Re: Sony CDs are not safe to play in a Windows computer

"Nobody" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.11.05.04.21.01.139083@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 19:46:47 +0000, The Eternal Lost Lurker wrote:
>
>>> > Well, Win95 and Win98 used MS-DOS 8 as the kernel. NT, XP, Me, and
>>> > 2000 all
>>> > have a non-DOS kernel.
>>>
>>> No, ME uses the same kernel as 95/98.
>>
>> It does? That explains a lot.
>
> 98 = 95 + Internet Explorer
> ME = 98 + System Restore + upgraded Media Player + Win2K look-and-feel
>
> The biggest giveaway is that device drivers come in three flavours:
>
> 1. 95/98/ME
> 2. NT
> 3. 2K/XP
>
> While all of the above provide roughly the same interface to applications
> (so you can have an EXE which works on any of them), the interface to
> device drivers depends upon the kernel.

I think ME was the biggest POS ever!

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