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Al Cringely's column on Infoworld describes how MS has dropped support
for a file locking call for DOS and 16-bit Windows apps from Windows 95,
effective with OEM Service Release 2.

The article says

        "This means any stable network using Windows NT or Windows 95
        networking, when it buys a new computer and puts it on the
        network, will suffer corrupted data."

The full text is at

        <http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/acringe.htm>

I trust someone more knowledgable than I on such matters will put this
in its proper perspective.

--Glenn Cole
  Software al dente, Inc.
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