want all the notifications turned off, then you can do it the slightly harder way. Try here, tip #012. Only takes adding one value on one key in the registry.
You said you use antivirus, ad-aware and firefox. Does typical grandma install these?? Or she just uses what system offers?
Antivirus: If she bought a pre-made system, chances are very good that one was already installed. If she had someone build -
Re:ahh the memories. download DESQView 2.8 here:
Download DESQView 2.8, QEMM 8.03 or 9, and other stuff here:
http://www.chsoft.com/dv.html
If you want to find old stuff, go to #oldwarez on EFNet (or something similar) or fire up EMule 0.42d and search. Also, Googling the web or google.groups can be rather an effective way to lay your hands on abandonware.
What next? Repton? Alley Cat? Herzog Zwei rom dump?
Historic reference to the final version of DV, 2.80.
From: marsha@test120.qdeck.com (Marsha Ailing)
Organization: Quarterdeck
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 96 16:48:18 GMT
Subject: Fw: #So - DESQview 2.8 Sent to Production
Message-ID:
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
X-Newsreader: Quarterdeck Message Center [2.00]
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DESQview 2.8 and DESQview 386 2.8 are Now Available for ordering!
The new versions have a good deal in common with previous versions of
DESQview. DESQview 2.8 contains a relatively modest number of changes from the
previous release, DESQview 2.7. DESQview's version number has changed
primarily to reflect a major change in DESQview 386, which is that DESQview 386
v2.8 incorporates QEMM 8.0, where DESQview v2.7 included QEMM 7.5. (DESQview
386 consists of a copy of QEMM and a copy of DESQview running on the same
machine. It doesn't matter whether QEMM and DESQview are purchased separately,
or together in the DESQview 386 retail package.)
DESQview 2.8 includes a DOS-only version of Manifest, found in the DESQview
directory (typically C:\DV). DESQview 386 also includes a version of Manifest
that presents both a DOS and Windows interface; this version can be found in
the QEMM directory (typically C:\QEMM).
Other changes to DESQview have been minimal. In this release, DESQview has
been enhanced to provide better support for network printing under NetWare's
VLM, and has been modified to support PCI machines that also support the Micro
Channel Bus. An inconsistency involving closing programs started via a
command-line parameter to DESQview has been addressed. A number of technical
notes have been added to the DESQview distribution; see the section "Technical
Notes" below for more details. Finally, DESQview 2.8 works around a problem
in DOS's management of the date change at midnight.
That's right, DESQview 2.8 solves the problem referred to in
MIDNIGHT.TEC. Having got that licked, we now begin to believe that world
peace is an attainable objective.
DESQview 2.8 is not available as a patch.
I don't have any pricing yet.
--
Marsha Ailing
Beta Test Coordinator
Quarterdeck Corporation
Marsha@test120.qdeck.com
What's New in DESQview 2.8
DESQview 2.8 contains a relatively modest number of changes from
the previous release, DESQview 2.7. DESQview's version number has
changed primarily to reflect a major change in DESQview 386, which
is that DESQview 386 v2.8 incorporates QEMM 8.0, where DESQview
v2.7 included QEMM 7.5. (DESQview 386 consists of a copy of QEMM
and a copy of DESQview running on the same machine. It doesn't
matter whether QEMM and DESQview are purchased separately, or
together in the DESQview 386 retail package.)
DESQview 2.8 includes a DOS-only version of Manifest, found in the
DESQview directory (typically C:\DV). DESQview 386 also includes
a version of Manifest that presents both a DOS and Windows
interface; this version can be found in the QEMM directory
(typically C:\QEMM).
Other changes to DESQview have been minimal. In this release,
DESQview has been enhanced to provide better support for network
printing under NetWare's VLM, and has been modified to support PCI
machines that also support the Micro Channel Bus. An inconsistency
involving closing programs started via a command-line parameter to
DESQview has been addressed. A number of technical notes have been
added to the DESQview distri -
Re:DesqView/XYou think I can pick up a copy on LimeWire or Kazaa?
Maybe, but you can also just download it here: http://www.chsoft.com/dv.html
By the way, that was the first link that came up on Google when I searched for "desqview".
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DESQview/X
I read some people here say there isn't such thing YET, but as a matter of fact, there WAS. Unfortunatelly, no more.
In ye good ol' DOS times, there was DESQview/X, that allowed you to run Win 3.1 in a X-Window, and display it on any X-Server. It could also turn any 386 w/ DOS in a X-terminal.
Pretty cool stuff, but probably little market share. You can see screenshots here. More info here. If you don't care for 95/2000/XP support, as it doesn't have it, you can download DESQview/X here (I didn't test it, though. -
Is this really true?
Has anyone actually confirmed that this is true?
I've been unable to access the site http://disvr.cjb.net/freedv referenced in the article. If this is an offical Symantec decision, why aren't the binaries available from http://www.symantec.com? I just searched their site for the word "DesqView" and found no mention of this supposed release.
The alternative http://www.chsoft.com/dv.html posted here contains binaries but I can't see any mention of any official announcement by Symantec about the binaries now being in Public Domain.
The site http://www.freemm.org/DesqView%20X/, also mentioned in postings here on Slashdot, (and last updated Wed Apr 11 2001) says the following:
I built this page as soon as I heard that DesqView/X is available. As soon as I confirm the legality of the download, I will load the binaries up on this site. For right now, you can download DesqView/X from Amos Vryhof's page at: http://disvr.cjb.net/freedv/. There are also many useful links there
It seems to me that this rumour has been around for a few months now.
Finally, if this is true, why isn't there any announcements about it on comp.os.msdos.desqview?. And why did Amos Vryhof, presumably the owner of http://disvr.cjb.net/freedv recently start his own OpenDVX project on Sourceforge?
I'd love for it to be true, but until I see some official announcement from Symantec, I can't say that I believe it.
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