win 3.11 was peer to peer networking

Post #25,253 by boxley 1/23/02 9:58:07 AM Reply	win 3.11 was peer to peer networking that was the difference between win 3.1 and 3.11 and it was aimed at breaking Wordperfect for Windows, (the little blurb this program might cause windows to crash) thanx, bill My Dreams aren't as empty as my conscience seems to be
Post #25,255 by Another Scott 1/23/02 10:08:31 AM Reply	You're thinking of Win for Warehouses 3.11 Er, Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Windows 3.11 was designed to break OS/2 for Windows, MS's protestations notwithstanding. [link\|http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q114301\|MS KB on Win 3.11]. Cheers, Scott.
Post #25,370 by static 1/23/02 8:29:05 PM Reply	This is a common mistake. Most people don't realize that as well as Windows 3.1, and Windows for Workgroups 3.11, there was also Windows for Workgroups 3.1 and Windows 3.11 (without networking). That's four products. Windows for Workgroups 3.1 was extremely rare, but I'm sure I saw it or saw it mentioned somewhere. Microsoft also did a number of unnecessary Win32s upgrades aimed at beaking OS/2. It became a cycle: IBM made it work, so Microsoft made a minor release that broke OS/2, so IBM found out what they'd broken and released a patch for OS/2, so Microsoft made another minor release, etc. IBM eventually gave up, though it would have fun if they'd kept at it just to show the press how dastardly Microsoft was being. Wade. "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
Post #25,378 by JayMehaffey 1/23/02 9:00:28 PM Reply	WFW 3.11 broke a lot of things WFW 3.11 was also the first one with the new disk driver that set of the chain of events that eventually lead to the Stac suit. The new disk driver improved speed slightly, but broke every non-MS utility that had to interact with it. It also marked the opening manuvers of the network stack wars that raged for several years. As I recall, it was also the one where the disk driver had "Experimental High Performace OS/2 Disk Driver" in it's string constants. Jay
Post #25,417 by nking 1/24/02 1:19:00 AM Reply	WFW 3.1 was add-on software IIRC It was a driver and software for Windows 3.1 to use that SMB client. They also had a "Wolverine" add on that provided TCP/IP protocol and Winsock for 3.1 and above. They basically wanted to have something that could hook into an NT 3.1 Server. "Will code Visual BASIC for cash."

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