comp.os.os2.advocacy (Usenet) Saturday, 09-Oct-1999 to Friday, 15-Oct-1999 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: sgmccoy@infi.net@infi.net 09-Oct-99 00:21:26 To: All 09-Oct-99 04:16:19 Subj: Re: OS/2 and Large Disks From: sgmccoy@infi.net@infi.net In <37FD6748.9B526B68@att.net>, "Gregory L. Marx" writes: > > >Mike Ruskai wrote: >> >> On Thu, 07 Oct 1999 23:27:34 GMT, Mitch Small wrote: >> >> >I both want to and need to put OS/2 back on my system. I need to do it >> >to retreive some files I've archived using an OS/2 back up program. As >> >with any other software, it may only be read by itself. >> > >> >I want to go back, because after a year of NT exclusivley, I find I >> >still can't find a decent graphics display program or e-mail program >> >that I'm really happy with. >> > >> >My problem is this: I can't get the install program to properly >> >recognize my hard drives. All my drives are over 4 Gig. Even after >> >creating a small partition, the remaining disk space is shown >> >incorrectly. Can anyone help? >> > >> >I've been using Warp 4 with the factory install disks and trying to >> >install on a Pentium 200 system. >> >> ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/os2ddpak/idedasd.exe >> >> The instructions inside tell you how to modify your boot diskettes (a >> backup copy of them, of course). >> >> - Mike >> >> Remove 'spambegone' to send e-mail. > >Mike, > >I've done this myself and I STILL can't get Warp to see the drive. > >It's weird: > >~ Boot with the install disk ... >~ Replace with Disk One when prompted ... >~ After a few seconds the floppy drive flips out making a strange >noise. Like it's constantly being hit with a data access request. But >it still prompts for the second disk ... >~ As soon as I press enter on the second disk a constant stream of text >paints up the screen until it finally stops with a error message of >"OS/2 is unable to operate your hard disk or your floppy disk ..." > >The really strange thing is I can boot with the ORIGINAL floppy disks >and it follows thru as expected. Of course, the drive parameters are all >wrong when I manually run FDISK so I can't add a bootmanager partition. >It's a 13gig Maxtor drive. But because it does boot up and ask for the >cdrom I figure it must be the ide driver that is causing the problem. > >I've tried the /w switch to no affect ... >I'm at a loss on what to do next :=( > >Config as follows: > >FIC VA-503+ motherboard w/AMD K62-400 cpu and 64 megs SIMM memory. >Drive setup: >Master 1 ~ 13gig Maxtor set with 4gig NT boot NTFS primary partition. >8gig NTFS extended partition. 10meg free for OS/2 BM. >Second 1 ~ 2gig unpartitioned Seagate I want to install Warp onto. >Master 2 ~ Memorex CD-RW IDE drive >Second 2 ~ 2.5gig HPFS Fujitsu drive - single partition. > >Any ideas, please email ... > >Gregory L. Marx >skidmarx@att.net Greg & Mike I had the same problem and I found the solution : What was causing it was one of my scsi devices was not terrminated properly once i terminated it correctly OS/2 would install Ok. So Check your devices for correct termination.... Steve sgmccoy@infi.net --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: InfiNet (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 08-Oct-99 20:52:21 To: All 09-Oct-99 04:16:19 Subj: Re: There is a future for OS/2 From: Marty "M.P. van Dobben de Bruijn" wrote: > > > esther@bitranch.com (Esther Schindler) wrote: > > > You didn't listen the last time. Do you think that repeating the > > same "arguments" will have a different effect, this time? As a troll, > > you're a wholly ineffective one. > > > > Damn. Ya can't get good help nowadays. > > Neat double-sense this last line . > > In regard to the first part: as someone in the dutch newsgroups (at > that time speaking about installing) put it so succintly recently : > "Repeating exactly the same and expecting a different outcome is > bordering on behaving like an insane". Quake might match that. Insane? In fact, it's downright kooky! Perhaps a new KOTM tally is called for here.. - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: asuri@vpub.powernet.co.uk 08-Oct-99 14:22:05 To: All 09-Oct-99 04:16:19 Subj: Re: Navigator 4.7 is available!! OS/2 is behind again!! From: Adrian Suri This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------53283E7FFF956A543B41E507 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Funny how a question regarding NS 4.* can get side tacked, for most users the question is of usability. 4.61 is OK The problem as I see it is off stability over features OS/2 can do without Bloated Windows like software! However one issue does need addressing and that is pluggins, how come the linux community can get their act together and produce plugins... The plugin pack does need work we need a real audio etc.... Anyone up to it? Adrian -- asuri@vpub.powernet.co.uk http://users.powernet.co.uk/vpub -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2i mQBtAzfIYMAAAAEDAMV0uyy3X0ndMt1H0xPl4BJOJYYj08HlybF6KcHFXCSc34j4 l8mp4xzOfm8WoBO97d7aiPXVykTTAXLLomha/oESJXY1B9BPmpyn0597VnulZFoq FpBVrjpbCywOabioRQAFEbQmQWRyaWFuIFN1cmk8YXN1cmlAdnB1Yi5wb3dlcm5l dC5jby51az4= =hcQ/ -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- --------------53283E7FFF956A543B41E507 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="asuri.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Adrian Suri Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="asuri.vcf" begin:vcard n:Suri;Adrian tel;home:0121 2497283 x-mozilla-html:FALSE org:Virtual Publications adr:;;;;;; version:2.1 email;internet:asuri@vpub.powernet.co.uk fn:Adrian end:vcard --------------53283E7FFF956A543B41E507-- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Virtual Publications (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: KendallB@scitechsoft.com 09-Oct-99 01:18:08 To: All 09-Oct-99 04:16:19 Subj: IBM Licenses SciTech Graphics Technology! From: KendallB@scitechsoft.com (Kendall Bennett) Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 18:18:17 -0500 Message-ID: Organization: SciTech Software, Inc. X-Newsreader: MicroPlanet Gravity v2.11 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information please contact: Tom Ryan, Director of Marketing SciTech Software, Inc. (530) 894-8400 tomr@scitechsoft.com IBM Licenses SciTech Software's Graphics Technology SciTech's Universal Display Driver to Be Bundled with IBM's E- Business Solutions Chico, California - October 11, 1999 -- SciTech Software, Inc. today announced that IBM has licensed a special version of SciTech Display Doctor, which will be distributed by IBM as the primary display driver for all of IBM's OS/2 Warp based operating systems, including the Warp Client, Workspace On Demand and Warp Server for e-business. This marks the first time that any common PC operating system, either desktop or server, will include a hardware accelerated, universal display driver as part of the base operating system. Until now, operating system vendors have had to rely on overtaxed graphics hardware vendors to provide software driver support, resulting in inconsistent driver quality and infrequent or non-existent updates for the installed base of graphics hardware. "We're proud to partner with SciTech Software, because they are a leader in graphics device drivers," said Cheng-Fong Shih, IBM Business Line Manager for OS/2. "OS/2, with SciTech's universal display driver technology, will provide our customers with a timely and stable platform for their mission critical applications, regardless of the display hardware they choose to use." SciTech Display Doctor provides true plug and play capability by detecting the graphics hardware installed and configuring itself automatically. It is not necessary for a user to determine what type of graphics hardware they have, locate the correct driver, fumble with install disks or use configuration utilities - it is all handled automatically by SciTech Display Doctor. The user can even swap out a graphics card or monitor and SciTech Display Doctor will dynamically configure itself for the newly installed hardware. These features make supporting IBM systems in the field much easier for IBM customers. "As an IBM customer we are pleased that they are working with SciTech to provide a universal plug and play solution for graphics hardware.", said Andy Finkel, VP of Software at German computer manufacturer Met@box AG, "It shows that IBM is really supporting their customers." As part of this agreement, SciTech and IBM are working together to improve the OS/2 Warp platform's core "GRADD" display driver architecture to increase graphics performance and compatibility. The IBM PC Company, which manufactures IBM's personal computer hardware, is also closely involved in this effort to ensure maximum compatibility with IBM branded hardware. "The SciTech driver technology licensed by IBM is the culmination of years of work by SciTech. We used all of our experience with driver development to create an architecture that is fast, scalable, and extremely compatible," said Kendall Bennett, SciTech's Director of Engineering. IBM will offer SciTech Display Doctor/se for OS/2 Warp free of charge, directly to its customers. It will be available for downloaded from the IBM's web site and will be bundled with future operating system updates. SciTech also markets SciTech Display Doctor Professional for OS/2 Warp as an upgrade for users who need more advanced display features. Fully functional trial versions of SciTech Display Doctor Professional for OS/2 Warp and other SciTech products are available for download at http://www.scitechsoft.com. SciTech products are available directly from SciTech Software by calling (800) 486-4823 (in the U.S. and Canada) or (530) 894-8400. About SciTech Software, Inc. SciTech Software, Inc., a privately held firm, is the leading supplier of PC graphics utilities, drivers, and tools for high-performance graphics applications, including computer games. SciTech's products help users fix graphics hardware problems and allow software developers to achieve maximum performance from PC graphics hardware. SciTech's products include SciTech Display Doctor, the only universal display driver, SciTech GLDirect, an OpenGL to Direct3D driver and SciTech MGL, the professional graphics library used to develop some of today's most popular software programs. SciTech products support the Windows, Linux, OS/2 Warp, DOS, QNX, and SMX operating systems. Many major software companies and hardware companies license portions of SciTech's technology for incorporation in their products. ### SciTech Display Doctor is a trademark of SciTech Software, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SciTech Software - Building Truly Plug'n'Play Software! | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Kendall Bennett | To reply via email, remove nospam from | | Director of Engineering | the reply to email address. Do NOT send | | SciTech Software, Inc. | unsolicited commercial email! | | 505 Wall Street | ftp : ftp.scitechsoft.com | | Chico, CA 95928, USA | www : http://www.scitechsoft.com | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: http://extra.newsguy.com (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: News@The-Net-4U.com 09-Oct-99 08:50:27 To: All 09-Oct-99 10:26:28 Subj: Re: IBM Licenses SciTech Graphics Technology! From: News@The-Net-4U.com (M.P. van Dobben de Bruijn) > KendallB@scitechsoft.com (Kendall Bennett) wrote: > IBM Licenses SciTech Software's Graphics Technology > SciTech's Universal Display Driver to Be Bundled with IBM's E- > Business Solutions Congratulations, great news for SCI, IBM and OS/2. Hate to rain on your party. However, how about returning the favour of those beta-testers from our community and set up a real support (immediate answers) system here in the news- groups this community frequents? So that we can overcome tho- se pesky install problems a lot of us have experienced (probably partly because of the GRADD integration ). Modernizing your support is easy I learned to my surprise recently. When I discussed a driver problem for drives in on of the groups here I got an email a few days later "Regarding my Deja news post" pointing me to the page with the drivers they thought that might solve the problem. Inviting me to contact them if they did not. You will under- stand that I was pleasantly surprised by this positive attitude and the clever way they used Deja capabilities to support us. Of course I was disappointed that it could not be solved, failing real OS/2 solutions but that expereience was sweetened by their attempt to be of service. Congratulations once again. Sure hope you make SCI an OS/2-asset! Regards from Leeuwarden Peter van Dobben de Bruijn --- usethenet.at.the-net-4u.com (at becomes @) ---- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: TeleKabel (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: tholenantispam@hawaii.edu 09-Oct-99 02:10:23 To: All 09-Oct-99 11:03:24 Subj: Re: Advocacy's Mosquito... From: tholenantispam@hawaii.edu (Dave Tholen) Jason S. writes: > Tholen was *twice* nominated for Usenet Kook of the Month -- the first > time by Roberto Alsina back in 1997, Alsina is the person who accused me of posting an average of 134 articles every day, which was ludicrous. When he pointed to his alleged evidence, it became obvious that he didn't even bother to check the range of dates. Even then, he continued to insist that he was right, until others started getting on his case. How ironic that he nominated me rather than himself. > and the second time by me, for what turned out to be the February/March > 1998 KOTM contest (don't ask -- I don't know why). This second nomination > came in the wake of Tholen's notorious "kook and a queer" comment Actually, that's the wake of your notorious attempts to "get a rise" out of me. Put the onus where it belongs, Jason: on you, not me. > There was no evidence of tampering Incorrect. The voting deadline was extended, and I know that at least one vote wasn't counted. > Tholen claimed that someone named "Wayne Strang" (who was not even > nominated) Incorrect. Consult deja.com for proof. > won the election and complained that a vote cast by some unnamed person > allegedly for me was not counted. You want actual names, Jason? Check the people who criticized you for your "campaigning" in sci.astro. As for the person who contacted me privately to say that he voted for you, just what do you think the word "privately" means? > Tholen conveniently disregarded the fact that I was not nominated in > making this complaint. Doesn't change the fact that you received at least one vote, and quite possibly more, perhaps even the most. > The second KOTM title that Dave won I haven't won any, Jason. > was started by someone calling himself "ZnU" who frequents > comp.sys.mac.advocacy. This person set up a CSMA Kook poll on one > of those polling websites that will run impromptu polls for anyone. > There were about 15 candidates (chosen arbitrarily by "ZnU") and > Tholen won the vote. Incorrect. You and Edwin both had thousands of votes that disappeared. And from Eric Bennett: ] The other poll (csma KOTM) was not well protected against vote fraud. I ] had an amusing evening playing with their vote counting system to see if I ] could get around their belatedly instituted safeguards (which I did... --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: IFA B-111 (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mohd.k.yusof@bohm.anu.edu.au 09-Oct-99 13:31:00 To: All 09-Oct-99 11:03:24 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: mohd.k.yusof@bohm.anu.edu.au (Khairil Yusof) On Fri, 8 Oct 1999 21:42:14, Cameron wrote: > Now the time has come to make another OS selection. I've been > thoroughly evaluating Linux for 3 years. Folks it is superior in every > way. Linux + KDE + Vmware beats the socks off OS/2. Unfortunately no. I played around with it as in 4 days and nights of a holiday learning/installing it. I still use it often on my friends computer (fixing up minor problems). It's not a 1-1 or a superior solution for everything. As a server, it's great (and cheap) but as a desktop OS for somebody who just wants to sit down and do work, it has some way to go. One of the things that annoys me is the multiuser thing (it's great for servers and people who have multiple users) but I don't like using us or logging as root to install programs or using chmod/chown. And the endless rc and config files. Superior in everyway does not apply to any OS :) Even dodgy Windows has some features (actually quite a few) that are superior to Linux. Try this.. Find a file object, right mouse button, share. (Easy in Windows and OS/2, OS/2 even lets you edit which users and access levels etc. right there and then). Or.. download a program (when not logged in as root). Double click it and install it w/o missing updated libs, paths in so.conf etc.. and then run it. I'm not saying it's bad, just that some of us don't want to tinker with everything. If there was an OS that was superior in everything, I'd be using it now. Unfortunately even DOS has it's advantages :) Well.. since I'm running Gnome and Enlightenment 0.16 pre-release 3 already under Xfree86/2 and the first beta drop of Everblue is out... why not have 2 interfaces.. make that 3 and add seamless Win 3.1 too :) Win 3.1 is still very useful.. Ventura Publisher 5.0, Corel Draw 5 and some other useful apps worked great and I'm still using it now unless I need more advanced features. Well for some even Linux doesn't have Pagemaker 6.5 does it? :) --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Australian National University (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: ericb@pobox.com 08-Oct-99 23:35:03 To: All 09-Oct-99 11:03:24 Subj: Re: Advocacy's Mosquito... From: ericb@pobox.com (Eric Bennett) In article <7tm877$rvi$1@news.hawaii.edu>, tholenantispam@hawaii.edu wrote: > > Tholen claimed that someone named "Wayne Strang" (who was not even > > nominated) > > Incorrect. Consult deja.com for proof. How ironic, given that deja.com proves you are incorrect. Your claim that "Wayne Strang" won: http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=421373722&fmt=text The actual ballot and results: http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=349118236&fmt=text > And from Eric Bennett: > > ] The other poll (csma KOTM) was not well protected against vote fraud. I > ] had an amusing evening playing with their vote counting system to see if I > ] could get around their belatedly instituted safeguards (which I did... You fail to note, however, that I also said I didn't register any votes for you. I voted for Nathan Hughes. You may have a strong claim on the Kook title over here in cooa but certainly not in csma. -- Eric Bennett ( http://www.pobox.com/~ericb/ ) Cornell University / Chemistry & Chemical Biology Drawing on my fine command of the language, I said nothing. -Robert Benchley --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Ho You Kong Fan Club (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: tholenantispam@hawaii.edu 09-Oct-99 04:07:09 To: All 09-Oct-99 11:03:25 Subj: Re: Advocacy's Mosquito... From: tholenantispam@hawaii.edu (Dave Tholen) Eric Bennett writes: >> Jason S. wrote: >>> Tholen claimed that someone named "Wayne Strang" (who was not even >>> nominated) >> Incorrect. Consult deja.com for proof. > How ironic, given that deja.com proves you are incorrect. Impossible, given that deja.com does prove that I am correct. > Your claim that "Wayne Strang" won: > http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=421373722&fmt=text > > The actual ballot and results: > http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=349118236&fmt=text That's not the "actual ballot". You're ignoring the ballot that contains Wayne Strang. Gee, more than one ballot??? Obviously these people can't even get their own acts together. >> And from Eric Bennett: >> >> ] The other poll (csma KOTM) was not well protected against vote fraud. I >> ] had an amusing evening playing with their vote counting system to see if I >> ] could get around their belatedly instituted safeguards (which I did... > You fail to note, however, that I also said I didn't register any votes > for you. Irrelevant. It suffices to note that the poll was not protected against fraud. Note that thousands of votes for Jason S. and Edwin disappeared. > You may have a strong claim on the Kook title over here in cooa Incorrect. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: IFA B-111 (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: josco@ibm.net 08-Oct-99 21:48:01 To: All 09-Oct-99 11:03:25 Subj: Re: Time to move on From: Joseph William Sonna wrote: > On Thu, 7 Oct 1999 23:43:16, Marty wrote: > > [big snip] > > > > >> >There's an OS/2 native equivalent of just about everything. What people > > > >> >are stuck on is due to their habits and familiarity, not due to > > > >> >inability of the platform. No one rely on WinOS/2 if they > > > >> >don't want to. I'm living proof. > > > >> > > > >> Wrong. I use Quicken for many reasons, including Checkfree support. Which OS/2 > > > >> equivalent has Checkfree support? > > > > > > >That depends. What the hell is Checkfree support? I'm not crying over > > > >lack of that. > > > > > > It allows one to pay checks electronical from ones computer using a checkfree > > > compliant program, like Quicken. Great feature, efficient, saves on stamps, > > > delievers electronically or via a paper check depending on need, and can be set > > > up on-demand of automatically as I see fit. You may not need it, but quite a > > > few of your fellows do. > > > > Do they need it or want it? Last time I looked, my gas company, etc. > > still accepted physical checks. > > They also accept automatic debits from your checking account, which is > hands-down the most convenient and least expensive way to pay - and > handled quite well by Quicken and most such programs. > > He neglects to mention that check-free ain't free, and in my > experience its cheaper to just use stamps. > > But if you've really got to have check-free, InCharge (which is > superior to Quicken for my needs, and I've used both) comes in both > Windows and OS/2 versions and supports check-free. I use the web site for my credit union for bill payments. On OS/2 I still run Quicken 6.0 under Win 3.1 to keep track of my finances. I haven't looked into incharge but I am growing more intolerant of Quicken on Windows. Why? I'm relying less on Win3.1 and more on OS/2 apps like Netscape/2, Smartsuite/2 and StarOffice/2. Ideally finances should be a service on the web. something important like financial data should not be kept on the PC. