is identical to C<$Config{'osname'}>. See also L<Config> and the
B<-V> command-line switch documented in L<perlrun>.
-In Windows platforms the $^O is not very helpful since it is always
-MSWin32 (or MSWin64, when applicable), it doesn't tell the difference
-between 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/CE. Use Win32::GetOSVersion() (see L<perlport>)
-and other means (like for example the presence/absence of some files) to
-distinguish those.
+In Windows platforms, $^O is not very helpful: since it is always
+C<MSWin32>, it doesn't tell the difference between
+95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/CE/.NET. Use Win32::GetOSName() or
+Win32::GetOSVersion() (see L<Win32> and L<perlport>) to distinguish
+between the variants.
=item ${^OPEN}