Re: The Gaming Zone FAQ answer to supported OS's

[Linux Idiot <esoteric@atlnet.com>]

Eric M. Bennett wrote:
> 
> Linux Idiot <esoteric@atlnet.com> quoted the Gaming Zone FAQ as saying:
> 
> >     The Internet Gaming Zone, version 4.0, must be played on a computer
> >running Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 or later. The new Zone does not run
> >on a Windows 3.x, Unix, or an Apple Macintosh computer.
> [snip]
> >     Zone membership has grown from approximately 15,000 members in June
> >1996 to more than 200,000 by May 1997. Almost all of that growth has been
> >on the
> >Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows NT platforms.
> 
> Perhaps I'm just being dense, but if nothing other than 95 and NT is
> supported, why do they say "almost" all of their growth has been on those
> platforms?

You're not dense, they are assuming you are.  Typical diatribe by MS.

> 
> --
> Eric Bennett (http://www.pobox.com/~ericb/), Cornell Biochemistry Department
> 
> Delaying [Windows 98's] release can't possibly stall innovation, if it
> contains none.
> -Ryan Gray

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NT is secure.... as long as you don't remove the shrink wrap.
Want to speed up your NT box real cheap?  Replace NT with Linux...