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: tholenantispam@hawaii.edu 09-Oct-99 05:03:02 To: All 09-Oct-99 11:03:25 Subj: Re: IBM Licenses SciTech Graphics Technology! From: tholenantispam@hawaii.edu (Dave Tholen) Kendall Bennett writes: > IBM Licenses SciTech Software's Graphics Technology > SciTech's Universal Display Driver to Be Bundled with IBM's E- > Business Solutions > > Chico, California - October 11, 1999 -- SciTech Software, Inc. today > announced that IBM has licensed a special version of SciTech Display > Doctor, which will be distributed by IBM as the primary display driver > for all of IBM's OS/2 Warp based operating systems, including the Warp > Client, Workspace On Demand and Warp Server for e-business. Good news. I just wanted to note that "today" is not yet October 11. Tachyons? --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: IFA B-111 (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: ispy@groovyshow.com 09-Oct-99 02:14:20 To: All 09-Oct-99 11:03:25 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: "Kelly Robinson" Gotta respond to each one individually: Drestin Black wrote in message news:epHK3.5139$Pf4.27801@news.rdc2.mi.home.com... > > Mikael Ahlgren wrote in message > news:7tep0r$uch$1@gandalf.alcom.aland.fi... > > I just read this articel and I found it really amusing. To me it seems > like > > Microsoft is now taking the Linux "threat" seriously. > > Sure, why not. After a while, insects bites can make you sick too. Good one!! > >As usual they cannot > > admit someone else is better in any way. They do everything to wipe out > the > > competition and all the dirty tricks is allowed. > > Such as? Are you really that ignorant? Who needs direct evidence? America is a capitalism money-before-all-else country. Microsoft ain't alone in the biz of screwing everybody to make an extra buck. > >And bringing up Windows 2000 makes no sense at all. Where > > can I buy that OS? And would a sane person even consider buying a Windows > > OS before the first dozen Service Packs are released? > > Well, NT4 has had only had 5 and it was stable and useful after the 3rd and > damned good since the 4th. But, NT4 did not ever have the time, effort and > length of beta period that W2K has. W2K is now at the point where NT4 was at > SP3. It'll be ready immediately, I believe. Yeah, OS/2 Warp 3 has over 24 such fixpaks and OS/2 Warp 4 has 10, the last I heard. And their lot piss on NT because of bugs... and even though I gained enough sense to drop OS/2 back when its fifth fixpak came out (which was little more than a kiss-up to Lotus' win32 convert office suite which isn't that good in the first place), I'm more than certain most of the issues I tried to get IBM to listen about still exist. (how can they not listen when I can reproduce the same problem on over 30 different machines?! Typical IBM... The OS/2 userbase is far worse in attitude because, for some illogical reason they think they'ev a better OS when in reality, they have cow dung...) > > > > They may be right about some things like it takes a little more from the > > user to manage a Unix system but what about Windows shortcomings? Nothing > > at all ? Yea right! > > No one says NT has no shortcomings - where do you make up these things from? He's being sarcastic. Can't blame him, you did make your post sound very much like a typical Microsoft advert, complete with excessive buzzword adjectives. (see very bottom of this message for that sales pitch) > >If it was > > entirely up to me to decide what OS to use at work Windows wouldn't be > > among the alternatives. > > Nice to see that you have blinders on and make decisions without all the > alternatives to choose from. When I choose between things i like to actually > have more than one choice first eh? Aren't we entitled to our opinions? :-) The problem isn't OS choice, it's application choice. Quite frankly, the good stuff is on Windows. Port it all to BeOS and I'd be using it. Duh. Software vendors, and I've been saying this for years, won't try non-windows platforms because it means they have to do more work - and that means less profit, do remember this *is* America - land of the $. (yet we bitch at microsoft who isn't the problem at all when it comes to consumer choice!) > >Well I love Word and Excel but the way the company puts > > out half ready products and using dirty tactics to outmanouver their > > competitors make me sick. > > Tell us again, what sort of dirty tactics did they use to outmanouver Lotus > and Corel to have our company choose MS Office again and again and again? I > don't remember MS making secret deposits to our Swiss accounts or when they > were threatening me with a lead pipe. Enlighten us? Hmm, that bloke should realize that many companies, software and otherwise, including IBM with that OS/2 product of theirs (John W Thompson, dipshit PSP president of the time, said they wanted OS/2 v4 out on the shelves because a visible product was more important than a bugless product... I have the article from OS/2 Magazine, Oct 1996 (?) and I should really frame it up because that guy is a jackass and the sooner Symantec or whoever he left IBM for (and his reasons for leaving IBM doubly prove his sheer incompetence)... anyway, ever hear of car recalls? They do it all the time. Because the car needs to be visible for people to buy. The whole economy is based on throw-away trash, hence bugs are allowed and can be accepted readily. Examples of this are nearly infinite. You don't recall MS history; for example their playing second-rate god by forcing hardware makers/vendors to pay a fee for every computer they make - even if MS software won't be loaded on it. Like drug dealers and insurance agencies, MS sits back and reaps money regardless while someone else risks everything. THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A DIRTY TRICK!!! MS had a tantrum with IE as well. Dunno why, having used Netscape on multiple platforms and getting sick of its instability, I tried IE. Quite frankly, IE is infinitely superior (despite the security issues, I know) and MS didn't need to coerce Compaq or others to forcibly tie it in with Windows as part of licence agreements... > > > > > > Drestin Black skrev i > > diskussionsgruppsmeddelandet:5EzK3.5071$Pf4.27567@news.rdc2.mi.home.com... > > > Do I agree with everything written. No. All companies engage in > marketing > > > and marketing sometimes exagerates. But, I believe there is some > substance > > > herein. > > > > > > http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/news/msnw/LinuxMyths.asp > > > > > > Myth: Linux performs better than Windows NT > > > Reality: Windows NT 4.0 Outperforms Linux On Common Customer Workloads > > > > > > Myth: Linux is more reliable than Windows NT > > > Reality: Linux Needs Real World Proof Points Rather than Anecdotal > Stories > > > > > > Myth: Linux is Free > > > Reality: Free Operating System Does Not Mean Low Total Cost of Ownership > > > > > > Myth: Linux is more secure than Windows NT > > > Reality: Linux Security Model Is Weak > > > > > > Myth: Linux can replace Windows on the desktop > > > Reality: Linux Makes No Sense at the Desktop > > > > > > Summary > > > The Linux operating system is not suitable for mainstream usage by > > business > > > or home users. Today with Windows NT 4.0, customers can be confident in > > > delivering applications that are scalable, secure, and reliable--yet > cost > > > effective to deploy and manage. Linux clearly has a long way to go to be > > > competitive with Windows NT 4.0. With the release of the Windows 2000 > > > operating system, Microsoft extends the technical superiority of the > > > platform even further ensuring that customers can deliver the next > > > generation applications to solve their business challenges. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: http://extra.newsguy.com (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jmalloy@borg.com 09-Oct-99 09:59:22 To: All 09-Oct-99 14:41:27 Subj: Re: Advocacy's Mosquito... From: "Joe Malloy" Gee, Something claiming to be a tholened incessantly: He'js still at it, folks, trying to claim that he was not properly elected Kook of the Month for March, 1998. He's even invented some "strang(e)" person who wasn't even nominated! What a kook Tholen is! > > How ironic, given that deja.com proves you are incorrect. > > Impossible, given that deja.com does prove that I am correct. > > > Your claim that "Wayne Strang" won: > > http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=421373722&fmt=text > > > > The actual ballot and results: > > http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=349118236&fmt=text > > You're ignoring the ballot that contains Wayne Strang. Prove it, if you think you can, Tholen, otherwise you're the Kook of the Month for said month and year. > Gee, more than one ballot??? I didn't see "more than one ballot," and in fact you're the only one I know who has claimed that there were "more than one ballot[s]..." So, my challenge to you: prove it, if you think you can, Tholen, otherwise you're claptrap is so much hot air -- as usual. > Obviously these people can't even get their own acts together. Obviously you will do anything to try and deflect the fact that you were properly chosen Kook of the Month, Tholen, but too bad you can't get your own act together. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: cahughes@cc.ysu.edu 09-Oct-99 12:16:26 To: All 09-Oct-99 16:32:21 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Cameron Hughes Khairil Yusof wrote: > > On Fri, 8 Oct 1999 21:42:14, Cameron wrote: > > > Now the time has come to make another OS selection. I've been > > thoroughly evaluating Linux for 3 years. Folks it is superior in every > > way. Linux + KDE + Vmware beats the socks off OS/2. > > Unfortunately no. I played around with it as in 4 days and nights of a holiday > learning/installing it. I still use it often on my friends computer (fixing up > minor problems). > > It's not a 1-1 or a superior solution for everything. As a server, it's great > (and cheap) but as a desktop OS for somebody who just wants to sit down and do > work, it has some way to go. > > One of the things that annoys me is the multiuser thing (it's great for servers > and people who have multiple users) but I don't like using us or logging as root > to install programs or using chmod/chown. And the endless rc and config files. > > Superior in everyway does not apply to any OS :) Even dodgy Windows has some > features (actually quite a few) that are superior to Linux. > > Try this.. Find a file object, right mouse button, share. > (Easy in Windows and OS/2, OS/2 even lets you edit which users and access levels > etc. right there and then). > > Or.. download a program (when not logged in as root). Double click it and > install it w/o missing updated libs, paths in so.conf etc.. and then run it. > > I'm not saying it's bad, just that some of us don't want to tinker with > everything. If there was an OS that was superior in everything, I'd be using it > now. Unfortunately even DOS has it's advantages :) > > Well.. since I'm running Gnome and Enlightenment 0.16 pre-release 3 already > under Xfree86/2 and the first beta drop of Everblue is out... > > why not have 2 interfaces.. make that 3 and add seamless Win 3.1 too :) > Win 3.1 is still very useful.. Ventura Publisher 5.0, Corel Draw 5 and some > other useful apps worked great and I'm still using it now unless I need more > advanced features. Well for some even Linux doesn't have Pagemaker 6.5 does it? > :) With Vmware under Linux you can have all the Windows 32bit/16bit and Dos that you want. You don't have to choose between Linux and Windoze. When I say superior, I mean that it gives you everything that OS/2 gives you and more. Since VMWARE can run Win2000 and below and Linux runs VMWARE you can bring the entire Windows world into a Xwindows window. This cannot be done with OS/2. Linux has more Native applications than does OS/2. I realize from a user's perspective that Linux is a bit rough (Corel and IBM are fixing that right now!) but from a programmers or software engineer's perspective Linux rules. Support Open Source Join the Penguin Stampede Install a Linux Distribution Today Take Control Of Your operating System --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Youngstown State University (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: dpeterso@halcyon.com 09-Oct-99 09:55:04 To: All 09-Oct-99 16:32:21 Subj: Re: There is a future for OS/2 From: Dennis Peterson Quake Cheaters Clan wrote: > > Yeah, > > A future for OS/2. > > At the moment there is an appetite for all things old and retro in style... > silver stereos a'la 1970's.... 60's & 70's pop groups... even the original > star trek series is going to get a make over.... > > So, say in 20 years time, in the same manner as people want to emulate a > TRS80, maybe OS/2 will fill someones spare space in their storage medium.. > . > OS/2 is a curiosity - an interesting albiet brief peek into a time when > there were fewer alternatives than there are now. > > Because as a curiosity OS/2 will win and triumph... yes OS/2 will be STRONG > and WILL BREAKTHROUGH these days of darkness....yay, the hour cometh when > OS/2 will be reborn.. (turned into Esther then) > > OS/2 - where did you want to go yesterday? > > the > QCC What is it about OS/2 the makes you feel so threatened you have to write this silly crap? Are you a sissy girly windows boy? -- dp -- BS#3, LF#27, AH#95 Support Eddie Kieger III at http://eddiekieger.com Got a home page? Please add a link to Eddie's site! --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: I'm not organized at all (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: dpeterso@halcyon.com 09-Oct-99 10:20:05 To: All 09-Oct-99 16:32:21 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Dennis Peterson Cameron wrote: > [snipped a woeful tale of desertion and treachery] > > The only logical alternative is > > Linux , and Open Source. Wrong. Solaris for Intel with the Linux support package. Why? Because you will develop useful skills you can actually use in a career-enhancing way. Linux, the anointed only child of the God of Computing, is not ready for major league purposes. No company would ever use it to run on an important Sun E4000. Nobody would think to rip out HP-UX on an 800 to run Linux. Nobody is ready to toss out the vendor-supplied OS on any significant piece of hardware in favor of Linux. In fact the only area where Linux is growing is as an alternative to NT on Intel systems and who the hell wants to go through life working on Intel crap? You are never thought of as anything but a PC tech no matter what OS you run. Point being, if you want to work towards being a professional Unix SA, anything you learn about Solaris X86 can be applied on Solaris running on the top of the line Sun E10000. Don't piss away your time learning yet another niche OS - it isn't necessary anymore because Linux is no longer the only free Unix on the block. Oh, and Linux is not Unix, cute as it might be. I do a lot of hiring and one thing I've learned is that Linux users tend to have as little discipline as NT admins in terms of work ethic because they tend to be self-taught in Linux after coming from a self-taught Windows environment. This works against them. They are also a dime a dozen and so if that is all an employer is looking for there is a lot of people competing for low-end jobs. Folks who have chosen Solaris for Intel have already made an important decision and tend to follow along disciplined lines to develop their careers in Unix. Of course, if all you want is a cute OS to replace OS/2 that is also not NT then Linux will do. -- dp Support Eddie Kieger III at http://eddiekieger.com Got a home page? Please add a link to Eddie's site! --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: I'm not organized at all (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 09-Oct-99 15:26:24 To: All 09-Oct-99 19:56:25 Subj: Re: IBM Licenses SciTech Graphics Technology! From: Marty "M.P. van Dobben de Bruijn" wrote: > > > KendallB@scitechsoft.com (Kendall Bennett) wrote: > > > IBM Licenses SciTech Software's Graphics Technology > > SciTech's Universal Display Driver to Be Bundled with IBM's E- > > Business Solutions > > Congratulations, great news for SCI, IBM and OS/2. > > Hate to rain on your party. However, how about returning > the favour of those beta-testers from our community and set > up a real support (immediate answers) system here in the news- > groups this community frequents? So that we can overcome tho- > se pesky install problems a lot of us have experienced (probably > partly because of the GRADD integration ). Just go to their NNTP server: news.scitechsoft.com. - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jdc0014@InfoNET.st-johns.nf.ca 09-Oct-99 19:28:01 To: All 09-Oct-99 19:56:25 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: jdc0014@InfoNET.st-johns.nf.ca (John Hong) Cameron Hughes (cahughes@cc.ysu.edu) wrote: : With Vmware under Linux you can have all the Windows 32bit/16bit and Dos : that you want. At $299 a pop. : You don't have to choose between Linux and Windoze. When I say : superior, I mean that it gives you everything that OS/2 gives you and : more. Since VMWARE can run Win2000 and below and Linux : runs VMWARE you can bring the entire Windows world into a Xwindows : window. This cannot be done with OS/2. Still, at $299 a pop. : Linux has more Native applications than does OS/2. I realize from a : user's perspective that Linux is a bit rough (Corel and IBM are fixing : that right now!) but from a programmers or software engineer's : perspective Linux rules. I'm curious, Camaron...why bother? Do you really think most of us haven't *already* tried Linux or BeOS or something else? I looked into Linux back in 1998, and it wasn't ready for me then. I tried it again this year, and it's still no go. In a few months time, you probably won't care anymore since the "Golly gee everyone, look what I found" attitude will be long gone. It's been out of my system since late 1998. The sad thing is, I'm still *waiting* on it. Sigh. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: St. John's InfoNET (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jmalloy@borg.com 09-Oct-99 15:31:09 To: All 09-Oct-99 19:56:25 Subj: Re: Advocacy's Mosquito... From: "Joe Malloy" He's still at it! Something claiming to be a tholened incessantly: > You want actual names, Jason? Check the people who criticized you for > your "campaigning" in sci.astro. As for the person who contacted me > privately to say that he voted for you, just what do you think the > word "privately" means? When you use the word "privately," Tholen, it means "made up." Prove you actually have that private message. You can't and won't. That's a typical Kook of the Month sort of thing that you do. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: josco@ibm.net 09-Oct-99 12:39:06 To: All 09-Oct-99 19:56:25 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: Joseph Kelly Robinson wrote: > > >As usual they cannot > > > admit someone else is better in any way. They do everything to wipe out > > the > > > competition and all the dirty tricks is allowed. > > > > Such as? > > Are you really that ignorant? Who needs direct evidence? America is a > capitalism money-before-all-else country. Microsoft ain't alone in the biz > of screwing everybody to make an extra buck. You lack perspective. Who else besides MS is stupid enough to push the limits so far that the went to trial under anti-trust law? > > Well, NT4 has had only had 5 and it was stable and useful after the 3rd > and > > damned good since the 4th. But, NT4 did not ever have the time, effort and > > length of beta period that W2K has. W2K is now at the point where NT4 was > at > > SP3. It'll be ready immediately, I believe. > > Yeah, OS/2 Warp 3 has over 24 such fixpaks and OS/2 Warp 4 has 10, the last > I heard. And their lot piss on NT because of bugs... "Piss on NT" that is baby talk Most all of the complaints about NT bugs come from the NT user community. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: josco@ibm.net 09-Oct-99 13:00:26 To: All 09-Oct-99 19:56:25 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: "josco@ibm.net" Dennis Peterson wrote: > > Cameron wrote: > > > > [snipped a woeful tale of desertion and treachery] > > > > > The only logical alternative is > > > > Linux , and Open Source. > > Wrong. Solaris for Intel with the Linux support package. Why? Because > you will develop useful skills you can actually use in a > career-enhancing way. Linux, the anointed only child of the God of > Computing, is not ready for major league purposes. No company would ever > use it to run on an important Sun E4000. Nobody would think to rip out > HP-UX on an 800 to run Linux. Nobody is ready to toss out the > vendor-supplied OS on any significant piece of hardware in favor of > Linux. In fact the only area where Linux is growing is as an alternative > to NT on Intel systems and who the hell wants to go through life working > on Intel crap? You are never thought of as anything but a PC tech no > matter what OS you run. > > Point being, if you want to work towards being a professional Unix SA, > anything you learn about Solaris X86 can be applied on Solaris running > on the top of the line Sun E10000. Don't piss away your time learning > yet another niche OS - it isn't necessary anymore because Linux is no > longer the only free Unix on the block. Oh, and Linux is not Unix, cute > as it might be. > > I do a lot of hiring and one thing I've learned is that Linux users tend > to have as little discipline as NT admins in terms of work ethic because > they tend to be self-taught in Linux after coming from a self-taught > Windows environment. This works against them. They are also a dime a > dozen and so if that is all an employer is looking for there is a lot of > people competing for low-end jobs. Folks who have chosen Solaris for > Intel have already made an important decision and tend to follow along > disciplined lines to develop their careers in Unix. > > Of course, if all you want is a cute OS to replace OS/2 that is also not > NT then Linux will do. What do you think about the BSDs? FreeBSD and NetBSD. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: dpeterso@halcyon.com 09-Oct-99 14:59:05 To: All 09-Oct-99 19:56:25 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Dennis Peterson "josco@ibm.net" wrote: > > Dennis Peterson wrote: > > > > > > Of course, if all you want is a cute OS to replace OS/2 that is also not > > NT then Linux will do. > > What do you think about the BSDs? FreeBSD and NetBSD. Are they cute? I like the BSD Unixes -- I learned Unix on a BSD Unix at Berkeley, in fact. I wouldn't use one at work, though. -- dp -- Support Eddie Kieger III at http://eddiekieger.com Got a home page? Please add a link to Eddie's site! --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: I'm not organized at all (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: ericb@pobox.com 09-Oct-99 18:22:22 To: All 09-Oct-99 21:21:27 Subj: Re: Advocacy's Mosquito... From: ericb@pobox.com (Eric Bennett) In article <7tmf1m$45b$1@news.hawaii.edu>, tholenantispam@hawaii.edu wrote: > That's not the "actual ballot". You're ignoring the ballot that > contains Wayne Strang. Gee, more than one ballot??? Obviously > these people can't even get their own acts together. Illogical. I could create a second ballot for the 2000 U.S. Presidential election but that would not mean that the real election organizers "can't even get their own acts together". > >> And from Eric Bennett: > >> > >> ] The other poll (csma KOTM) was not well protected against vote fraud. I > >> ] had an amusing evening playing with their vote counting system to see if I > >> ] could get around their belatedly instituted safeguards (which I did... > > > You fail to note, however, that I also said I didn't register any votes > > for you. > > Irrelevant. It suffices to note that the poll was not protected against > fraud. But it also leaves a slight implication that I ran up votes for you. > > You may have a strong claim on the Kook title over here in cooa > > Incorrect. Incorrect. You may. -- Eric Bennett ( http://www.pobox.com/~ericb/ ) Cornell University / Chemistry & Chemical Biology Drawing on my fine command of the language, I said nothing. -Robert Benchley --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Ho You Kong Fan Club (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: hobbyist@nospam.net 09-Oct-99 18:07:29 To: All 09-Oct-99 21:21:27 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: Hobbyist On comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy, Joseph posted : > > Yeah, OS/2 Warp 3 has over 24 such fixpaks and OS/2 Warp 4 has 10, the last > > I heard. And their lot piss on NT because of bugs... > > "Piss on NT" that is baby talk > > Most all of the complaints about NT bugs come from the NT user community. You miss the point. Many OS/2 advocates speak badly of NT putting bugs as it's main problem yet Warp has so many *fix*-packs. He was not saying anything about who reports NT bugs. -- -=Ali=- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: christian.g@ibm.net 09-Oct-99 18:43:09 To: All 09-Oct-99 21:21:27 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: "Christian Gustafson" Dennis Peterson wrote in message news:37FF907F.A7340822@halcyon.com... > "josco@ibm.net" wrote: > > > > Dennis Peterson wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Of course, if all you want is a cute OS to replace OS/2 that is also not > > > NT then Linux will do. > > > > What do you think about the BSDs? FreeBSD and NetBSD. > > Are they cute? I like the BSD Unixes -- I learned Unix on a BSD Unix at > Berkeley, in fact. I wouldn't use one at work, though. > > -- > dp -- Explain something for me, please. I understand that you work on big UNIX systems for a famous airplane company in western Washington, and that you have a special appreciation for the power and sophistication of these big systems. Even over the lesser UNIXes. That's fine. But why do you ride a Harley instead of a BMW? cg --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: gtroland@bellatlantic.net 10-Oct-99 00:28:05 To: All 10-Oct-99 03:23:18 Subj: Re: Warpstock '99 Atlanta, GA USA From: "Gordon T. Roland" --------------E2529B2BB8ED8D88A0A3755F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My tickets aren't refundable either. But I'm looking forward to ISP's showing new versions of their OS/2 applications, IBM talking about the success of Warp Server for e-Business -- success which exceeded even IBM's expectations -- and presentations from experienced OS/2 users and professionals who continue to find more than enough reason to stick it out until something better comes along. For the youngsters in this group just a few reminders: * Some of us can remember when there was no such thing as a PC Computing platforms come and computing platforms go; the sun also rises. * When I was a boy (we walked 20 miles to school every morning and had to shovel coal for an hour before we could fire up the steam powered computers) We used to talk about the day when everyone would be able to have a S/370 in their basement and a terminal in every room of the house -- we were serious -- thank God the world changed faster than we could even imagine. * Operating Systems are just one model for controlling computers. The first computer I worked on (in high school), a 1401donated by IBM, had no operating system at all and we managed to get it to do a whole series of stupid computer tricks including playing Christmas carolls on the band printer. The day will come when ALL operating systems will be an interesting footnote in the history of computers, and I think most of us will live to see that day. All of the above is MHO, of course. See you in Atlanta next weekend. - GTR - Gordon Roland, Event Chair, Warpstock '99 Atlanta "Richard R. Klemmer" wrote: > On Wed, 6 Oct 1999 00:51:49, hunters@thunder.indstate.edu wrote: > > > In article <7tdplf$6nq$1@nntp3.atl.mindspring.net>, > > "Sam Brown" wrote: > > > > > shit wake up nobody uses os/2 any more?? > > > > They don't?? Then why the hell are we having a user conference in > > Atlanta!? :) I hope these plane tickets are refundable! > > > > Well, my plane tickets aren't refundable, so there'd better damn well > be a conference. :-) > > ----------------------------- > Richard R. Klemmer > richard@webtrek.com > http://www.webtrek.com > ----------------------------- --------------E2529B2BB8ED8D88A0A3755F Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My tickets aren't refundable either.  But I'm looking forward to ISP's showing new versions of their OS/2 applications, IBM talking about the success of Warp Server for e-Business -- success which exceeded even IBM's expectations -- and presentations from experienced OS/2 users and professionals who continue to find more than enough reason to stick it out until something better comes along.

