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I need dialog boxes, yes.

Do I really need character input? Username and such could be done in the final setup stage that already uses the new install.

The "fancy new controls" work sounds like it happened anyway.

Those simple animations don't sound like they need a real scheduler, and I'm very skeptical of the idea that the above won't fit into 640KB.

I'm not saying a 3.1 runtime is the wrong choice, but I think the article might be exaggerating the amount of work by a lot.



If we're making compromises anyways we could just do text mode right away and move as much as possible to the final stage. NT managed to do so just fine until Vista, including the home-user targeting XP.




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