Yes Bill, but . . . don't dismiss character-based programs. (Presentation Manager claims rebutted)

YES BILL, BUT . . . DON'T DISMISS CHARACTER-BASED PROGRAMS I agree with Bill Gates that the future will include OS/2 with Presentation Manager. However, since most people still use DOS, we need a bridge that allows us to move from the past to the graphical environments. Thankfully, that bridge exists. It's called OS/2 Standard Edition 1.0, and it delivers all the major benefits of Presentation Manager except the graphical user interface.

To see how smoothly that transition works, let's look at what we get from OS/2 1.0. OS/2 eliminates the 640K memory barrier that has limited the DOS world since the beginning. Under OS/2, an application can access up to 16 …