For the youngsters in this group just a few reminders:
 

  • Some of us can remember when there was no such thing as a PC Computing platforms come and computing platforms go; the sun also rises.
  • When I was a boy (we walked 20 miles to school every morning and had to shovel coal for an hour before we could fire up     the steam powered computers) We used to talk about the day when everyone would be able to have a S/370 in their     basement and a terminal in every room of the house -- we were serious -- thank God the world changed faster than we     could even imagine.
  • Operating Systems are just one model for controlling computers.  The first computer I worked on (in high school), a 1401donated by IBM, had no operating system at all and we managed to get it to do a whole series of stupid computer tricks including playing Christmas carolls on the band printer.  The day will come when ALL operating systems will be an     interesting footnote in the history of computers, and I think most of us will live to see that day.


All of the above is MHO, of course.  See you in Atlanta next weekend.

- GTR -

Gordon Roland,
Event Chair, Warpstock '99 Atlanta
 

"Richard R. Klemmer" wrote:

On Wed, 6 Oct 1999 00:51:49, hunters@thunder.indstate.edu wrote:

> In article <7tdplf$6nq$1@nntp3.atl.mindspring.net>,
>   "Sam Brown" <rigor@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> > shit wake up nobody uses os/2 any more??
>
> They don't?? Then why the hell are we having a user conference in
> Atlanta!? :) I hope these plane tickets are refundable!
>

Well, my plane tickets aren't refundable, so there'd better damn well
be a conference. :-)

-----------------------------
Richard R. Klemmer
richard@webtrek.com
http://www.webtrek.com
-----------------------------

--------------E2529B2BB8ED8D88A0A3755F-- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: gtroland@bellatlantic.net 10-Oct-99 00:30:24 To: All 10-Oct-99 03:23:18 Subj: Re: FP12: A Piece Of Cake! From: "Gordon T. Roland" In my younger days I could get a 1403 to spit a whole box of paper 20 feet across the RJE room, you just put in an unpunched carriage control tape so it couldn't find TOF. :o - GTR - Frank McKenney wrote: > In <37F4306B.4315DA13@adan.kingston.net>, "Mark L. Kahnt" writes: > >Frank McKenney wrote: > >> > > > >[***SNIP!!!***] > > > >> Gawd... just had a truly horrible thought. Is anyone out there using a > >> 2400 Baud modem? > --snip-- > >Eeek!!! Reminds me of the days of using a teletype terminal on a 110 > >baud modem back in university! > > > >Can you imagine even browsing the web that way? > > Well, now that you mention it... > > Back in the mid-70s a professor at Princeton developed a method for > reproducing semi-photograph-quality graphic output from a 1403 line > printer (for the younger readers, that's one of those heavy-duty boxes > attached to an IBM mainframe that will, on occasion, suck up and spit > out a full box of 14"-wide paper in seconds (;-)). > > The professor's technique had a one-character-sized pixel (not square, > obviously (;-)) and used various letters/symbols with some overprinting > to achieve appropriate greyscale levels. In order to provide a > sufficient number of pixels the image was printed in "strips" and then > joined. Anyone remember the 6' by 8' StarTrek images? > > Anyway, we could use a similar approach to display 'web graphics on your > teletype and 110-baud modem. A bit slow, though... and hard-copy only. > Do I hear any volunteers for the Beta testing? (;-) > > Frank McKenney, McKenney Associates > Richmond, Virginia / (804) 320-4887 > E-mail: frank_mckenney@mindspring.com --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: gtroland@bellatlantic.net 10-Oct-99 00:35:10 To: All 10-Oct-99 03:23:18 Subj: Re: FP12: A Piece Of Cake! From: "Gordon T. Roland" I used RSU for the first time since FP1 (or maybe it was 2) and I have to concur it has definitely improved. BTW, using ADSL (which works flawlessly with OS/2 regardless of what anyone tries to tell you) This has got to be the easiest OS update path available for any platform. Fast, uneventful and plenty of progress information to let you know what it's doing to your computer. - GTR - "fmiller1"@fmiller1@home.com wrote: > A very informative post. Very well done. > > Thank you > > In <37F38BD2.809D2527@WarpCity.com>, Tim Martin writes: > >Using the RSU methid, the installation of IBM's latest > >FixPack release (FP12) was a piece of cake this morning. > >It is a little different than previous installations. With > >this procedure I received a message that my system needed > >further updating and I was instruced to bring up the > >Window List (Control-Escape) and select (or run actually) > >a new update program. > > > >This took me into a full blank screen that went into a > >procedure much the same way Warp is originally > >installed. > > > >When it was over I was asked if I wanted to delete the > >unneeded files (said yes) and to then reboot. > > > >I'm back online and raring to go! Here's my syslevel > >information: > > > >J:\OS2\INSTALL\SYSLEVEL.FPK > > OS/2 Warp 4 Service Level > >Version 1.00 Component ID 566933010 > >Type Fixpak > >Current CSD level: XR0M012 > >Prior CSD level: XR0M012 > > > >As you can see, I'm not at FP12 level. I DID NOT install the > >Device Driver FixPak1 (Yet) but may do so later today. > > > >I just want to assure all you OS/2 folks that the RSU method > >does work (now, it was not working late last night) and it > >appears IBM has now got this software update procedure > >working well. > > > >If YOU want to upgrade to FP12 go here: > > > >http://ps.boulder.ibm.com/softupd.html > > > >If they wanted to offer an upgrade to Warp 5 this way it > >would be very easy to do. > > > >Tim Martin > >The OS/2 Guy > >Warp City > >http://warpcity.com > >"E-ride the wild surf to Warp City. > > --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mohd.k.yusof@bohm.anu.edu.au 10-Oct-99 11:24:05 To: All 10-Oct-99 03:23:18 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: mohd.k.yusof@bohm.anu.edu.au (Khairil Yusof) On Sat, 9 Oct 1999 16:16:53, Cameron Hughes wrote: > With Vmware under Linux you can have all the Windows 32bit/16bit and Dos > that you want. Isn't that commercial? Also can I also say that with Xfree86/OS2 I can run any linux program (off my friend's computer) that I want? He hates that fact that I always load Netscape on his computer and not mine :) > you everything that OS/2 gives you and more. Since VMWARE can run > Win2000 and below and Linux > runs VMWARE you can bring the entire Windows world into a Xwindows > window. This cannot be done with OS/2. Again.. isn't VMWare a virtual window manager, you need a Windows machine don't you running? Well the G4 Imac's with 256mbs of RAM, a short cycle way at the labs at uni will do fine for my DTP/Graphics work :) Also since OS/2 has Xfree86/OS2 and can run Linux programs (display them at least) can Linux run OS/2 programs? :) > Linux has more Native applications than does OS/2. I realize from a > user's perspective that But are they better? There's like 20 different email clients, and none as good as PMMail. There were only a few newsreaders and none as good as ProNews/2. OS/2 users aren't exactly unknowledgeble people who don't try out alternatives. I wouldn't be using OS/2 if there was a better alternative for me now. For me BeOS would be the next best thing, except for the fact that it has no X server support and is missing a good Office suite. And it's desktop would be the closest to the WPS. Gnome & KDE desktops (not window managers) are very rough from my point of view. Reminds me of Windows but more aesthetically pleasing. If linux becomes a better alternative FOR ME, then I'll switch. If BeOS becomes a better alternative FOR ME, I'll switch to that to. If (however unlikely) Windows becomes a better alternative, I'll switch to that to. And until that time comes, no amount of advocacy will make me switch from OS/2 :) It would just be a thread on the merits of each OS... --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Australian National University (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: malstrom@yolen.oit.umass.edu 09-Oct-99 22:28:16 To: All 10-Oct-99 03:23:18 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: Jason In comp.os.os2.advocacy Hobbyist wrote: : On comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy, Joseph posted : :> > Yeah, OS/2 Warp 3 has over 24 such fixpaks and OS/2 Warp 4 has 10, the last :> > I heard. And their lot piss on NT because of bugs... :> :> "Piss on NT" that is baby talk :> :> Most all of the complaints about NT bugs come from the NT user community. : : You miss the point. Many OS/2 advocates speak badly of NT putting bugs : as it's main problem yet Warp has so many *fix*-packs. : He was not saying anything about who reports NT bugs. Of course his point was particularly bad since it's only been relatively recently that IBM released all the fixpacks to the generally public. It used to be that IBM only released the fixpacks that would help the general public. All the other fixpacks were made for specific problems for customers and to add specific features for them also. They then decided that they let anyone download all the fixpacks. So NT service packs do not equal OS/2 fixpacks. -Jason --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: malstrom@yolen.oit.umass.edu 09-Oct-99 22:41:02 To: All 10-Oct-99 03:23:18 Subj: Re: There is a future for OS/2 From: Jason Esther Schindler wrote: : On Fri, 8 Oct 1999 21:23:26, Mark Kelley wrote: : | Doesn't he sort of remind you of the "legendary" FREESPEECH? Could it be : | that someone has found a new sock? : It could be. : I don't mind a hearty debate with someone who feels differently than I : do. However, I expect my opponent to have an argument he can back up. : This one, like FREESPEECH, seems to lack one entirely. No, I don't think so. Quack maybe a sock puppet, but FREESPEECH was a sock puppet on a different hand. -Jason --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: hobbyist@nospam.net 09-Oct-99 22:15:12 To: All 10-Oct-99 03:23:18 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: Hobbyist On comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy, Jason posted : > Of course his point was particularly bad since it's only been relatively > recently that IBM released all the fixpacks to the generally public. It > used to be that IBM only released the fixpacks that would help the > general public. All the other fixpacks were made for specific problems > for customers and to add specific features for them also. They then > decided that they let anyone download all the fixpacks. So NT service > packs do not equal OS/2 fixpacks. NT service paks are just like OS/2 fixpaks. They enhance already present features to better suit customers needs and fix other minor problems. Can you tell me exactly what SP4 for NT comprised or are you just speaking off your head? -- -=Ali=- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: dpeterso@halcyon.com 09-Oct-99 21:34:09 To: All 10-Oct-99 03:23:18 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Dennis Peterson Christian Gustafson wrote: > > Dennis Peterson wrote in message > news:37FF907F.A7340822@halcyon.com... > > "josco@ibm.net" wrote: > > > > > > Dennis Peterson wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Of course, if all you want is a cute OS to replace OS/2 that is also > not > > > > NT then Linux will do. > > > > > > What do you think about the BSDs? FreeBSD and NetBSD. > > > > Are they cute? I like the BSD Unixes -- I learned Unix on a BSD Unix at > > Berkeley, in fact. I wouldn't use one at work, though. > > > > -- > > dp -- > > Explain something for me, please. > > I understand that you work on big UNIX systems for a famous airplane company > in western Washington, and that you have a special appreciation for the > power and sophistication of these big systems. Even over the lesser UNIXes. > > That's fine. > > But why do you ride a Harley instead of a BMW? > > cg I'm guessing that beneath your question you are attempting to make a point here regarding motorcycle brands. Perhaps there is some parallel between motorcycles and operating systems that opens the door for comparison that I am missing but I'll play along. Here is why I ride a Harley: I like them. I like the turn of the century technology. I like the noise and the vibration. I like the company I find myself in with other Harley riders - and even BMW riders. I like the history of the company and products. I like the fact that they have been true to their roots and turn out wonderful motorcycles of questionable reliability. I like the way the resale prices go up rather than down as for all other makes. I have no cares for what others might choose to ride although there is much friendly banter between riders of various makes. None of this is a slight against BMW who make excellent motorcycles and who also do a lot of engineering work for Harley. This past summer I went on a 4500 mile X-C tour with several other bikers including one BMW rider. He alone suffered no problems on the road with his machine while the rest of us required some little fix ups along the way. There would possibly be no Harleys were it not for German engineering helping out with engine designs for H-D in recent years. It is very difficult to make an air-cooled engine run well and still comply with California's emission regulations (which is why two-stroke engines of all kinds are disappearing despite their less expensive manufacture and repair costs). As for drawing a comparison between these machines and OS's, there is none in the context of the current conversation. My preference for a Harley does not preclude my being proficient on a BMW for one thing, and for another, I have no career interest with motorcycles and will suffer nothing for my choice of machines other that the ridicule of twits who cannot accept the worth of a two-wheeled dinosaur. Interestingly, H-D outsells the rest of the world for machines in their class. I don't understand it either given they cost far too much. As for the power and sophistication of big systems, it is of course a true inference but that has nothing to do with what I was talking about nor is it elitism as you are also seem to be inferring. I was suggesting that if your career interest is in professional Unix administration this is a good time to move away from Linux and I cited the reason for this advice as being that no serious businesses run Linux on the top-end (read that as top-paying) systems and Solaris for Intel is available and now runs Linux programs as an affordable learning platform. If you or others are content working on lower-end (read that as lower paying) systems, Linux would be fine, but then so is NT. Oddly, the time investment to learn big systems is not remarkably longer than for learning small systems. That's just how it works. I define serious businesses as those who have a multi-million dollar IS group and would include MCI, Boeing, GM, GE, Amazon.Com as examples. Even mighty MSFT has a significant number of Unix systems running and so far as I know, do not depend on Linux for business purposes beyond researching the technology (probing for weaknesses'd be my best guess). Oh, and the big airplane company recently rejected Linux as being inadequate for their purposes. We're not to install it. NT is still the preferred OS for Intel systems not including Sequent boxes (which are far from typical Intel platforms) neither of which I have to deal with. In summary: If I were to tell my college aged children to skip over Linux and go with Solaris because it will make them more valuable and competitive in the Unix SA job market he would laugh and tell me Linux is cool and everyone uses it at school to which I would say - thank you for helping me make my point. This actually happened recently - and he also landed his first Unix SA job with a *huge* phone company after being passed over repeatedly for NT SA work despite his ubiquitous MCSE. 24 years old, $50,000/year as a Solaris admin and he doesn't have to go back to get recertified for Window$ 2000. Not bad - I just wish he knew vi better. Oh, he never did listen to me about learning Solaris until it was almost too late - I hate to think what he'd be earning if he had. -- dp -- Support Eddie Kieger III at http://eddiekieger.com Got a home page? Please add a link to Eddie's site! --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: I'm not organized at all (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: ispy@groovyshow.com 10-Oct-99 01:57:12 To: All 10-Oct-99 05:08:21 Subj: Re: Opera for OS/2 makes progress From: "Kelly Robinson" Nice pitch, but Opera ain't singing on OS/2 yet. Adrian Gschwend wrote in message news:xgxargynofbet.fj9lhb2.pminews@news.aart.ch... > On Thu, 07 Oct 1999 08:40:29 -0400, David T. Johnson wrote: > > >It's great that Opera is making some progress with OS/2. But there are > >already several browser options for OS/2 such as StarOffice 5.1, Hotjava > >Browser 3.0, and Netscape 4.61. It seems like these other browser > >options would tend to discourage the Opera people a little bit. > > Just check how fast Opera is and you will never use another browser! > > > > > --- > Adrian Gschwend > @ OS/2 Netlabs > > ICQ: 22419590 > ktk@netlabs.org > ------- > The OS/2 OpenSource Project: > http://www.netlabs.org > > --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: http://extra.newsguy.com (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: ispy@groovyshow.com 10-Oct-99 01:58:15 To: All 10-Oct-99 05:08:22 Subj: Re: Opera for OS/2 makes progress From: "Kelly Robinson" So when will it finally be released for OS/2, in 2003 - long after IE 9.0 and Netscape 20.51 are released? Why bother? You have several alternatives for your platform. Go get your $35 back from these thieves as they've not given you anything for it yet. Jason wrote in message news:37fc2b24@oit.umass.edu... > Dispite the naysayers, Opera for OS/2 is making progress it would seem. > We've moved up two points on the scale! We still have a long ways to go, > but I'm glad things are looking up. > > http://www.opera.com/alt_os.html > > -Jason --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: http://extra.newsguy.com (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: ispy@groovyshow.com 10-Oct-99 02:01:02 To: All 10-Oct-99 05:08:22 Subj: Re: There is a future for winvocates that like beating dead horses From: "Kelly Robinson" No, we merely want to point out certain realities to you. But don't expect us to remain quiet whenever one of your own bitches about a drawback that only OS/2 or IBM can provide. Then we'll be rolling in like oranges, especially if it's about IBM. :-) I should know... But I do see your point about taking up hobbies. I just started model ship/airplane building so I won't be hanging around here as long as I have in the past. Marty wrote in message news:37FE26EB.8E5500D@stny.rr.com... > Actually, there isn't. Nevermind. > > So what do you want out of us, something-cheater-something? Do you want > us all to convert to your way of thinking and drop OS/2? Fine. Done. > Your brilliant and thoughtful arguments have convinced me that I've > wasted my time using OS/2. In the light of the incontrovertible > evidence you've presented I'm sure others will follow suit. Your > mission is accomplished. > > Now leave. > > Hints for the future: > * If you're trying to get a point across, you may want to make one > rather than shoddily attempting to insult the intelligence of your > adversaries. Successfully insulting the intelligence of one's > adversaries requires far more wit than you've been able to demonstrate, > so that's a dead-end path for you. > > * If you're not trying to get a point across, then you have far too much > spare time on your hands. Take up a hobby. Perhaps even get a job, > like a paper route. It builds character. > > * Have enough courage to have a real identity. It does wonders for > credibility. > > * Don't discuss a topic you know nothing about. > > * Try to have a logical stance (or at least one that is founded in > common sense). If you believe your claim that OS/2 is dead, then why > beat a dead horse? > > > Hope you appreciated the constructive criticism. > > - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: http://extra.newsguy.com (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 10-Oct-99 04:17:13 To: All 10-Oct-99 05:08:22 Subj: Re: There is a future for winvocates that like beating dead horses From: Marty Kelly Robinson wrote: > > No, we merely want to point out certain realities to you. But don't expect > us to remain quiet whenever one of your own bitches about a drawback that > only OS/2 or IBM can provide. Then we'll be rolling in like oranges, > especially if it's about IBM. :-) I should know... I have no problems with making points of any kind. Condescention and the "we're right and you're wrong" stuff (coming from both sides of the fence) is ludicrous however, which is all that QCC seems to be about. > But I do see your point about taking up hobbies. I just started model > ship/airplane building so I won't be hanging around here as long as I have > in the past. Good for you. It's difficult work that takes a steady hand, but a well made model speaks for itself. - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: wsonna@ibm.net 10-Oct-99 13:54:26 To: All 10-Oct-99 14:35:09 Subj: Re: Time to move on From: wsonna@ibm.net (William Sonna) On Sat, 9 Oct 1999 01:48:03, Joseph wrote: > > > William Sonna wrote: > > > On Thu, 7 Oct 1999 23:43:16, Marty wrote: > > > > [big snip] > > > > > > >> >There's an OS/2 native equivalent of just about everything. What people > > > > >> >are stuck on is due to their habits and familiarity, not due to > > > > >> >inability of the platform. No one rely on WinOS/2 if they > > > > >> >don't want to. I'm living proof. > > > > >> > > > > >> Wrong. I use Quicken for many reasons, including Checkfree support. Which OS/2 > > > > >> equivalent has Checkfree support? > > > > > > > > >That depends. What the hell is Checkfree support? I'm not crying over > > > > >lack of that. > > > > > > > > It allows one to pay checks electronical from ones computer using a checkfree > > > > compliant program, like Quicken. Great feature, efficient, saves on stamps, > > > > delievers electronically or via a paper check depending on need, and can be set > > > > up on-demand of automatically as I see fit. You may not need it, but quite a > > > > few of your fellows do. > > > > > > Do they need it or want it? Last time I looked, my gas company, etc. > > > still accepted physical checks. > > > > They also accept automatic debits from your checking account, which is > > hands-down the most convenient and least expensive way to pay - and > > handled quite well by Quicken and most such programs. > > > > He neglects to mention that check-free ain't free, and in my > > experience its cheaper to just use stamps. > > > > But if you've really got to have check-free, InCharge (which is > > superior to Quicken for my needs, and I've used both) comes in both > > Windows and OS/2 versions and supports check-free. > > I use the web site for my credit union for bill payments. On OS/2 I still run Quicken > 6.0 under Win 3.1 to keep track of my finances. I haven't looked into incharge but I am > growing more intolerant of Quicken on Windows. Why? I'm relying less on Win3.1 and more > on OS/2 apps like Netscape/2, Smartsuite/2 and StarOffice/2. > I agree totally. WinOS2 is NOT getting better with age, and I'd love to get it off my machine. Unfortunately, I'm still must use a certain release of a certain program to make money, and until that changes, eliminating it is simply not an option. Ironically, that same release of the same program blows up on both Win '98 and NT, so I'm here for the long haul, IBM's wishes not withstanding. And you know what - this ain't a bad place to be stuck. Regarding InCharge vs Quicken, I think the biggest hurdle is accepting that InCharge is not a Quicken clone, and reconciling both the advantages and disadvantages InCharge's approach to things. The learing curve is not particularly steep, but is not trivial, either. It requires both study and practice on the part of the user. Figure about two to three months to learn it. In a nutshell: InCharge uses budgets, rather than accounts, as its primary modeling tool. > Ideally finances should be a service on the web. something important like financial data > should not be kept on the PC. > I'm not sure I would be interested in balancing my check book or doing my taxes on the web. The web is too public a place. