On Mon, 06 Dec, 1999 à 02:49:28PM -0800, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > >>>>> "Nate" == aphro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Nate> i believe the key to linux expansion is pre installed > Nate> machines. users will be very hesitant to change their OS from > Nate> something that works for them, even if it means upgrading from > Nate> win95 to win98 or nt or win3 to win9x. this isnt something that > Nate> can be blamed on linux but on installing any other OS. > > Exactly, I agree completely. It would be interesting to see > statistics on what percentage of new Windoze users actually install > the OS themselves, but the figure I'd bet on is quite low. :-) > > As for the Great Universal Windows Installer, there are non-SVGA cards > out there, like the Hercules and clones. Does Windows 9[0-9] work at > all on those? > Win 3.1 could be installed with an ega graphic card but 3.11 was unable to do it (but you could upgrade from 3.1 to 3.11 and keep the installed ega driver). Does anybody tried a 3.1 with ega to 95 ???
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