CompuServe Thread

#Future OS

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#123443From: Chris JohnstonSep 12, 1994 7:59 PM
Ok, thanks. It **would** really help me (if no one else) if you could encourage somebody there to make some kind of statement about future operating system support for 3DS. Specifically, please let us know something **BEFORE** we have to make a decision about what post-DOS OS to move to!! Chris
#123454From: Mark YankeeSep 12, 1994 9:36 PM
Chris, << It **would** really help me if you could encourage somebody there to make some kind of statement about future operating system support for 3DS. >> As Gary and Jack have said MANY times before they can not comment on ANYTHING about future releases of 3DS. I think a lot of us would like to know where 3DS is headed but I do think it is very fair that they can not comment on future releases of 3DS, no matter what.
#123477From: Pierre MenardSep 12, 1994 11:34 PM
Hi ! I think it's fair too for customer to ask theses kinds of question. You know computer change very fast these day and it's normal to develop a certain level of anxiety about future issues… All this is fair ! But it would be unfair if Adesk made big change without further notice. I say to myself that if Adesk keep a leadership in that business over the years, they have to know how to treat their clients. Pierre
#123811From: Chris JohnstonSep 14, 1994 7:57 PM
Mark: I don't think that it is either fair or smart to withhold comment on the one issue that **I** want to hear about – what future operating system(s) is 3DS going to run under? I know that they don't want to talk about what kind of things are going to be added to future versions of 3DS, I understand that, and I agree with it. The problem is that there are clear signs that DOS is not going to be around forever. There are at least three operating systems (probably more like five) that are either here now or will be out soon that have some legitimate claim to replace DOS. Many of us are going to have to make decisions in the next six months to a year about what OS to migrate to, and I for one don't want to make that decision in a vacuum as far as 3DS is concerned. Chris – Chris Johnston, Written 15-Sep-1994 @ 18:43:52 Using: Windows NavCIS PRO 1.25