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: wsonna@ibm.net 10-Oct-99 14:13:13 To: All 10-Oct-99 14:35:09 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: wsonna@ibm.net (William Sonna) On Fri, 8 Oct 1999 21:42:14, Cameron wrote: > Most OS/2 users selected it because it was the smart and superior > alternative to Windoze. It was a power user's play ground. Many > engineers and programmers found it aesthetically nicer to program under > Workplace shell and Presentation Manager. Stability and legitimate > multithreading and multitasking made OS/2 the choice. I have been a > OS/2 user from the beginning. But now my friends the time has come to > jump ship. IBM has dogged us for perfectly legitimate financial reasons > but dogged us nonetheless. In reward for the OS/2 user's loyalty IBM > has flipped us the bird.... > > Now the time has come to make another OS selection. I've been > thoroughly evaluating Linux for 3 years. Folks it is superior in every > way. Linux + KDE + Vmware beats the socks off OS/2. Isn't three years an awfully long time to be "evaluating" something? [snip] --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: forgitaboutit@fake.com 10-Oct-99 11:55:13 To: All 10-Oct-99 14:35:09 Subj: (1/3) Re: Time to move on From: David H. McCoy In article <37FD3014.B738AEAA@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > > In article <37FCF610.790D9FF1@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > > In article <37F8186D.42A0E5A@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > > "David H. McCoy" wrote: >> >> >And an insecure OS with excellent support is worthless as well in many > >positions. Context does matter. >> >> Not for support. For corporations, security is context driven. Support is not. >So you're saying that if Linux was well supported and had poor security >that companies would easily embrace and deploy it? Dubious. What planet are you from? Dos and Windows 9x have little or no security and have been heartily embraced. OS/2 has no security, but according to some, it has a halfway corporation presence. >> >> And that is why I said that you are in the minority. Support isn't important to >> >> you. Fine. It is important to most, hence, you are in the minority. >> >> >The minority of what? Computer users or OS/2 users? You were >> >generalizing about OS/2 users originally I believe. >> >> Since OS/2 users are within the domain of computer uses, either will suffice. >>A square is a type of rectangle, but do all rectangles have equal length >>sides? What applies to the subset does not necessarily apply to the >>superset. A droplet is not a river but both are still wet. Are do you feel that there are some OS/2 users that ARE NOT computer users? >> However, YOU, Marty, a person who claims to be independent of support, >-- further future support. Until the next fixpack. >> are in a minority, whether that minority is computer users or OS/2 users. >I disagree. Your choice. It is the right of every man to be wrong(and stubborn) despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Of course, you also think an unsecure, support operating system cannot make corporate headway despite the existence of DOS and Win9x. >> The overwhelming number of either wants support from the company that makes the >> OS. >Wanting and requiring and depending on are 2 different things. Sure, I > OS/2 to be supported in the future and I future fixpacks >and add-ons. Do I need them? No. Then you would not have installed any fixpacks, would you? Your statements are at odds with your actions, Marty. > >> >She could have bought a bottom-of-the-line system or simply inherited >> >one of my old systems, but she felt she needed a 450MHz processor. >> >Unfortunately, she is not alone in her ignorance. Far from it, in my >> >experience. >> > Did you ask her why? >She is the stereotypical person who "needs" things because they are >newer. She has no concept of what is faster or what that number means, >but she knows that if the number is higher, it must be better and she >needs it. You don't like to answer questions. Did you ask her why? Did you TRY to explain or did you just tell her in a condescending manner> My in-law was absolutely computer illiterate, yet had no problems making a decision. I'll bet your mother could do the same. >> >> But to counterpoint you, my mother-in-law has a 486DX2/66 and, despite P3 >> >> commercials, doesn't feel that she needs a new machine. >> >> >I envy you. My dad is still using my 486/33 because I told him he >> >doesn't need any more for what he does and he actually listens to me. >> >He's been happy with it for the last 5 years with no complaints. > >> See, I didn't tell my mother-in-law anything. I asked her what she wanted to >> do, explained options, mentioned things she may have wanted to do in the future >> and let her make a educated decision. In my experience, most people are quite >> capable of doing this. >Precisely what I did, only my advice was ignored. I wonder. I've yet to run into any computer illiterate person who couldn't make a wise decision based on a good explanation. EVERY person who was a computer newbie who asked my advice took my advice 100% of the time. I asked a couple of friends and they had the same hit ratio. Now, why would a mother ignore the advice of her son let alone someone more knowledgable than herself and presumably, someone she trusts? I suspect that your advice was ignored for reasons other than your mother's "cluelessness". Perhaps you noticed that you were using OS/2 decided your advice was...questionable? :-) >> >So you can "change your mind" and start dialing 911 regularly for its >> >enhanced service? I've got the option to use the G400's advanced >> >capabilities if I feel like rebooting. I'm not locked into anything. >> >I'm not pushing exclusive use of anything. >> >> But I don't have to change my phone, and I don't have to change my operating >> system. You must reboot because your OS has locked you, not in, but out. I can >> change my mind about OpenGL and just start using it. >Point is that I'm not anticipating changing my mind. If I had to use >OpenGL 90% of the time, then I wouldn't be using OS/2. Nothing is >locked anywhere. If I needed it, I'd switch. End of story. Okay. I wonder how many people anticipated the Internet or this IT job market? >> No reboot required. >So if you had no OpenGL installed on your system and needed to install >it, you wouldn't have to reboot your system? :-) Installs with the driver! :-) >> >If I change my mind, I'll just reboot. >> >> In otherwords, you must change your OS. I don't have to reboot. I can just use >> it. Whenver, and without disrupting whatever it is I am doing. >Right. And if I gave a rat's ass about hardware OpenGL, I'd view this >as very annoying. However I don't. Fine. This was just one example to show an overall problem. >> >> There is a difference between choosing not to use a thing, and being unable to >> >> use a thing. >> >> >Right. I'd choose not to use such feature if I had it. >> >> No. Since, when using OS/2, you cannot use it, you have no choice. That would >> be like someone in prison saying "I am choosing to be here". >Not really. Using OS/2 is not analogous to loosing your freedom. It's >like using an old trusted powerful truck for a towing job instead of >using a shiny new sport ute with a CD player. Sure it's nice to be able >to play CDs, but if you've got to tow a load up a hill, the CD player >isn't all that useful. Indeed. But the truck that can tow that load and play that CD is even better, isn't it? >> >Well, I laid all my options in front of me ahead of time, and decided >> >what was more important to me. 3D acceleration and other such things >> >didn't make the cut. >> >> Ditto. I also decided that perhaps my needs would change and that I wanted >> something that was as "future-proof" as possible. After all, what is not >> important to one today, may be important tomorrow. >Right, but since technologies change far more often then my needs, I >personally feel no need to keep up with them. When my needs change, >because I've held out so long, I'll wind up with better equipment than I >would have if I tried to buy a system thinking ahead. In the computer >industry you can never tell which future technologies will take off >because it changes so quickly, so you get what suits your needs at the >time the purchase is made. Once can indeed always wait for 6 months "it" will be faster and cheaper. However, eventually the plunge will be made and even you, Marty, will try to pick the most flexible solution available. It has nothing to do with trying to keep up. It has everything to do with finding the most bang for the buck. >> >It's all part of the cost. To get the good, you get the "bad" or >> >undesired as well. If it's still worth it for you to get the good at >> >the given price you get it. Otherwise you seek alternatives. Surely >> >you don't desire feature of you own. >> >> Again, there is a large difference in paying for what you CANNOT use as opposed >> to what you DO NOT use. When you CANNOT use, choice is removed and options are >> limited. When you DON NOT use, choice is intact and options are available. >Again, if I wanted to use it, I'd reboot. I don't, hence I don't. The >only thing I didn't have a choice in is whether or not the piece of >hardware had the feature that I didn't want. And you feel that rebooting to use a single features is more efficient than using the tool that gives you all under a single umbrella? >> >> >> The main issue is despite Scitech, OS/2 support for new video techologies is >> >> >> still severely lacking. >> >> >> >> >In terms of 3D gingerbread, sure. >> >> >> >> It isn't gingerbread. >> >> >It is to me, and probably many other OS/2 users. >> >> But you don't make the cards, so even if that statement is true, your opinion >> doesn't matter. If things like Direct3d support or say, TV-out(which I don't >> use, and don't have on my card), are included with the card, by definition they >> are not gingerbread. >To me they are gingerbread. Again, it is your right to go into a car dealership and tell someone that the AC is optional no matter how many times they tell you that it is standard. It doesn't make you right. Just difficult. >> They are standard features. For example, the TnT2 costs >> less than the TnT2 Ultra. Why? The Ultra clocks higher. That higher clock speed >> is gingerbread and it costs extra. But both support D3D. That is standard. >If I want it for the higher clock speed and nothing else, everything >else is extraneous. But yet, they are features that CAN be used. What you consider necessary isn't relevent in this context. What is relevent is that you are forced to pay for features you CANNOT use. >> >> These are basic features of the card. Basic. And Scitech >> >> doesn't support them. >> >> >It will. >> >> First, you have no evidence of this, so that statement is both useless and >> worthless. >Umm... yes I do. Deja News. Well, let's see it. >> Second, you contradict earlier statements. If 3d features are basic, >> but considered "gingerbread" and [un]important to many OS/2 users, why on Earth >> would Scitech waste time implemented features that are consider useless by so >> many? >Because their drivers aren't just OS/2 drivers. They have the same >codebase for of their drivers for platforms. Without looking at a line of their code I can guarantee you that if they support those advance features, they will not be the same codebase. That is not possible. Either they will bring all their other drivers down to the lowest common denominator, all they will be forced to have different code for the myriad of advanced features that OS/2 doesn't support. >> >> I find it difficult to be impressed with their software >> >> doesn't support the basic features of these new cards. >> >> >They're making great strides, but it will take time. They also >> >mentioned plans for universal sound drivers. >> >> Great strides don't matter. Plans don't matter. We don't deal in vaporware >> remember? Only what we can use here and now. Here and now, such support doesn't >> exist and universal sound drivers don't exist. >So if future developments don't matter, why try to "future-proof" your >system? Because in the hear and now, I may want to use something in the future that I don't use today. It can already exist and not be installed on my machine. >> If you need such items today, you are out of luck. >If you need these items today, then you need a different platform >today. If you don't, then you don't. And that is why OS/2's user base is shrinking. >> >> >The simplicity comes in them porting their drivers to OS/2 from other >> >> >platforms, not in porting other existing drivers that they didn't >> >> >write. It's in their interests as a company to support as many cards as >> >> >possible. Now it's also easy for them to have these cards supported on >> >> >several platforms at the same time, including OS/2. >> >> >> >> Then explain the absence of so many newer cards. >> >> >Specs have not been released to them as of yet or they are working on >> >the drivers currently. >> >> No good. The Voodoo has been unchanged for almost 3 years, >And hasn't released their specs to Scitech in this time either. Then Scitech is pretty useless unless you wish to use two year old cards or the S4. >> the TnT for more than a year. And STILL no support. >I think some forms of the TnT are supported by something in OS/2. I >don't know because I don't own the card. You would be refering to Nvidia's Gradd drivers. These are the same ones that force OS/2 users to run at 640x480 and 60mhz. >> What proof do you have that they are even working on such support? >It's in their own best interests to do so. People have also made >requests on news.scitechsoft.com and gotten positive responses about >future planned drivers. How do you figure? With hoards of people like yourself(no offense) who don't plan on using any new cards, how is it in their best interest to support them? >> >> Most people don't care if a 5 >> >> year old Tseng card is supported. >> >> >Most people that don't have such cards, sure. Many people do have 1 or >> >2 year old cards which are supported, however. >> >> And many people have 1 to 2 year old cards that are not. >Such as? Maybe the millions of people who've purchased new machines less than one year ago. >> I'm afraid that wasn't what I asked. Let's try again. This is from Scitech's >> site >> "What is SciTech GLDirect? >> SciTech GLDirect allows you to run OpenGL-based games and other applications >> using your graphics card's DirectX 6.x drivers. SciTech GLDirect even supports >> the latest applications that use OpenGL 1.2. Download the FREE trial version >> now!" >> >> They've got a Windows version. Where's their OS/2 version? You claim that >> things are coming, that "They will." do things, but I failed to find OS/2 ?> implementations despite MGL and IBM. >From the MGL source code tree: >[deleted] And what exactly does that have to do with the fact that SciTech doesn't have an OS/2 version of GLDirect dispite your proclaimations of once and future OS/2 support? >> >To reduce their porting efforts to less capable platforms. >> >> Allow me to offer an alternative suggestion. Most developers don't care about >> SOM. You are a developer. So am I. We both no that their is nothing inherit in --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: OminorTech (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: forgitaboutit@fake.com 10-Oct-99 11:55:13 To: All 10-Oct-99 14:35:09 Subj: (2/3) Re: Time to move on >> VisualAge that would force them to even attempt to port SOM to Windows, so it >> is unlikely that their would be any effort. >> >> SOM is useful only in the context of OS/2, and OS/2 is doing poorly. Therefore, >> SOM is irrelevent. Conclusion-Drop SOM. > Right. Drop SOM because other less capable platforms are more popular. Half right. Drop some because OS/2 is less popular and show the world the state of OS/2 development. >> >> Also, since there are clealy fewer programmers for OS/2 you >> >> have fewer people advancing program techniques, trying to learn OS/2, wanting >> >> to show OS/2 programming tricks, in addition to the fact that OS/2's API isn't >> >> advancing. >> >> >True, but this is less true today than it used to be last year. > >> Really? How do you figure? Unless you can offer an alternative, I consider >> EDM/2 the best OS/2 programming site. >> Certainly, the most well known and definitely a barometer. Given its current >> state and the fact that IBM has stopped supporting what may be its most >> advanced OS/2 software, SOM, and has dropped it from its premiere OS/2 >> development tool, I fail to see how "this is less true today than..." >Read Warpcast and tell me that nothing has happened on the OS/2 >development front. Every 3 days or so, there a new version of >such-and-such being released, ported, or updated. That's my barometer. I've read Warpcast. Now, we've gone from EDM/2 making a comeback to irrelevent. Interesting. And your statement still doesn't address what I said about OS/2 development, namely that it is falling off. Amiga has some developers, but no one believes that it is a hotbed of software development. In OS/2, there just isn't much happening on the development front. > >> Makes for a bleak programming experience. >> >> >Well, it takes a certain "frontiersman" feel to it. ;-) >> >> I suppose. I guess that I would rather make good software that people enjoy >> using, than showing my stones in masochistic programming displays. >You can do both in OS/2. You HAVE to in OS/2. And all the while, programming advancements will pass you by. >> >It has had a long dead period where people were using it, but no big >> >contributions occurred. That is no longer the case however. Whether or >> >not the initial damage done was enough to finish it off remains to be >> >seen, but it has had a late rally of sorts. >> >> The thing came out *monthly* and I read it *monthly*. What long dead periods? >I'm referring to the OS/2 scene in general. Well, what rally? >> >> But did those translate to 4500 downloads? >> >> >Likely not, but I still uphold that it represents a lot of interest for >> >such a small niche. >> >> Okay,but barring even soft numbers, seems to me that it only represents 4500 >> hits. >Since the end of August, right. I'm not disputing that. It just seems that we don't know what it means. >> Indeed. I agree. In fact, one of the reasons I decided to try WinNT was because >> when some asked me why I used OS/2, the only compelling reason I could give was >> the WPS. It proved easy to get along without. >I honestly gave NT a try (both 3.5 and 4.0) several times, but felt like >I was fighting my own machine for everything I wanted to do. It wasn't >a tool helping me, it was just getting in the way of my work. YMMV. Indeed for clearly mine did. You would not have found a harder sell than I. NT won me over by working better than OS/2 did, for me, on the same hardware. Even the first week, when I changed drive letters and OS/2 failed to boot with a "can't find country.sys" and NT boot successfully. For me, it simply outperformed OS/2. >> I installed SP3 because when I first tried NT, SP3 was declared a necessity >> based on my research. I installed SP4 for Y2k, switch to Win2k, but I keep an >> NT 4 maint. partition with SP5 for NTFS5 read/write capability. > >> Unworkable? No. Nor did I claim such. I did claim that you are still dependent >> on IBM and I on MS. >For the last time: If I don't touch another piece of hardware or change >my system at all, how am I dependent on IBM? Explain that to me. I don't think you are being realistic, that is how. I think that you will do something. For example, did you anticipate installing fixpack 12? Did you install earlier fixpacks? > >> >Sure. I'm reliant on the fixes that make my system work today. I'm not > >> >reliant on any further fixes at this time, however. > >> > >> Even so, you still reliant on them, which was my point. > > >I don't need any new fixes to keep my current system humming along > >smoothly. That's the bottom line. >> >> You consider a system needing workarounds smooth? I don't. Another difference, >> I guess. >Every system needs some workarounds. Nothing is perfect. With >workarounds like, "Don't jump up and down on your left foot while >whistling the national anthem backwards and double clicking this icon >while pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL," I'd say my system is operating smoothly. >In other words, it takes a good deal of effort for me to make any >problems occur. I had such thing while using OS/2. For example, until Warp 4, I couldn't play AVIs and move the mouse without locking the system. Easy to avoid? You bet. Would I consider that smooth? No, after all, I couldn't move the mouse. Currently, I don't have any "Patient: My left arm hurts when I move it. Doctor:Don't move it." problems. Now, this is not the same as problem-free. For example, I just installed an Acer 4x4x32 CD-RW. When I started using DirectCD, Win2k would crash. That's the price of mixing bleeding edge and low level software,but Adaptec is on the ball by having a patch fixes that problem. Now, to me, a workaround, would clearly be not using DirectCD, but I wouldn't considered that a smoothly running system. BTW, can OS/2 use DirectCD? [snip] >> >If I want the other features of the G400, such as more on-board RAM, >> >better performance, and higher refresh rates, I have no problem paying a >> >"premium" for these features. If another card offers the same features >> >minus OpenGL, and if it's cheaper, I'll buy it. We all pay for more >> >than we use in nearly all areas of life. >> >> But not for what we CANNOT use. That is the point. >There's nothing I cannot use if I keep an open mind to dumping OS/2 and >picking the right tool for the right job. So far nothing has pushed me >to the point of saying it was worth giving up what I already have to >have these "other" features. But we are talking about one's options when using OS/2. It would seem to me that one shouldn't have to dump and OS, to do such a thing. A more optimal solution would be an OS that allowed you to do as much as possible. >> >If I changed my mind, I'd just reboot. My hard drive is not etched in >> >stone. >> >> And if I changed mine, I would just use it. I believe my actions would be more >> efficient and less disruptive. >Right, but there's no trade-off for you. It's a neutral->win >situation. For me it would be a loss to change. What I would be giving >up (in my opinion) would far outweigh what I would be getting. Of course. But if you needed that feature and it forced you to reboot, that would be annoying, wouldn't it? >> >Currently, there's nothing I can't do with OS/2 that it's supposed to be >> >able to do. Hence, I don't need any further fixes to keep my current >> >system running. >> >> I never claimed you did. I did claim that you are reliant on IBM for fixes. You >> may or may not need them, but to get time, you look to IBM. >When I get them, I get them from IBM. Right. Umm... so what? >Do I rely on IBM? Only when I need another Fixpack. Do I need another >fixpack? No. How many fixpacks have you installed? When you installed any, did you anticipate needing another? >> >Then you'd better turn yourself around. >> >> Whatever for? That would only give me a view of OS/2. >Better than staring at the horse's ass like you are now. ;-) I'd rather view a live horse's ass than beat a dead horse. Like you. :-) >> >> Trust them. Remove the "might." They are right for themselves. >> >> >My mother isn't. Many others are clueless too. By the same token, many >> >are also right for themselves. >> >> And many know what their needs are. For some, it is a P3-450 that sends email, >> but can grow if their needs change and is safely under warranty, than someone's >> hand-me-down 486 that can play MP3s or scan the pictures of their grandchildren >> in a timely manner. >Ok, so where is this going? >If the 486 was a free hand-me-down, what cost was it to use it? It was >used for some time, while technology continued to improve and by the >time it is outgrown, a better system can ultimately be purchased, >probably for less money. This system will invariably be better than the >one that could have been purchased at the time the 486 was put back into >service. You're always better off meeting your present needs in the >computer industry. Well, my mistake for one. That "486 than can" should be "486 that CANNOT". Also, my point is that people in this group seem to feel that using OS/2 proves they are knowledgable and using Windows proves someone else is not. My point is that smart people choose fast machines and Windows and deny OS/2. >> >> There's nothing stopping IBM from improving HPFS. >> >> >They have with HPFS386. But M$ is "stopping" that. That's why they've >> >moved on to JFS. >> >> But neither were available to OS/2 client, were they? And there are probably >> more clients than servers. NTFS is available to all versions of NT. Heck, even >> the workstation versions support 2 CPUs out of the box. >And the client version of NT is quite a bit more expensive than client >versions of OS/2. Depends on where you buy it. I purchased the OS/2 Warp 4 upgrade for $129. The full blown is $189. I've seen NT for as much as $249. I purchased the full- blown for $72. If you don't shop around, your statement would be correct. >> >> NS is adding quotas and encryption, for example to NTFS. >> >> >Quotas are nice, but encryption is a bloody waste IMHO. I have no idea >> >if JFS supports either of these, but I believe quotas are supported. >> >> Sure. You can search DejaNews and find people saying that journaling is a waste >> of time, but most changed with JFS was announced. And IMHO, any feature that >> keeps my data secure is a good one. >Personally I'd prefer not to take a speed hit for the sake of >undoubtedly paltry encryption. Also, I imagine it would make file >recovery quite a bit more difficult. First, I've got a fast machine, so a small speed hit is irrelevent. Second, like compression, you can encrypt individual files or folders. For example, you can easily make a directory and an files in it would be encrypted. No need to encrypt programs, just your data. Third, since you don't know that the encryption is paltry, why make such a comment? Why not instead, make one that you can back up? Finally, there is the option create a recovery key if you so wish, but of course, a recovery key is a security risk. Any thing else you wish to add? >> >That depends. What the hell is Checkfree support? I'm not crying over >> >lack of that. >> >> It allows one to pay checks electronical from ones computer using a checkfree >> compliant program, like Quicken. Great feature, efficient, saves on stamps, >> delievers electronically or via a paper check depending on need, and can be set >> up on-demand of automatically as I see fit. You may not need it, but quite a >> few of your fellows do. >Do they need it or want it? Last time I looked, my gas company, etc. >still accepted physical checks. You seem to feel that people can't make decisions. All of my static payments go out electronically with no intervention on my part. This saves time and effort and makes tracking payments easier. Time is money. Some companies even give you a discount for electronic payments. Again, however, you show that OS/2 user characteristic of condemning what you don't have and "attacking" your fellows that do want such a feature. >> >>Which OS/2 equivalent gives you read/write protection for zipdisk? >> >> >IOMEGA is releasing new drivers. >> >> Indeed. The Windows ones now allow NT to assign drive letters and brings NT up >> to the level of 95/98 support. On the other hand, the last time OS/2 drivers >> came out was last July and they still lack the features I mentioned, not to >> mention the new ones I just listed. >Zip disks in OS/2 can be formatted HPFS and can have protection bits >associated with the filesystem. Drive letters can be reserved in OS/2 >to move the Zip drive wherever you want it. First, HPFS Zip drive support on the PP version is iffy at best. Second, protection bits is not even in the same universe as a disk that can have read/write/password protection. I cannot believe that you would even offer that as a substitute. Third, under OS/2, the zip drive takes the next available, lowest available drive letter. What this means is that the zip drive will change if you change partitions. Under Windows, I made my CDROM Z: and my ZipDrive Y. No matter what, they don't change. You cannot do this under OS/2. >> >> Or parallel-port scanner support? >> >> >Does SANE support such things? I have no idea. >> >> No. >Then the alternative is to get a faster performing SCSI scanner. Not an alternative to people who want cheaper PP and don't have SCSI cards. You, the "take my hand-me-down 486" want people do drop $100 on a SCSI card, $250 on a SCSI scanner instead of spending $70 on a PP scanner? >> >> Palmpilot syncing with PIMs? >> >> >There's Java apps for that. >> >> Which do not work with any PIMs, including the WordPro one for OS/2. >Wouldn't know. I'm not important enough to have a Palmpilot. ;-P Well, my personal was only $170 when I bought it. Very useful. >> >> Animated Gifs? >> >> >Are you joking? >> >> For people making webpages, this is no joking matter. This is what some do for >> a living. >What kind of version do you want, PM, command line, or X11? Take your >pick. I prefer the command line one myself. I suspect that someone making animated gifs wouldn't want to do so on the command-line. >> >> CD rippers ala' RealJukebox or Musicmatch? >> >> >There's at least one. Don't know what it is because I don't care, but >> >I've heard of one. >> --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: OminorTech (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: forgitaboutit@fake.com 10-Oct-99 11:55:13 To: All 10-Oct-99 14:35:09 Subj: (3/3) Re: Time to move on >> There are NONE like RealJukebox or Musicmatch. Unless I've missed that one, >> which is possible. >Wouldn't know. I don't pay too much attention to things I don't care >about. I remember hearing something mentioned. Of course. Let me help. The answer would be no. >> >> Purify? Boundchecker? >> >> >So we can write sloppy code? >> >> So you can deliver a better product or do you wish to have me believe that your >> code is perfect. It is not and cannot be. >There are simple methods that can be employed to detect and insure >against memory leaks. Memory overwrites are taken care of quite well >with GPFs. Simple methods sometimes provide simple results. Purify is an Unix and Windows standard, but I understand how OS/2 forces one to make do. >> >> OpenGL? >> >> >What about it? >> >> Hardware support. >On the way. Software support is already there. "On the way". That would be NO. >> >> Sorry, but it is definitely the inability of the platform. >> >> >>Hey... it's not for everyone. I never said it was. >> >> Then whom, by george, is it for? >People who aren't name David McCoy, among others. Indeed, people who want the widest array of software and hardware possible. >> Today. Even its Java support is behind. >Which features are OS/2 users forced to live without in their Java >implementation? My current version of Java is implemented well enough >to support the Java versions of ICQ, AIM, and Corel Office. What am I >giving up by not having the latest version? Corel Office? Right. A dog that was dropped. You are probably the only man in America using Corel Office. I suspect that you use it to say you can, instead of for real work. As for the features, new Java developing is moving towards Java2. If you want to be a Java developer who is behind practically every other OS and thus be non-competitive while making inferior Java products, by all means, stick to OS/2. >> You use it. What for? >Internet browsing, development, word processing, games, communicating, >... >I like keeping my system running 24/7 so I can access it from work, >throw some files back and forth, host a web page, etc., while it's >crackin away at RC5 keys (5% faster than NT does ;-P). Everything >except the web server and RC5 client are available right out of the box >with Warp 4 client: telnetd, ftpd, sendmail, rshd, ... >[snip] >- Marty Truly, a rich use Marty, and similar to my own. I just have more fun. :-) -- --------------------------------------- David H. McCoy dmccoy@EXTRACT_THIS_mnsinc.com --------------------------------------- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: OminorTech (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: hobbyist@nospam.net 10-Oct-99 11:04:14 To: All 10-Oct-99 14:35:09 Subj: Re: There is a future for OS/2 From: Hobbyist On comp.os.os2.advocacy, cbass2112@my-deja.com posted : > But, until someone comes along with a GUI shell that's as elegant as the > WPS, there will be those who stick with OS/2, if only for that one > aspect alone (i.e., the Work Place Shell). It's nice, but far from indispensable. It's really the only thing left to hang on to where OS/2 advocacy is concerned. What can the OS/2 WPS do that the windows explorer can't that's indispensable? > Sure, Linux (for example) is solid under the hood, but, for many, > neither KDE nor GNOME/Enlightenment nor GNOME/WindowMaker compare to > the WPS (SIQ issues notwithstanding). -- -=Ali=- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: hobbyist@nospam.net 10-Oct-99 11:15:03 To: All 10-Oct-99 16:28:09 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Hobbyist On comp.os.os2.advocacy, John Hong posted : > I'm curious, Camaron...why bother? Do you really think most of > us haven't *already* tried Linux or BeOS or something else? If I may interject here. In this day and age I'd say that I think that most of you really have not tried anything else apart from win9x. -- -=Ali=- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: hobbyist@nospam.net 10-Oct-99 11:37:10 To: All 10-Oct-99 16:28:09 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Hobbyist On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Khairil Yusof posted : > Again.. isn't VMWare a virtual window manager, you need a Windows machine don't > you running? VMWare is a virtual machine manager. You can install another OS so that it runs in a window on the host OS which at present is either NT or Linux. The developers seem to plan to support OS/2 being installable as a 'guest' OS. > Well the G4 Imac's with 256mbs of RAM, a short cycle way at the labs > at uni will do fine for my DTP/Graphics work :) Also since OS/2 has > Xfree86/OS2 and can run Linux programs (display them at least) can ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ you're joking right? > Linux run OS/2 programs? :) Linux doesn't need to run OS/2 programs. The only people who need to run OS/2 programs are OS/2 users. > > Linux has more Native applications than does OS/2. I realize from a > > user's perspective that > > But are they better? There's like 20 different email clients, and none as good > as PMMail. There were only a few newsreaders and none as good as ProNews/2. Now this is where windows comes in. OS/2 is left in a cloud of smoke where application support is concerned. There's always better on the windows side. This OS/2 apps is better than any other OS's anthem is as outdated as hell. Combine the reliability and stability of NT with windows application base and you have a combo there that's hard to beat and certainly not by a long shot by OS/2. > OS/2 users aren't exactly unknowledgeble people who don't try out > alternatives. They are however largely closed minded and stubbornly loyal to their obsolete cause. That's a generalisation of course. > I wouldn't be using OS/2 if there was a better alternative for me now. > For me BeOS would be the next best thing, except for the fact that it > has no X server support and is missing a good Office suite. If those are the reasons, why even consider BeOS? Somehow I sense a severe lack of pragmatism here. > And it's desktop would be the closest to the WPS. Gnome & KDE > desktops (not window managers) are very rough from my point of view. > Reminds me of Windows but more aesthetically pleasing. Remember that your primary reason for using an OS is to run apps in a stable, reliable, robust environment. What's with the obsession with the WPS vs Linux window managers vs Windows explorer? > If linux becomes a better alternative FOR ME, then I'll switch. If > BeOS becomes a better alternative FOR ME, I'll switch to that to. What will make it a better alternative? Application and hardware support. Usability Stability and robustness. Right? Have you looked at NT and really used it? Have you really tried one of the recent Linux distros or just glanced at one? > If (however unlikely) Windows becomes a better alternative, I'll > switch to that to. NT costs about the same as OS/2 and makes for a great alternative. Linux makes a great alternative as well. OS/2 is really in the dumps unless you're using it in an enterprise setting where Warp server for e-businness is deployed. You sound to me, however, like a SOHO user. > And until that time comes, no amount of advocacy will make me switch > from OS/2 :) It would just be a thread on the merits of each OS... -- -=Ali=- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net 10-Oct-99 17:13:11 To: All 10-Oct-99 16:28:09 Subj: Re: There is a future for winvocates that like beating dead horses From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net (Karel Jansens) On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 07:01:05, "Kelly Robinson" wrote: > But I do see your point about taking up hobbies. I just started model > ship/airplane building so I won't be hanging around here as long as I have > in the past. > Yay!!! Karel Jansens jansens_at_ibm_dot_net |---------------------------------------------------| | Windows NT has detected that there were no errors | | for the past 10 minutes. The system will now try | | to restart or crash. Click the OK button to | | continue. | | < Ok > | |---------------------------------------------------| (sigline nicked from Jayan M on comp.os.linux.misc) --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: pcguido@attglobal.net 10-Oct-99 17:08:10 To: All 10-Oct-99 16:28:09 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: pcguido@attglobal.net How come this kind of post always seems to originate from an .edu domain? Cameron, Grow up, and warmest regards on your new OS choice. Let us know when you actually begin to pay your own way, OK? Now, go away. Guido In <37FE6536.88B02A98@cc.ysu.edu>, Cameron writes: |Most OS/2 users selected it because it was the smart and superior |alternative to Windoze. It was a power user's play ground. Many |engineers and programmers found it aesthetically nicer to program under |Workplace shell and Presentation Manager. Stability and legitimate |multithreading and multitasking made OS/2 the choice. I have been a |OS/2 user from the beginning. But now my friends the time has come to |jump ship. IBM has dogged us for perfectly legitimate financial reasons |but dogged us nonetheless. In reward for the OS/2 user's loyalty IBM |has flipped us the bird.... | |Now the time has come to make another OS selection. I've been |thoroughly evaluating Linux for 3 years. Folks it is superior in every |way. Linux + KDE + Vmware beats the socks off OS/2. | | KDE and KOM(corba) are superior to Presentation Manager & Som | The XWindows environments and the Windows managers: | Motif, | Open Look | Macintosh Like window Manager | KVM | After Step | Black Box | Enlightment | Gnome | are superior to OS/2's GPI / Open 32 presentation manager. | | The linux shells including Rexx for linux are superior to |OS/2's | Rexx. | | The internet capabilities of Linux are far superior to OS/2 | | The security features of Linux are far superior to OS/2 | | Linux has more compatibility for new hardware. What will |OS/2 users do | when IA-64 becomes the average desktop? | | Linux + Vmware now supports | | Win95, 98, 2000, Windows NT | Windows 3.1, Dos | | Linux has more native applications than OS/2 | | Linux is multiuser! | | |Most importantly Linux is open source. There is no company to jerk you |around. You can keep Linux as up-to-date at you feel like. If there is |something the kernel dosen't do, add it. | |The installation of SUSE 6.1 and above, and Red Hat 6.0 and above is |easier than |OS/2's installation. Updates to the Linux via RPMs are easier than |installing or uninstalling OS/2 patches. | |Since IBM has added all of the Open32 stuff. Linux is considerably more |reliable than OS/2. | |It was painful for me to arrive at this conclusion. I have been an OS/2 |diehard since 1991. However Linux is now the smart and superior |alternative to OS/2 and Windows 2000. Furthermore, you have complete |control over the OS. | | There are more development tools for Linux than there |are for OS/2 | | Linux has a plug n play look and feel. Console mode for |those command | line junkies, and a bout 10 good GUI's for the point N |click group. | | |Give IBM a black eye. Remove OS/2, pack up the software and books, put |it away for |review on sentimental occasions. Obtain either SuSe, Redhat, or Corel |Linux and never look back. | |Support Open Source! | |Dedicate some of the energy that is expended in this news group to |adding new capabilities to Linux. | |Join the Linux Stampede! | |It will be painful at first. But it is the most logical and intelligent |OS choice that a power user, software engineer, computer programmer, |or hacker can make. | | Open source is the future | Linux is open source | |OS/2 is obsolete. In 5 years it probably won't even run on current |machines. The device drivers available will be far behind the technology |curve. Most new storage devices and display devices in 5 years will not |be recognized by OS/2. Make the shift now. |My friends it has become a liability. IBM has engaged in date rape and |we are the victims. | |Abandon ship!!!!!!!! | | |The only logical alternative is | | | Linux , and Open Source. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: pcguido@attglobal.net 10-Oct-99 17:11:03 To: All 10-Oct-99 16:28:09 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: pcguido@attglobal.net In , jansens_at_ibm_dot_net (Karel Jansens) writes: |On Fri, 8 Oct 1999 21:42:14, Cameron wrote: | || Most OS/2 users selected it because it was the smart and superior || alternative to Windoze. It was a power user's play ground. Many || engineers and programmers found it aesthetically nicer to program under || Workplace shell and Presentation Manager. Stability and legitimate || multithreading and multitasking made OS/2 the choice. I have been a || OS/2 user from the beginning. But now my friends the time has come to || jump ship. IBM has dogged us for perfectly legitimate financial reasons || but dogged us nonetheless. In reward for the OS/2 user's loyalty IBM || has flipped us the bird.... || || Now the time has come to make another OS selection. I've been || thoroughly evaluating Linux for 3 years. Folks it is superior in every || way. Linux + KDE + Vmware beats the socks off OS/2. || |I've played around with KDE. I found it looked nice, but was a system |hog and really more on par with the Windows desktop (which it tries to |mimick) than the WPS environment. I'm now using Xfce as my window |manager in Linux (is much nicer towards RAM), but I'm still in OS/2 |most of the time. | |GNOME is even worse than KDE. | |YMMV, of course. | |Karel Jansens KDE is OK; but, like most of Linux, very immature. Bottom line, Linux doesn't even have _one_ decent editor - 15 year old Kedit still beats 'em all! Guido --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: pcguido@attglobal.net 10-Oct-99 17:01:10 To: All 10-Oct-99 16:28:09 Subj: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: pcguido@attglobal.net In <19991008060941.23068.00000003@ngol08.aol.com>, davegemini@aol.com (David Frank) writes: |In article <37F89CF6.C73E2595@dgraph.com>, Kris Kadela |writes: | || > ||| >Compare them by either profit margin, or by revenue per employee. Those ||are ||| >probably more relevant to how well a company is doing. ||| ||| Only if you're goal is cooking books. ||| ||| Percentages mean nothing without an actual value. IBM makes more profit ||| in one quarter than Microsoft does in the entire year. Comparing that ||| profit to the gross, or dividing it by the number of employees, isn't even ||| interesting, much less relevant. ||| | |Methinks IBM'ers here need to wake up and smell the coffee, |below clip from CNET news this morning, points out how IBM is facing yet |another re-trenchment in PC market. | |<< | In its last fiscal year, the company lost close to a billion dollars because |of personal computers sales. As with other major PC makers, IBM is actually |selling more PCs than ever before, but netting much lower returns because of |price cuts. | |The consumer group is responsible for the Aptiva home PC line. Under the |reorganization, the group will become part of IBM's Personal Systems Group and |be known by the personal name "individual segment," sources said. | |It is uncertain whether layoffs will occur, but some sources termed them |inevitable. IBM could not be reached for comment. | |Analysts and observers have debated the question whether IBM will eventually |exit the PC market. ||| In the last 6-7 yrs, the IBM PC Co has lost billions for IBM by pursuing a 'Microsoft' first strategy - their demise is overdue. Guido --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: pcguido@attglobal.net 10-Oct-99 17:27:24 To: All 10-Oct-99 16:28:09 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: pcguido@attglobal.net In , Hobbyist writes: |On comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy, Joseph posted : | || > Yeah, OS/2 Warp 3 has over 24 such fixpaks and OS/2 Warp 4 has 10, the last || > I heard. And their lot piss on NT because of bugs... || || "Piss on NT" that is baby talk || || Most all of the complaints about NT bugs come from the NT user community. | |You miss the point. Many OS/2 advocates speak badly of NT putting bugs |as it's main problem yet Warp has so many *fix*-packs. | |He was not saying anything about who reports NT bugs. | |-- |-=Ali=- You miss the point (hobbyists often do): OS/2 has numerous fixpacks for two major reasons: 1) IBM does not force OS/2 users thru the annual upgrade blood-letting 2) IBM actually _fixes_ the bugs in OS/2 regards, Guido --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: pcguido@attglobal.net 10-Oct-99 17:15:12 To: All 10-Oct-99 16:28:09 Subj: Re: There is a future for OS/2 From: pcguido@attglobal.net In , esther@bitranch.com (Esther Schindler) writes: |On Fri, 8 Oct 1999 21:23:26, Mark Kelley wrote: | || Doesn't he sort of remind you of the "legendary" FREESPEECH? Could it be || that someone has found a new sock? | |It could be. | |I don't mind a hearty debate with someone who feels differently than I |do. However, I expect my opponent to have an argument he can back up. |This one, like FREESPEECH, seems to lack one entirely. | |--Esther QCC reminds me of a sign on a former co-worker's wall. She was/is a brilliant SNA specialist, another dinosaur technology, just like OS/2. The sign on her wall read: "I refuse to become involved in a battle of wits with an unarmed man." Seems quite applicable here... Guido --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net 10-Oct-99 17:13:10 To: All 10-Oct-99 16:28:09 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net (Karel Jansens) On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 16:37:20, Hobbyist wrote: [snip] > Remember that your primary reason for using an OS is to run apps in a > stable, reliable, robust environment. What's with the obsession with the > WPS vs Linux window managers vs Windows explorer? > This is actually a bit hard to explain to a Windows user. You see, we OS/2 users have become accustomed to stability and robustness, so we're looking at secundary features like ease of use. In that area, the WPS is aeons ahead of the rest. (those who consider the WPS unstable really should look at the kind of beating it will take before it will start complaining) Linux users of course know about stability, but they have yet a long way to go in the field of usability. Windows (pick any flavour of the day) really has neither, but it's users *think* it has everything. This will one day in the future become the archetypal example of twentieth century mass-psychosis. Don't you feel proud you're part of history already? [snip] Karel Jansens jansens_at_ibm_dot_net |---------------------------------------------------| | Windows NT has detected that there were no errors | | for the past 10 minutes. The system will now try | | to restart or crash. Click the OK button to | | continue. | | < Ok > | |---------------------------------------------------| (sigline nicked from Jayan M on comp.os.linux.misc) --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net 10-Oct-99 17:20:22 To: All 10-Oct-99 16:28:09 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net (Karel Jansens) On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 17:11:06, pcguido@attglobal.net wrote: > In , jansens_at_ibm_dot_net (Karel Jansens) writes: > |On Fri, 8 Oct 1999 21:42:14, Cameron wrote: > | > || Most OS/2 users selected it because it was the smart and superior > || alternative to Windoze. It was a power user's play ground. Many > || engineers and programmers found it aesthetically nicer to program under > || Workplace shell and Presentation Manager. Stability and legitimate > || multithreading and multitasking made OS/2 the choice. I have been a > || OS/2 user from the beginning. But now my friends the time has come to > || jump ship. IBM has dogged us for perfectly legitimate financial reasons > || but dogged us nonetheless. In reward for the OS/2 user's loyalty IBM > || has flipped us the bird.... > || > || Now the time has come to make another OS selection. I've been > || thoroughly evaluating Linux for 3 years. Folks it is superior in every > || way. Linux + KDE + Vmware beats the socks off OS/2. > || > |I've played around with KDE. I found it looked nice, but was a system > |hog and really more on par with the Windows desktop (which it tries to > |mimick) than the WPS environment. I'm now using Xfce as my window > |manager in Linux (is much nicer towards RAM), but I'm still in OS/2 > |most of the time. > | > |GNOME is even worse than KDE. > | > |YMMV, of course. > | > |Karel Jansens > > KDE is OK; but, like most of Linux, very immature. > > Bottom line, Linux doesn't even have _one_ decent editor - 15 year old > Kedit still beats 'em all! > I thought Kedit was part of the KDE-package. It ain't half nice, though. I only wish I could find a character mode editor a la DOS "edit" (I'm a CUA-junk; + sequences tend to unleash homicidal fits for me). The Pine editor is sort of okay, but still not it. I'm now mainly doing mcedit (the editor in Midnight Commander). Karel Jansens jansens_at_ibm_dot_net |---------------------------------------------------| | Windows NT has detected that there were no errors | | for the past 10 minutes. The system will now try | | to restart or crash. Click the OK button to | | continue. | | < Ok > | |---------------------------------------------------| (sigline nicked from Jayan M on comp.os.linux.misc) --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: pcguido@attglobal.net 10-Oct-99 17:32:06 To: All 10-Oct-99 16:28:09 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: pcguido@attglobal.net In , Hobbyist writes: |On comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy, Jason posted : | || Of course his point was particularly bad since it's only been relatively || recently that IBM released all the fixpacks to the generally public. It || used to be that IBM only released the fixpacks that would help the || general public. All the other fixpacks were made for specific problems || for customers and to add specific features for them also. They then || decided that they let anyone download all the fixpacks. So NT service || packs do not equal OS/2 fixpacks. | |NT service paks are just like OS/2 fixpaks. They enhance already present |features to better suit customers needs and fix other minor problems. |Can you tell me exactly what SP4 for NT comprised or are you just |speaking off your head? | |-- |-=Ali=- NT service packs are more about new feature support than anything else; and, they are a _long_ time in-between. If MS would actually start to release quality software (I know, Balmer's working on it), then the state of their service packs wouldn't be such an issue. Guido --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: pcguido@attglobal.net 10-Oct-99 17:44:27 To: All 10-Oct-99 19:56:29 Subj: Re: There is a future for OS/2 From: pcguido@attglobal.net Hobbyist, Take it to LINUX advocacy, OK? If that's where you want to go today, go there. I use Linux often enough to know that it is: not a panacea, not a very good replacement for OS/2 and quite useful. However, Linux is woefully lacking in the productivity tools that we all need to do our jobs. That's changing; but, for now, that's where it's at. Your claim that Linux has more apps is total lunacy, are you counting every bit of freeware available anywhere, or what? Linux certainly poses a major problem for MS in the NT server space; it's cheaper, faster and more reliable. On the desktop front, even Linus himself admits that Linux has at least two years to go before it will be ready to compete with established, more mature OS's. BTW, VMware ain't soup yet either. The strategy of keeping the NT image in the Linux file system is nuts, and _very_ inflexible. Moreover, this strategy makes the VMware NT fragile and easily damaged, requiring frequent re-installs - not a place to keep your important data, email, etc. Guido In , Hobbyist writes: |On comp.os.os2.advocacy, cbass2112@my-deja.com posted : | || But, until someone comes along with a GUI shell that's as elegant as the || WPS, there will be those who stick with OS/2, if only for that one || aspect alone (i.e., the Work Place Shell). | |It's nice, but far from indispensable. It's really the only thing left |to hang on to where OS/2 advocacy is concerned. What can the OS/2 WPS do |that the windows explorer can't that's indispensable? | || Sure, Linux (for example) is solid under the hood, but, for many, || neither KDE nor GNOME/Enlightenment nor GNOME/WindowMaker compare to || the WPS (SIQ issues notwithstanding). | | |-- |-=Ali=- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: possum@fred.net 10-Oct-99 18:08:07 To: All 10-Oct-99 19:56:29 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: possum@fred.net (Mike Trettel) On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 11:15:07 -0500, Hobbyist wrote: >On comp.os.os2.advocacy, John Hong posted : > >> I'm curious, Camaron...why bother? Do you really think most of >> us haven't *already* tried Linux or BeOS or something else? > >If I may interject here. In this day and age I'd say that I think that >most of you really have not tried anything else apart from win9x. > >-- >-=Ali=- Really? That's a fairly amazing (and arrogant) presumption on your part. I've tried and/or used the following list over the past 6-7 years: MS-DOS 4.*, 5.0, 6.2 DR-DOS 5.0, 6.0, 7.0. 7.02,7.03 Win 3.1, 3.11 on top of the previous dosen Win95 Win NT 3.5, 3.51, 4 OS/2 2.1, 2.11, 3.*, 4.* WSEB beta Linux 0.99, 1.*, 1.2*, 2.* (Slackware, Debian, Red Hat, SUSE, Caldera, and others) FreeBSD 2.2, 3.2 OpenBSD for m68k Mac OS 7.1, 7.6.1 SCO Unix for x86 I would like to try out Solaris for x86 and BEOS for x86, but haven't gotten around to it. The only OS I've run consistently over the past 5 years has been OS/2, going from 2.1=> 4.* over that time period. Linux has managed to stay on my hard drive fairly consistently for the past three years too, with more time being spent lately running SUSE 6.2. I have Win95 running on the basement PC, but that's for the kids to play with. I have to deal with NT at work, and really find it unintuitive and kludgy, being blessed with the ever so wonderful Win95 interface. Excellent stability and process control along with wonderful apps are it's strong points-the interface is crap as far as I'm concerned. The really damning thing is that in two years the OSS movement has created two excellent GUIs in KDE and Gnome, while MS has essentially stood still. I don't think I'm alone in thinking that pop riviting Internet Explorer in place of a desktop GUI is "progress"-KDE and Gnome are proof of that. The scary thing is that (of course) the KDE and Gnome teams are not going to stand still. PLease don't make assumptions about the knowledge of the people in this newsgroup-not everyone is a narrow minded idealogue and/or is familiar with a one or two OS's. -- =========== Mike Trettel trettel (Shift 2) fred (dinky little round thing) net I don't buy from spammers. No exceptions. Fix the reply line to mail me. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 10-Oct-99 15:06:01 To: All 10-Oct-99 19:56:29 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Marty pcguido@attglobal.net wrote: > > In , jansens_at_ibm_dot_net (Karel Jansens) writes: > |On Fri, 8 Oct 1999 21:42:14, Cameron wrote: > | > || Most OS/2 users selected it because it was the smart and superior > || alternative to Windoze. It was a power user's play ground. Many > || engineers and programmers found it aesthetically nicer to program under > || Workplace shell and Presentation Manager. Stability and legitimate > || multithreading and multitasking made OS/2 the choice. I have been a > || OS/2 user from the beginning. But now my friends the time has come to > || jump ship. IBM has dogged us for perfectly legitimate financial reasons > || but dogged us nonetheless. In reward for the OS/2 user's loyalty IBM > || has flipped us the bird.... > || > || Now the time has come to make another OS selection. I've been > || thoroughly evaluating Linux for 3 years. Folks it is superior in every > || way. Linux + KDE + Vmware beats the socks off OS/2. > || > |I've played around with KDE. I found it looked nice, but was a system > |hog and really more on par with the Windows desktop (which it tries to > |mimick) than the WPS environment. I'm now using Xfce as my window > |manager in Linux (is much nicer towards RAM), but I'm still in OS/2 > |most of the time. > | > |GNOME is even worse than KDE. > | > |YMMV, of course. > | > |Karel Jansens > > KDE is OK; but, like most of Linux, very immature. > > Bottom line, Linux doesn't even have _one_ decent editor - 15 year old > Kedit still beats 'em all! You obviously haven't used JOE (Joe's Own Editor). It has key bindings for Word Star, Word Perfect, and about 10 other apps. It has online help, macros you can define and play on-the-fly, spell checking, compiler interface which can jump to line numbers of errors, built in shell capability, and a clever acronym for a name. ;-) - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: malstrom@emily.oit.umass.edu 10-Oct-99 14:58:23 To: All 10-Oct-99 19:56:29 Subj: Re: Opera for OS/2 makes progress From: Jason Kelly Robinson wrote: : So when will it finally be released for OS/2, in 2003 - long after IE 9.0 : and Netscape 20.51 are released? When they finish it. They only got the source code very recently. And seeing as they got it compiling, I think things are moving along nicely. : Why bother? You have several alternatives for your platform. Because Opera is the best web browser on any platform. : Go get your : $35 back from these thieves as they've not given you anything for it yet. Again you are showing you ignorance, ignorance we have repeatedly tried to cure you of, but you are hopeless. We *never* paid Opera or any other company even one penny for an Opera web browser. We offered but they declined. No payments will be made, til they have a shipping product. This is Opera on OS/2 101, and you have failed again. : Jason wrote in message : news:37fc2b24@oit.umass.edu... :> Dispite the naysayers, Opera for OS/2 is making progress it would seem. :> We've moved up two points on the scale! We still have a long ways to go, :> but I'm glad things are looking up. :> :> http://www.opera.com/alt_os.html :> :> -Jason --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: malstrom@emily.oit.umass.edu 10-Oct-99 14:52:20 To: All 10-Oct-99 19:56:29 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: Jason In comp.os.os2.advocacy Hobbyist wrote: : On comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy, Jason posted : :> Of course his point was particularly bad since it's only been relatively :> recently that IBM released all the fixpacks to the generally public. It :> used to be that IBM only released the fixpacks that would help the :> general public. All the other fixpacks were made for specific problems :> for customers and to add specific features for them also. They then :> decided that they let anyone download all the fixpacks. So NT service :> packs do not equal OS/2 fixpacks. : NT service paks are just like OS/2 fixpaks. They enhance already present : features to better suit customers needs and fix other minor problems. : Can you tell me exactly what SP4 for NT comprised or are you just : speaking off your head? And if you read my post carefully, you would see what I was talking about. OS/2 Fixpacks are generally created by IBM to solve a specific client specific problems with reqards to OS/2, and only rarely are to fix problems for the generally OS/2 population. This used to be reflected by the fact about only one out of every 7 of so fixpacks would be released to the public. NT service packs are to fix issues for the generally public. So trying to compare NT's 5 service packs with OS/2 Warp4's 12 Fixpacks, or OS/2 Warp3's 30 or so fixpacks doesn't hold water. And personally I haven't encountered any good reasons to upgrade my NT system from SP3, except maybe it would fix the damn video which is messed up. I have to boot into OS/2 or Win9X for that to work. -Jason --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 10-Oct-99 15:14:12 To: All 10-Oct-99 19:56:29 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Marty Hobbyist wrote: > > Now this is where windows comes in. OS/2 is left in a cloud of smoke > where application support is concerned. There's always better on the > windows side. This OS/2 apps is better than any other OS's anthem is as > outdated as hell. That's a remarkably close-minded and completely unsupportable statement. > > OS/2 users aren't exactly unknowledgeble people who don't try out > > alternatives. > > They are however largely closed minded and stubbornly loyal to > their obsolete cause. That's a generalisation of course. Remove obsolete and now you have a "generalization" of the windoze advocate. Is it a correct one? - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: hobbyist@nospam.net 10-Oct-99 14:14:24 To: All 10-Oct-99 19:56:29 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: Hobbyist On comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy, pcguido@attglobal.net posted : > NT service packs are more about new feature support than anything else; > and, they are a _long_ time in-between. If MS would actually start to > release quality software (I know, Balmer's working on it), then the > state of their service packs wouldn't be such an issue. NT SP4, 5 were released this year and SP6 is very soon to be released. In a couple weeks I have been made to understand. The cry for more frequent servicing has been heard and addressed. -- -=Ali=- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 10-Oct-99 15:21:27 To: All 10-Oct-99 19:56:29 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: Marty pcguido@attglobal.net wrote: > > In , Hobbyist writes: > |On comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy, Joseph posted : > | > || > Yeah, OS/2 Warp 3 has over 24 such fixpaks and OS/2 Warp 4 has 10, the last > || > I heard. And their lot piss on NT because of bugs... > || > || "Piss on NT" that is baby talk > || > || Most all of the complaints about NT bugs come from the NT user community. > | > |You miss the point. Many OS/2 advocates speak badly of NT putting bugs > |as it's main problem yet Warp has so many *fix*-packs. > | > |He was not saying anything about who reports NT bugs. > | > |-- > |-=Ali=- > > You miss the point (hobbyists often do): OS/2 has numerous fixpacks for > two major reasons: > > 1) IBM does not force OS/2 users thru the annual upgrade blood-letting > 2) IBM actually _fixes_ the bugs in OS/2 You also forgot: 3) IBM releases fixes more often than NT service packs are released. I'm curious about the number of bugs/number of fixpacks ratio between NT and OS/2. I imagine OS/2's fixpacks fix fewer bugs, but are released more often. Anyone actually know if this is true? - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: hobbyist@nospam.net 10-Oct-99 14:18:15 To: All 10-Oct-99 19:56:29 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: Hobbyist On comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy, pcguido@attglobal.net posted : > You miss the point (hobbyists often do): OS/2 has numerous fixpacks for > two major reasons: > > 1) IBM does not force OS/2 users thru the annual upgrade blood-letting What annual upgrade blood-letting? Please stop exaggerating. When was NT4 released. Is it's next major upgrade yet released. Win98 was released 3+yrs after win95 (I am not really into defending win9x but I have to in this case). On the other hand OS/2 is starving for an upgrade to it's client and some users as yourself appease yourself quite pitifully at that by saying that really silly statement as you said above, exaggerating as usual. > 2) IBM actually _fixes_ the bugs in OS/2 The same for M$. What FUD. -- -=Ali=- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: hobbyist@nospam.net 10-Oct-99 14:31:29 To: All 10-Oct-99 19:56:29 Subj: Re: There is a future for OS/2 From: Hobbyist On comp.os.os2.advocacy, pcguido@attglobal.net posted : > Take it to LINUX advocacy, OK? If that's where you want to go today, > go there. I use Linux often enough to know that it is: not a panacea, > not a very good replacement for OS/2 and quite useful. I don't use linux. I prefer NT, but linux certainly has a SOHO developmental direction that OS/s doesn't. Get with the program. > However, Linux is woefully lacking in the productivity tools that > we all need to do our jobs. Agreed but OS/2's not too far behind. > That's changing; but, for now, that's where it's at. Your claim that > Linux has more apps is total lunacy, are you counting every bit of > freeware available anywhere, or what? Please show me where I said that Linux has more apps than OS/2. I would and am now saying that windows has probably more apps available than the two platforms combined. > Linux certainly poses a major problem for MS in the NT server space; > it's cheaper, faster and more reliable. Cheaper per install is all that you can prove there. TCO being cheaper is yet to be proven. Faster and more reliable? .... again not proven. > On the desktop front, even Linus himself admits that Linux has at > least two years to go before it will be ready to compete with > established, more mature OS's. Like NT or errr, MacOS or win98 you mean? OS/2 isn't mentioned in the light of desktop OS competition. OS/2 is not providing competition in the desktop OS market place. > BTW, VMware ain't soup yet either. The strategy of keeping the NT > image in the Linux file system is nuts, and _very_ inflexible. > Moreover, this strategy makes the VMware NT fragile and easily damaged, > requiring frequent re-installs - not a place to keep your important > data, email, etc. What an ignorant statement. Tell me something, have you tried VMWare or just read about it on usenet? If you're anal about NT residing in the linux file system, then create NTFS partitions and install NT in there and then boot it in Linux using VMWare. Are you aware that you can do this using VMWare? You have the option of making virtual disks in the host OS file system or making genuine partitions for the guest OS to be installed. -- -=Ali=- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: hobbyist@nospam.net 10-Oct-99 14:37:03 To: All 10-Oct-99 19:56:29 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Hobbyist On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Mike Trettel posted : > >If I may interject here. In this day and age I'd say that I think that > >most of you really have not tried anything else apart from win9x. > > > >-- > >-=Ali=- > > Really? That's a fairly amazing (and arrogant) presumption on your > part. I've tried and/or used the following list over the past 6-7 > years: > > MS-DOS 4.*, 5.0, 6.2 > DR-DOS 5.0, 6.0, 7.0. 7.02,7.03 > Win 3.1, 3.11 on top of the previous dosen > Win95 > Win NT 3.5, 3.51, 4 > OS/2 2.1, 2.11, 3.*, 4.* > WSEB beta > Linux 0.99, 1.*, 1.2*, 2.* (Slackware, Debian, Red Hat, SUSE, Caldera, > and others) > FreeBSD 2.2, 3.2 > OpenBSD for m68k > Mac OS 7.1, 7.6.1 > SCO Unix for x86 > > I would like to try out Solaris for x86 and BEOS for x86, but haven't > gotten around to it. The only OS I've run consistently over the past 5 > years has been OS/2, going from 2.1=> 4.* over that time period. Linux > has managed to stay on my hard drive fairly consistently for the past > three years too, with more time being spent lately running SUSE 6.2. I > have Win95 running on the basement PC, but that's for the kids to play > with. I have to deal with NT at work, and really find it unintuitive > and kludgy, being blessed with the ever so wonderful Win95 interface. > Excellent stability and process control along with wonderful apps are > it's strong points-the interface is crap as far as I'm concerned. The > really damning thing is that in two years the OSS movement has created > two excellent GUIs in KDE and Gnome, while MS has essentially stood > still. I don't think I'm alone in thinking that pop riviting Internet > Explorer in place of a desktop GUI is "progress"-KDE and Gnome are > proof of that. The scary thing is that (of course) the KDE and Gnome > teams are not going to stand still. > > PLease don't make assumptions about the knowledge of the people in this > newsgroup-not everyone is a narrow minded idealogue and/or is familiar > with a one or two OS's. Thanks Mike for sharing your wide experience with me but in my statement I used the word "most" and not "all'. I also used two other terms to put the statement in more perspective and that is 'really tried'. This makes it perfectly possible for you to make such an anecdotal interjection and not bring the credibility of my statement crashing to the ground. :) -- -=Ali=- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: hobbyist@nospam.net 10-Oct-99 14:53:18 To: All 10-Oct-99 19:56:29 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Hobbyist On comp.os.os2.advocacy, jansens_at_ibm_dot_net posted : > > Remember that your primary reason for using an OS is to run apps in a > > stable, reliable, robust environment. What's with the obsession with the > > WPS vs Linux window managers vs Windows explorer? > > > This is actually a bit hard to explain to a Windows user. You see, we > OS/2 users have become accustomed to stability and robustness, so > we're looking at secundary features like ease of use. In that area, > the WPS is aeons ahead of the rest. (those who consider the WPS > unstable really should look at the kind of beating it will take before > it will start complaining) I used OS/2 for two years and have been using winNT since then, so for your information, robustness and stability are features that I have become accustomed to and even more so with NT. I have come to realise that this is in fact the second most important ingredient of a useful OS, the most important ingredient being hardware and application support. The WPS is not aeons ahead. That's a backward statement. Please remember that while the OS/2 WPS is being neglected by IBM, all the other OS's user interfaces have not been and have been being developed. > Linux users of course know about stability, but they have yet a long > way to go in the field of usability. Agreed. > Windows (pick any flavour of the day) really has neither, but it's > users *think* it has everything. NT *is* stable and very usable. "An evil child that's pretty can sometimes appear very ugly". I think more pragmatism should be exercised here. Your implied claims of NT being unstable and not usable are just sadly mistaken and woefully ignorant, and to think, when I was still very much an OS/2 camper and M$ hater, I used to believe people like you who made statements like that about NT before I started actually *using* it. I have certainly moved on. > This will one day in the future become the archetypal example of > twentieth century mass-psychosis. Don't you feel proud you're part of > history already? Now that's hilarious. Tell me now. Isn't it wonderful feeling that you are one of the few who has seen the light of OS/2 and actually choosing to walk the straight and narrow path of sensible OS choice and computing? Oh boy, I better go get dust my Warp4 CD's and reinstall. -- -=Ali=- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: possum@fred.net 10-Oct-99 20:27:17 To: All 10-Oct-99 19:57:00 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: possum@fred.net (Mike Trettel) On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 14:37:07 -0500, Hobbyist wrote: >On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Mike Trettel posted : > >Thanks Mike for sharing your wide experience with me but in my statement >I used the word "most" and not "all'. I also used two other terms to put >the statement in more perspective and that is 'really tried'. This makes >it perfectly possible for you to make such an anecdotal interjection and >not bring the credibility of my statement crashing to the ground. :) >-- >-=Ali=- Hey! No fair being nice! This is an advocacy newsgroup after all-we're all supposed to offer uninformed opinions based upon popular misconception! Well, you're right-it is anecdoctal evidence on my part. Still, there's a few people on c.o.o.a. that seem to have at least a little experience outside the narrow confines of Windows and/or OS/2 only. I also know that POSSI did take a web poll (yes, I know-another self selecting poll) that indicated that OS/2 users tend to use multiple OS's to a large degree. As to myself, I have used Linux a great deal as a desktop OS, and while I would prefer to keep using OS/2, there's no doubt in my mind that I can use Linux every day for what I do. It most certainly is not perfect, and would not be the best solution for everybody, but that's the way I see it. Still want to check out Solaris though... :-). -- =========== Mike Trettel trettel (Shift 2) fred (dinky little round thing) net I don't buy from spammers. No exceptions. Fix the reply line to mail me. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: possum@fred.net 10-Oct-99 20:42:04 To: All 10-Oct-99 19:57:00 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: possum@fred.net (Mike Trettel) On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 14:53:37 -0500, Hobbyist wrote: >On comp.os.os2.advocacy, jansens_at_ibm_dot_net posted : > >The WPS is not aeons ahead. That's a backward statement. Please remember >that while the OS/2 WPS is being neglected by IBM, all the other OS's >user interfaces have not been and have been being developed. Not looking for a fight here, but exactly what enhancements have been done by Microsoft to the Windows GUI outside of the "integration" with IE5? The Windows desktop looks pretty stagnant to me-the only way MS seems to "improve" (sarcasm, of course) it is when their monopoly is threatened. Also, simply because the WPS is not being further developed does not equate to "no longer advanced". I can just as easily say that the WPS was so far ahead in the first place that MS still hasn't come close to the feature set of the WPS. Of course, this is no longer important to MS with the removal of OS/2 as a realistic competitor. If you really want to see true development in user interfaces one should look at the KDE and Gnome projects. Both started off with essentially *nothing*, and in two years time have come up quite usable interfaces that are still in the exponential stage of development. -- =========== Mike Trettel trettel (Shift 2) fred (dinky little round thing) net I don't buy from spammers. No exceptions. Fix the reply line to mail me. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: flmighe@attglobal.net 10-Oct-99 21:10:06 To: All 10-Oct-99 19:57:00 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: flmighe@attglobal.net In <3800c661_1@news1.prserv.net|, pcguido@attglobal.net writes: |In <19991008060941.23068.00000003@ngol08.aol.com|, davegemini@aol.com (David Frank) writes: ||In article <37F89CF6.C73E2595@dgraph.com|, Kris Kadela On 10 Oct 1999 14:58:46 -0500, Jason wrote: >When they finish it. They only got the source code very recently. And >seeing as they got it compiling, I think things are moving along nicely. I just got the first binary release (early alpha), so progress is doing *very* well (remember, we just got the code). >Because Opera is the best web browser on any platform. exaclty. >Again you are showing you ignorance, ignorance we have repeatedly tried >to cure you of, but you are hopeless. We *never* paid Opera or any other >company even one penny for an Opera web browser. We offered but they >declined. No payments will be made, til they have a shipping product. >This is Opera on OS/2 101, and you have failed again. Thanks for your words, I couldn't say it bether :) cu Adrian --- Adrian Gschwend @ OS/2 Netlabs ICQ: 22419590 ktk@netlabs.org ------- The OS/2 OpenSource Project: http://www.netlabs.org --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: OS/2 Netlabs (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: cmulligan@hipcrime.vocab.org 10-Oct-99 14:50:24 To: All 10-Oct-99 19:57:00 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: "Chad Mulligan" Joseph wrote in message <37FF6FB0.AE30D121@ibm.net>... > > >Kelly Robinson wrote: > > >You lack perspective. > >Who else besides MS is stupid enough to push the limits so far that the went to >trial under anti-trust law? > Intel, IBM, AT&T, Standard Oil..... --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Hipcrime Vocabulary Organization (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: cmulligan@hipcrime.vocab.org 10-Oct-99 14:57:20 To: All 10-Oct-99 19:57:00 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: "Chad Mulligan" Marty wrote in message <3800E753.2D79A4FF@stny.rr.com>... >pcguido@attglobal.net wrote: >> >> In , Hobbyist writes: >> |On comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy, Joseph posted : >> | >> || > Yeah, OS/2 Warp 3 has over 24 such fixpaks and OS/2 Warp 4 has 10, the last >> || > I heard. And their lot piss on NT because of bugs... >> || >> || "Piss on NT" that is baby talk >> || >> || Most all of the complaints about NT bugs come from the NT user community. >> | >> |You miss the point. Many OS/2 advocates speak badly of NT putting bugs >> |as it's main problem yet Warp has so many *fix*-packs. >> | >> |He was not saying anything about who reports NT bugs. >> | >> |-- >> |-=Ali=- >> >> You miss the point (hobbyists often do): OS/2 has numerous fixpacks for >> two major reasons: >> >> 1) IBM does not force OS/2 users thru the annual upgrade blood-letting >> 2) IBM actually _fixes_ the bugs in OS/2 > >You also forgot: >3) IBM releases fixes more often than NT service packs are released. > >I'm curious about the number of bugs/number of fixpacks ratio between NT >and OS/2. I imagine OS/2's fixpacks fix fewer bugs, but are released >more often. Anyone actually know if this is true? > I doubt it somewhat. You could compare easily enough, the list of KB articles that the service packs address are available on the technet web site you'd have to count all of them since they don't enumerate the fixes in previous service packs. The number will be quite high for both OS's but some allowance should also be made for NT being a more complex OS than OS/2 and some index for removing application fixes that are included in service packs as well. Of the 40 odd Security fixes released by MS this year for NT, only 50% or so are strictly NT related the rest are IIS, IE, ODBC and Office problems. >- Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Hipcrime Vocabulary Organization (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net 10-Oct-99 22:05:10 To: All 10-Oct-99 19:57:00 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net (Karel Jansens) On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 19:53:37, Hobbyist wrote: > On comp.os.os2.advocacy, jansens_at_ibm_dot_net posted : > > > > Remember that your primary reason for using an OS is to run apps in a > > > stable, reliable, robust environment. What's with the obsession with the > > > WPS vs Linux window managers vs Windows explorer? > > > > > This is actually a bit hard to explain to a Windows user. You see, we > > OS/2 users have become accustomed to stability and robustness, so > > we're looking at secundary features like ease of use. In that area, > > the WPS is aeons ahead of the rest. (those who consider the WPS > > unstable really should look at the kind of beating it will take before > > it will start complaining) > > I used OS/2 for two years and have been using winNT since then, so for > your information, robustness and stability are features that I have > become accustomed to and even more so with NT. I have come to realise > that this is in fact the second most important ingredient of a useful > OS, the most important ingredient being hardware and application > support. > Excuse me, why? This keeps coming up all the time: Windows is great 'cuz it has hardware and applications support. Why should one care about that as soon as one has a running and equipped box? I can see how that could become an issue when new stuff is needed, but until then, why care about the number of apps that platform X or Y supports? And as for NT being flaky: I admit that the last time I used NT was in its 3.51 incarnation. When it crashed on MS Office, I called it quits (it wasn't on my own machine, luckily) > The WPS is not aeons ahead. That's a backward statement. Please remember > that while the OS/2 WPS is being neglected by IBM, all the other OS's > user interfaces have not been and have been being developed. > The WPS is *still* by far the best user interface in existence for *any* computer platform. I'll fight anyone over that. Tell you what, I'll even tie one arm behind my back. > > Linux users of course know about stability, but they have yet a long > > way to go in the field of usability. > > Agreed. > > > Windows (pick any flavour of the day) really has neither, but it's > > users *think* it has everything. > > NT *is* stable and very usable. "An evil child that's pretty can > sometimes appear very ugly". I think more pragmatism should be exercised > here. Your implied claims of NT being unstable and not usable are just > sadly mistaken and woefully ignorant, and to think, when I was still > very much an OS/2 camper and M$ hater, I used to believe people like you > who made statements like that about NT before I started actually *using* > it. I have certainly moved on. > So why is it that you seem to find it necessary to come back repeatedly and keep telling us about your great move? I bet you haven't convinced a single soul in this NG to "convert" to NT, but you still keep telling us how stupid we all are and how smart you were. Yeah, I know, "best tool for the job", "I'm not saying you're all stupid" and more of that. But your actions refute your words why? > > This will one day in the future become the archetypal example of > > twentieth century mass-psychosis. Don't you feel proud you're part of > > history already? > > Now that's hilarious. > Why thank you. I'm flattered. > Tell me now. Isn't it wonderful feeling that you are one of the few who > has seen the light of OS/2 and actually choosing to walk the straight > and narrow path of sensible OS choice and computing? > I must admit it is a great feeling, yes. But you see, we keep that to ourselves in our own newsgroup. We're not running around UseNet shouting at people: "You're all doomed! Use Warp or you'll burn in hell!" The Jehovah's Witnesses of UseNet are people like you who find it necessary to hang around in other NG's telling people that they're wrong. > Oh boy, I better go get dust my Warp4 CD's and reinstall. You're already lost to the Satan. If you ever even so much as touch that holy CD again, it'll burn the flesh of your fingers. Karel Jansens jansens_at_ibm_dot_net |---------------------------------------------------| | Windows NT has detected that there were no errors | | for the past 10 minutes. The system will now try | | to restart or crash. Click the OK button to | | continue. | | < Ok > | |---------------------------------------------------| (sigline nicked from Jayan M on comp.os.linux.misc) --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: KendallB@scitechsoft.com 10-Oct-99 14:53:26 To: All 10-Oct-99 21:15:25 Subj: Re: IBM Licenses SciTech Graphics Technology! From: KendallB@scitechsoft.com (Kendall Bennett) In article , News@The-Net-4U.com says... > Congratulations, great news for SCI, IBM and OS/2. > > Hate to rain on your party. However, how about returning > the favour of those beta-testers from our community and set > up a real support (immediate answers) system here in the news- > groups this community frequents? So that we can overcome tho- > se pesky install problems a lot of us have experienced (probably > partly because of the GRADD integration ). Actually we have a news group on our server that you can access at: new://news.scitechsoft.com/scitech.display.doctor.os2.beta This is where you will get the best response from your question, and more importantly if you don't get a response we will at least read your problem report and act on it. You can also access those newsgroups via our web page if you wish, using our new web/news gateway. > Modernizing your support is easy I learned to my surprise recently. We are looking at new technologies for use on our web site, that will allow users to post problem reports on our web site, and have those reports answered by our technician. You will be able to track your problem report on the web, and more importantly the problems and answers will end up in an online knowledge base you will be able to browse. However I am not sure when we will get that set up, as we are evaluating different technologies that we can use for that ;-) -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SciTech Software - Building Truly Plug'n'Play Software! | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Kendall Bennett | To reply via email, remove nospam from | | Director of Engineering | the reply to email address. Do NOT send | | SciTech Software, Inc. | unsolicited commercial email! | | 505 Wall Street | ftp : ftp.scitechsoft.com | | Chico, CA 95928, USA | www : http://www.scitechsoft.com | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: SciTech Software, Inc. (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: parnott@brooknet.com.au 11-Oct-99 09:58:12 To: All 10-Oct-99 21:15:25 Subj: The Innovators From: Paul Arnott This appears on MS site Wota freeking JOKE!!! We formed the Freedom to Innovate Network (FIN) as a response to the overwhelming amount of correspondence we received from around the U.S. and overseas regarding the trial with the Department of Justice and other public policy issues. The FIN is a non-partisan, grassroots network of citizens and businesses who have a stake in the success of Microsoft and the high-tech industry. The FIN will help you stay up to date on critical developments in public policy. Sign up for a free e-newsletter, tell us your thoughts, take action and stay informed. It's how you can make a difference! --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: hobbyist@nospam.net 10-Oct-99 19:20:24 To: All 11-Oct-99 03:59:11 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Hobbyist On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Mike Trettel posted : > Hey! No fair being nice! This is an advocacy newsgroup after > all-we're all supposed to offer uninformed opinions based upon popular > misconception! > > Well, you're right-it is anecdoctal evidence on my part. Still, > there's a few people on c.o.o.a. that seem to have at least a little > experience outside the narrow confines of Windows and/or OS/2 only. I > also know that POSSI did take a web poll (yes, I know-another self > selecting poll) that indicated that OS/2 users tend to use multiple > OS's to a large degree. As to myself, I have used Linux a great deal > as a desktop OS, and while I would prefer to keep using OS/2, there's > no doubt in my mind that I can use Linux every day for what I do. It > most certainly is not perfect, and would not be the best solution for > everybody, but that's the way I see it. Well this is why I stress, 'really used'. I've given NT and OS/2 their fair share of time and there is no way someone who has really tried NT can say that it's trash when compared to OS/2. That's just plain incorrect and reeking of ignorance. I wouldn't argue the same for Linux though in a SOHO setting. It does need some more maturing. > Still want to check out Solaris though... :-). -- -=Ali=- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: josco@ibm.net 10-Oct-99 17:35:02 To: All 11-Oct-99 03:59:11 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Joseph Dennis Peterson wrote: > I define serious > businesses as those who have a multi-million dollar IS group and would > include MCI, Boeing, GM, GE, Amazon.Com as examples. Even mighty MSFT > has a significant number of Unix systems running and so far as I know, > do not depend on Linux for business purposes beyond researching the > technology (probing for weaknesses'd be my best guess). This was just sent to me via e-mail. > >From www.netcraft.com: > > www.hotmail.com is running Apache/1.3.6 (Unix) > mod_ssl/2.2.8 SSLeay/0.9.0b on FreeBSD > --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: hobbyist@nospam.net 10-Oct-99 19:34:23 To: All 11-Oct-99 03:59:11 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Hobbyist On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Mike Trettel posted : > Not looking for a fight here, but exactly what enhancements have been > done by Microsoft to the Windows GUI outside of the "integration" with > IE5? The shell enhancements gained from IE+ cannot be belittled. They are quite significant and comprise the major enhancement. > The Windows desktop looks pretty stagnant to me-the only way MS > seems to "improve" (sarcasm, of course) it is when their monopoly is > threatened. That sounds like FUD to me. Would you care to prove that? > Also, simply because the WPS is not being further developed does not > equate to "no longer advanced". I can just as easily say that the WPS > was so far ahead in the first place that MS still hasn't come close to > the feature set of the WPS. Of course, this is no longer important to > MS with the removal of OS/2 as a realistic competitor. That would have been a valid comment in the world of win3.1 but OS/2 really sensitised me to the object oriented approach and I carried that mentality over to NT and realised that a very working similarity was their. Except for more control over associations I could easily achieve most of the WSP functionality in explorer. I very soon stopped missing the WPS. By the way, I just changed my screen resolution on the fly without rebooting. I adjusted my icon sizes to how I wanted and changed the color of my windows from that boring light grey color. The font anti-aliasing is just great. These additions among many others are well appreciated and more than eased the change from the WPS. > If you really want to see true development in user interfaces one > should look at the KDE and Gnome projects. I have seen them. They're coming along very nicely. :) What's happening with OS/2's. Oh, I forgot, it's already reached the top. > Both started off with essentially *nothing*, and in two years time > have come up quite usable interfaces that are still in the exponential > stage of development. Quite true. Who said that windows explorer or the OS/2 WPS was the best there could be. There is just as good if not better out there; if you take a look at NextStep and RiscOS. -- -=Ali=- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: josco@ibm.net 10-Oct-99 17:42:01 To: All 11-Oct-99 03:59:11 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: Joseph Chad Mulligan wrote: > Joseph wrote in message <37FF6FB0.AE30D121@ibm.net>... > > > > > >Kelly Robinson wrote: > > > > > > >You lack perspective. > > > >Who else besides MS is stupid enough to push the limits so far that the > went to > >trial under anti-trust law? > > > > Intel, IBM, AT&T, Standard Oil..... Intel has not gone to trial but rather choose to deal quitely with the FTC. AT&T agreed on a break-up so they could enter into new markets. Standard Oil ? yes IBM ? yes. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 10-Oct-99 20:56:09 To: All 11-Oct-99 03:59:11 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Marty Hobbyist wrote: > > On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Mike Trettel posted : > > > Hey! No fair being nice! This is an advocacy newsgroup after > > all-we're all supposed to offer uninformed opinions based upon popular > > misconception! > > > > Well, you're right-it is anecdoctal evidence on my part. Still, > > there's a few people on c.o.o.a. that seem to have at least a little > > experience outside the narrow confines of Windows and/or OS/2 only. I > > also know that POSSI did take a web poll (yes, I know-another self > > selecting poll) that indicated that OS/2 users tend to use multiple > > OS's to a large degree. As to myself, I have used Linux a great deal > > as a desktop OS, and while I would prefer to keep using OS/2, there's > > no doubt in my mind that I can use Linux every day for what I do. It > > most certainly is not perfect, and would not be the best solution for > > everybody, but that's the way I see it. > > Well this is why I stress, 'really used'. I've given NT and OS/2 their > fair share of time and there is no way someone who has really tried NT > can say that it's trash when compared to OS/2. That's just plain > incorrect and reeking of ignorance. I beg to differ. I've used NT 4.0 for word processing, "internetting", development of GUI apps, Netscape plugins, and device drivers, and even games. I much prefer working in and using OS/2 for all of these areas. Your generalization speaks of your own closed-mindedness and ignorance. - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: josco@ibm.net 10-Oct-99 17:50:11 To: All 11-Oct-99 03:59:11 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: Joseph flmighe@attglobal.net wrote: > In <3800c661_1@news1.prserv.net|, pcguido@attglobal.net writes: > > > |In the last 6-7 yrs, the IBM PC Co has lost billions for IBM by pursuing > |a 'Microsoft' first strategy - their demise is overdue. > | > |Guido > > Could not agree more. The division being down sized is the one that has been least > supportive of OS/2 and Network Computing in general. Cannivino, who headed the OS/2 effort vs. MS estimated that IBM spend 1-2 billion on developing and promoting OS/2. That amount is talked about as a large waste of money for IBM. The PC Co. lost 1 billion in 1998 trying to sell MS Windows based systems. You sometimes have to put costs into perspective. IBM seems to be dealing more with DELL as a retailer and IBM as the technology supplier. Rather than losing billions, IBM should focus on selling technologies to the PC market and pushing the NC market. IMHO their best chance on a new consumer PC is with Nintendo and the PPC based "Dolphin" entertainment console. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: hobbyist@nospam.net 10-Oct-99 20:03:18 To: All 11-Oct-99 03:59:11 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Hobbyist On comp.os.os2.advocacy, jansens_at_ibm_dot_net posted : > > I used OS/2 for two years and have been using winNT since then, so for > > your information, robustness and stability are features that I have > > become accustomed to and even more so with NT. I have come to realise > > that this is in fact the second most important ingredient of a useful > > OS, the most important ingredient being hardware and application > > support. > > > Excuse me, why? > This keeps coming up all the time: Windows is great 'cuz it has > hardware and applications support. Why should one care about that as > soon as one has a running and equipped box? That's true if we are just speaking of your individual situation. I left OS/2 because I couldn't equip my box with the apps that I wanted to run. If you wish to advocate your OS you have to speak about these issues. You can't run away from them. An OS is nothing without application and hardware support being solid. This is why it's always brought up. > I can see how that could become an issue when new stuff is needed, but > until then, why care about the number of apps that platform X or Y > supports? You may well be missing a lot out there. If you like stagnation, are overwhelmed by advancing technology or have very specialised needs that only OS/2 will cater to then I guess you have your point. Linux would be a roller coaster ride for you it would seem. Once you get it working, there's no interest in getting it working better or done better. Hmmmm > And as for NT being flaky: I admit that the last time I used NT was in > its 3.51 incarnation. When it crashed on MS Office, I called it quits > (it wasn't on my own machine, luckily) Cripes! Thanks for putting me in perspective and I'm sure that this is the type of experience that OS/2 users have with NT when they claim that it's unstable, unreliable and flaky. I suggest that you take another look before so ignorantly brushing it off. Just like how OS/2 has undergone major changes since version 3. So has NT undergone changes. > The WPS is *still* by far the best user interface in existence for > *any* computer platform. I'll fight anyone over that. Tell you what, > I'll even tie one arm behind my back. :-) Who am I to convince a man who's convinced himself so much. > So why is it that you seem to find it necessary to come back > repeatedly and keep telling us about your great move? I bet you > haven't convinced a single soul in this NG to "convert" to NT, but you > still keep telling us how stupid we all are and how smart you were. I don't consider you stupid at all. Why do you think that. I used to say the very things that you used to say. :) I don't care about converting anyone really. I post here for the fun of it. It makes for interesting discussion especially since I've been there and done that. > Yeah, I know, "best tool for the job", "I'm not saying you're all > stupid" and more of that. But your actions refute your words why? You read too much into why I'm here. > > Now that's hilarious. > > > Why thank you. I'm flattered. :-) > I must admit it is a great feeling, yes. But you see, we keep that to > ourselves in our own newsgroup. We're not running around UseNet > shouting at people: "You're all doomed! Use Warp or you'll burn in > hell!" Well you don't do it because you won't be credible doing it. You'll be laughed at. If we come here saying that you should stop using OS/2 and get with the program, then a discussion starts. :) > The Jehovah's Witnesses of UseNet are people like you who find it > necessary to hang around in other NG's telling people that they're > wrong. It's people like us that make this advocacy group come alive. Can't you see that? Why are *you* here in this advocacy group? Do you prefer having discussions with the likes of me or having exchanges like this: "The WPS is *still* by far the best user interface in existence for * any* computer platform. I'll fight anyone over that. Tell you what, I'll even tie one arm behind my back." Reply: "Preach it brother OS/2 Vocate!!!" or "Agreed. :)" We make the group exciting. Admit it? > > Oh boy, I better go get dust my Warp4 CD's and reinstall. > > You're already lost to the Satan. If you ever even so much as touch > that holy CD again, it'll burn the flesh of your fingers. Hahahahahahahaha. The exchange was fun by the way and I'm glad that you take it in good spirit. We're just speaking about OS's right? The spirits of OS/2 continue to walk these newsgroups. -- -=Ali=- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: hobbyist@nospam.net 10-Oct-99 20:07:13 To: All 11-Oct-99 03:59:11 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Hobbyist On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Marty posted : > Hobbyist wrote: > > > > Now this is where windows comes in. OS/2 is left in a cloud of smoke > > where application support is concerned. There's always better on the > > windows side. This OS/2 apps is better than any other OS's anthem is as > > outdated as hell. > > That's a remarkably close-minded and completely unsupportable statement. How so? > > > OS/2 users aren't exactly unknowledgeble people who don't try out > > > alternatives. > > > > They are however largely closed minded and stubbornly loyal to > > their obsolete cause. That's a generalisation of course. > > Remove obsolete and now you have a "generalization" of the windoze > advocate. Is it a correct one? Agreed. At least they aren't stubbornly loyal to an obsolete cause.;-) Personally, I advocate the best OS for whatever purpose. I'm not a windows advocate per se though NT happens to work best for me. -- -=Ali=- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: cmulligan@hipcrime.vocab.org 10-Oct-99 18:07:04 To: All 11-Oct-99 03:59:11 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: "Chad Mulligan" Joseph wrote in message <38010829.BE88F78F@ibm.net>... > > >Chad Mulligan wrote: > >> Joseph wrote in message <37FF6FB0.AE30D121@ibm.net>... >> > >> > >> >Kelly Robinson wrote: >> > >> >> > >> >You lack perspective. >> > >> >Who else besides MS is stupid enough to push the limits so far that the >> went to >> >trial under anti-trust law? >> > >> >> Intel, IBM, AT&T, Standard Oil..... > >Intel has not gone to trial but rather choose to deal quitely with the FTC. The weekend before trial began. >AT&T agreed on a break-up so they could enter into new markets. They were ordered to breakup by a Judge. > >Standard Oil ? yes >IBM ? yes. > > --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Hipcrime Vocabulary Organization (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: dpeterso@halcyon.com 10-Oct-99 18:06:29 To: All 11-Oct-99 03:59:11 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Dennis Peterson Joseph wrote: > > Dennis Peterson wrote: > > > I define serious > > businesses as those who have a multi-million dollar IS group and would > > include MCI, Boeing, GM, GE, Amazon.Com as examples. Even mighty MSFT > > has a significant number of Unix systems running and so far as I know, > > do not depend on Linux for business purposes beyond researching the > > technology (probing for weaknesses'd be my best guess). > > This was just sent to me via e-mail. > > > >From www.netcraft.com: > > > > www.hotmail.com is running Apache/1.3.6 (Unix) > > mod_ssl/2.2.8 SSLeay/0.9.0b on FreeBSD > > But what are they running their business tools on? You know, the HR stuff, the billing system, etc. That is the trough where the big boys feed. A web server is a really trivial thing for non-NT systems. -- dp -- BS#3, LF#27, AH#95 Support Eddie Kieger III at http://eddiekieger.com Got a home page? Please add a link to Eddie's site! --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: I'm not organized at all (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: josco@ibm.net 10-Oct-99 18:10:26 To: All 11-Oct-99 03:59:11 Subj: Re: Time to move on From: Joseph I appreciated your commentary on checking software for OS/2. William Sonna wrote: > I'm not sure I would be interested in balancing my check book or doing > my taxes on the web. The web is too public a place. There are many points of failure for those seeking financial scams and easy access to our personal information. Even physical mail is stolen and the bills we mail are cleaned, and reissued with phoney transactions. I want the security and reliability of my data being stored on the server. A point of failure is the web but on-line transactions and banking is not that vulnerable. 128-bit encryption for transactions. A bank doing the IT security. I see less risk using common sense for selecting passwords. I'd rather use a web service associated with an insured bank. IMHO the biggest risk people face is from a lost day planner. Too much info is left in those and when stolen you're very vulnerable. I have a Palm which I have security enabled and still refuse to put anything in there that would compromise my banking or list my passwords. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mohd.k.yusof@bohm.anu.edu.au 11-Oct-99 11:12:14 To: All 11-Oct-99 03:59:11 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: mohd.k.yusof@bohm.anu.edu.au (Khairil Yusof) On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 16:37:20, Hobbyist wrote: > > Well the G4 Imac's with 256mbs of RAM, a short cycle way at the labs > > at uni will do fine for my DTP/Graphics work :) Also since OS/2 has > > Xfree86/OS2 and can run Linux programs (display them at least) can > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > you're joking right? Nope.. by using Xfree86/OS2 I run programs off my friends Linux box and uni servers all the time. Hmm.. Enlightenment (0.16), Eterm, XChat, Gimp 1.1.9, Spruce, Lame... They've been ported and are running fine on my OS/2 machine though Gimp 1.1.9 is very unstable but it's a DR. > They are however largely closed minded and stubbornly loyal to > their obsolete cause. That's a generalisation of course. > If those are the reasons, why even consider BeOS? Somehow I sense a > severe lack of pragmatism here. You've just contradicted yourself here. Why am I closed minded yet trying other alternatives? :) No OS is perfect, I use OS/2 on my desktop, Macs for design work, Windows NT in the labs at Uni (and support). I also use Linux regularly on my friends computer (though mostly remotely by displaying it on my X Server). OS/2 has it's limiatations just as everything else, that's why I use all these platforms. At the moment, I have no reason to use Windows much as I'm happy with my OS/2 applications. When there is a Windows program that I really have to use to do my work, then I will be using Windows. > What will make it a better alternative? Userbility. > Have you looked at NT and really used it? Yeah.. like I have to use it everyday :) > Have you really tried one of the recent Linux distros or just glanced at > one? Yes since the start of the year (RH 5.2, 6.0, Suse 6.2 and Mandrake 6.0) :) Stuff this NG ... Gotta get work done. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Australian National University (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: josco@ibm.net 10-Oct-99 18:15:04 To: All 11-Oct-99 03:59:11 Subj: Re: Opera for OS/2 makes progress From: Joseph Kelly Robinson wrote: > So when will it finally be released for OS/2, in 2003 - long after IE 9.0 > and Netscape 20.51 are released? IE 9.0? Who made fun of whom? This endless need to update a browser is a liability and the reason Windows PCs are doomed. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: forgitaboutit@fake.com 10-Oct-99 21:34:02 To: All 11-Oct-99 03:59:11 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: David H. McCoy In article <380135B3.60928CCD@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... >Hobbyist wrote: >> >> On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Mike Trettel posted : >> >> > Hey! No fair being nice! This is an advocacy newsgroup after >> > all-we're all supposed to offer uninformed opinions based upon popular >> > misconception! >> > >> > Well, you're right-it is anecdoctal evidence on my part. Still, >> > there's a few people on c.o.o.a. that seem to have at least a little >> > experience outside the narrow confines of Windows and/or OS/2 only. I >> > also know that POSSI did take a web poll (yes, I know-another self >> > selecting poll) that indicated that OS/2 users tend to use multiple >> > OS's to a large degree. As to myself, I have used Linux a great deal >> > as a desktop OS, and while I would prefer to keep using OS/2, there's >> > no doubt in my mind that I can use Linux every day for what I do. It >> > most certainly is not perfect, and would not be the best solution for >> > everybody, but that's the way I see it. >> >> Well this is why I stress, 'really used'. I've given NT and OS/2 their >> fair share of time and there is no way someone who has really tried NT >> can say that it's trash when compared to OS/2. That's just plain >> incorrect and reeking of ignorance. > >I beg to differ. I've used NT 4.0 for word processing, "internetting", >development of GUI apps, Netscape plugins, and device drivers, and even >games. I much prefer working in and using OS/2 for all of these areas. >Your generalization speaks of your own closed-mindedness and ignorance. > >- Marty > I believe his point is that if you've used both extensive, like I have, you would not call NT trash. I had a close-mind about NT like so many here, but NT opened it by being an extremely capable operating system. -- --------------------------------------- David H. McCoy dmccoy@EXTRACT_THIS_mnsinc.com --------------------------------------- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: OminorTech (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: josco@ibm.net 10-Oct-99 18:21:23 To: All 11-Oct-99 03:59:11 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Joseph Dennis Peterson wrote: > "josco@ibm.net" wrote: > > > > Dennis Peterson wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Of course, if all you want is a cute OS to replace OS/2 that is also not > > > NT then Linux will do. > > > > What do you think about the BSDs? FreeBSD and NetBSD. > > Are they cute? I like the BSD Unixes -- I learned Unix on a BSD Unix at > Berkeley, in fact. I wouldn't use one at work, though. I believe Yahoo runs BSD for their servers. I've been told MS Hot mail runs BSD. I use BSD as a compute server because of its security and LINUX compatibility. We also use BSD for controlling instruments. I still use OS/2 as a PC OS. I don't disagree about crummy Wintel hardware and how the marketing driven technology can hold a project/person back. My compute server was a nightmare to put together -- Intel's undocumented limitations with their CPUs and etc. I can see why talking about scaling Wintel is such a joke just with the hardware problems alone. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: josco@ibm.net 10-Oct-99 18:36:21 To: All 11-Oct-99 03:59:11 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: Joseph Chad Mulligan wrote: > Joseph wrote in message <38010829.BE88F78F@ibm.net>... > > > > > >Chad Mulligan wrote: > > > >> Joseph wrote in message <37FF6FB0.AE30D121@ibm.net>... > >> > > >> > > >> >Kelly Robinson wrote: > >> > > >> > >> > > >> >You lack perspective. > >> > > >> >Who else besides MS is stupid enough to push the limits so far that > the > >> went to > >> >trial under anti-trust law? > >> > > >> > >> Intel, IBM, AT&T, Standard Oil..... > > > >Intel has not gone to trial but rather choose to deal quitely with the > FTC. > The weekend before trial began. Yes. Quite and civil discussions and no ugly trial. That is very different from MS which went to trial over the consent decree they were accused of violating. Then they found themselves in such a disagreement with the DOJ that they were sued for anti-trust violations in a sweeping case that addresses events which occurred during the tenure of the consent decree. > > >AT&T agreed on a break-up so they could enter into new markets. > They were ordered to breakup by a Judge. Please be specific . IMHO AT&T did not go to trial over anti-trust violations. That's a non-starter in a MS comparison. The judge overseeing the case of regulating AT&T's monopoly gave conditions for AT&T's entry into new markets. AT&T's breakup has been described as a voluntary breakup. > >Standard Oil ? yes > >IBM ? yes. Oh, add US Steel --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 10-Oct-99 21:58:09 To: All 11-Oct-99 03:59:11 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Marty "David H. McCoy" wrote: > > In article <380135B3.60928CCD@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > >Hobbyist wrote: > >> > >> On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Mike Trettel posted : > >> > >> > Hey! No fair being nice! This is an advocacy newsgroup after > >> > all-we're all supposed to offer uninformed opinions based upon popular > >> > misconception! > >> > > >> > Well, you're right-it is anecdoctal evidence on my part. Still, > >> > there's a few people on c.o.o.a. that seem to have at least a little > >> > experience outside the narrow confines of Windows and/or OS/2 only. I > >> > also know that POSSI did take a web poll (yes, I know-another self > >> > selecting poll) that indicated that OS/2 users tend to use multiple > >> > OS's to a large degree. As to myself, I have used Linux a great deal > >> > as a desktop OS, and while I would prefer to keep using OS/2, there's > >> > no doubt in my mind that I can use Linux every day for what I do. It > >> > most certainly is not perfect, and would not be the best solution for > >> > everybody, but that's the way I see it. > >> > >> Well this is why I stress, 'really used'. I've given NT and OS/2 their > >> fair share of time and there is no way someone who has really tried NT > >> can say that it's trash when compared to OS/2. That's just plain > >> incorrect and reeking of ignorance. > > > >I beg to differ. I've used NT 4.0 for word processing, "internetting", > >development of GUI apps, Netscape plugins, and device drivers, and even > >games. I much prefer working in and using OS/2 for all of these areas. > >Your generalization speaks of your own closed-mindedness and ignorance. > > > >- Marty > > > > I believe his point is that if you've used both extensive, like I have, you > would not call NT trash. I had a close-mind about NT like so many here, but NT > opened it by being an extremely capable operating system. Well, I've used both fairly extensively. While I wouldn't call NT trash, there's a lot about it that I find utterly repulsive and it's certainly not where I want to spend my computing time by choice. - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 10-Oct-99 22:03:02 To: All 11-Oct-99 03:59:11 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Marty Hobbyist wrote: > > On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Marty posted : > > > Hobbyist wrote: > > > > > > Now this is where windows comes in. OS/2 is left in a cloud of smoke > > > where application support is concerned. There's always better on the > > > windows side. This OS/2 apps is better than any other OS's anthem is as > > > outdated as hell. > > > > That's a remarkably close-minded and completely unsupportable statement. > > How so? Have you run every application that has a win32 and os/2 version? Dubious. - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: hobbyist@nospam.net 10-Oct-99 21:05:16 To: All 11-Oct-99 03:59:11 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Hobbyist On comp.os.os2.advocacy, David H. McCoy posted : > >> Well this is why I stress, 'really used'. I've given NT and OS/2 their > >> fair share of time and there is no way someone who has really tried NT > >> can say that it's trash when compared to OS/2. That's just plain > >> incorrect and reeking of ignorance. > > > >I beg to differ. I've used NT 4.0 for word processing, "internetting", > >development of GUI apps, Netscape plugins, and device drivers, and even > >games. I much prefer working in and using OS/2 for all of these areas. > >Your generalization speaks of your own closed-mindedness and ignorance. > > > >- Marty > > > > I believe his point is that if you've used both extensive, like I have, you > would not call NT trash. I had a close-mind about NT like so many here, but NT > opened it by being an extremely capable operating system. It's good that someone understands what I'm getting at. It's so difficult to get these simple points across without being pounced upon. -- -=Ali=- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 10-Oct-99 22:42:10 To: All 11-Oct-99 03:59:11 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Marty Hobbyist wrote: > > On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Marty posted : > > > Hobbyist wrote: > > > > > > On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Marty posted : > > > > > > > Hobbyist wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Now this is where windows comes in. OS/2 is left in a cloud of smoke > > > > > where application support is concerned. There's always better on the > > > > > windows side. This OS/2 apps is better than any other OS's anthem is as > > > > > outdated as hell. > > > > > > > > That's a remarkably close-minded and completely unsupportable statement. > > > > > > How so? > > > > Have you run every application that has a win32 and os/2 version? > > Dubious. > > I think you know the answer to that and it's a no. > > By the way, when you say that my statement is unsupportable, are you > implying that the converse is true? The converse would be just as unsupportable. I was simply pointing out that such a blanket statement is not true. - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: brentdaviesNOSPAM@home.com 11-Oct-99 03:26:09 To: All 11-Oct-99 10:31:03 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: "Brent Davies" Hobbyist wrote in message news:ruUAOIvwB786cZbETXoOja4DNuXg@4ax.com... | On comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy, pcguido@attglobal.net posted : | | > You miss the point (hobbyists often do): OS/2 has numerous fixpacks for | > two major reasons: | > | > 1) IBM does not force OS/2 users thru the annual upgrade blood-letting | | What annual upgrade blood-letting? Please stop exaggerating. When was | NT4 released. Is it's next major upgrade yet released. [snip] I find Guido's argument interesting. While most people accuse NT of falling behind, he is exaggerating the upgrade path of Windows. It can't be both ways. -B --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: @Home Network (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: forgitaboutit@fake.com 11-Oct-99 00:29:07 To: All 11-Oct-99 10:31:03 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: David H. McCoy In article , brentdaviesNOSPAM@home.com says... > >Hobbyist wrote in message >news:ruUAOIvwB786cZbETXoOja4DNuXg@4ax.com... >| On comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy, pcguido@attglobal.net posted : >| >| > You miss the point (hobbyists often do): OS/2 has numerous fixpacks for >| > two major reasons: >| > >| > 1) IBM does not force OS/2 users thru the annual upgrade blood-letting >| >| What annual upgrade blood-letting? Please stop exaggerating. When was >| NT4 released. Is it's next major upgrade yet released. > >[snip] > >I find Guido's argument interesting. While most people accuse NT of falling >behind, he is exaggerating the upgrade path of Windows. It can't be both >ways. > >-B > > > It can be here where revisionism and distortion are tools of the OS/2 advocacy trade. -- --------------------------------------- David H. McCoy dmccoy@EXTRACT_THIS_mnsinc.com --------------------------------------- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: OminorTech (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: brentdaviesNOSPAM@home.com 11-Oct-99 04:37:00 To: All 11-Oct-99 10:31:03 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: "Brent Davies" Marty wrote in message news:3800E753.2D79A4FF@stny.rr.com... | pcguido@attglobal.net wrote: | > [snip] | > | > 1) IBM does not force OS/2 users thru the annual upgrade blood-letting | > 2) IBM actually _fixes_ the bugs in OS/2 | | You also forgot: | 3) IBM releases fixes more often than NT service packs are released. Have you heard of hot-fixes? MS is fixing bugs with NT as soon as they are found. Service Packs are more of a convenience for people who are installing new systems. Who wants to install hundreds of hot-fixes into a server that you're building tomorrow? You could actually apply all of the hot-fixes post-SP 3 and have successfully installed everything that SP 3 would install. -B --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: @Home Network (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: kris@dgraph.com 11-Oct-99 03:35:12 To: All 11-Oct-99 10:31:03 Subj: Re: Navigator 4.7 is available!! OS/2 is behind again!! From: Kris Kadela But 4.7 has no new must have features and doesn't run any faster than 4.6 nor is it more stable. Absolutely no reason to upgrade (I have to since I develop web sites and need to use all the browsers I can get my hands on). "David H. McCoy" wrote: > > In article , curtis@maurand.com says... > > > >David H. McCoy wrote in message ... > >>In article <37F510C5.E0CF59B8@NOSPAMus.ibm.com>, jkobal@NOSPAMus.ibm.com > >>says... > >>> > >>>"David H. McCoy" wrote: > >>> > >>>> Well, once again, OS/2 is late to the party. > >>> > >>>It's a PORT. Of an existing product. When 4.61 for OS/2 was > >>>shipped, 4.61 was the current version on Windows. How could > >>>the OS/2 version be at the 4.7 level when 4.7 hadn't been done > >>>yet?!? > >>> > >>>Sheesh. > >>> > >>>Jeffrey S. Kobal > >>>IBM Corporation > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >>Seems that no problem was made releasing an Unix and Mac version or did > >this > >>not occur to you. > >> > >>Sheesh. > > > > > >IBM does the port and they port the Windows version to OS/2. It will always > >be behind. > > > >Curtis Maurand > >AdventureQuest.com LLC > > > > > > > > Since the Unix and Mac versions are released with the Windows version, it seem > to me that if parity was important, they could have an OS/2 version released > with the others. > > -- > --------------------------------------- > David H. McCoy > dmccoy@EXTRACT_THIS_mnsinc.com > --------------------------------------- -- ********************** DigiGraph Technical http://www.dgraph.com ********************** --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: DigiGraph Technical (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: dpeterso@halcyon.com 10-Oct-99 18:59:12 To: All 11-Oct-99 10:31:03 Subj: Re: There is a future for OS/2 From: Dennis Peterson pcguido@attglobal.net wrote: > > Hobbyist, > > Take it to LINUX advocacy, OK? If that's where you want to go today, > go there. I use Linux often enough to know that it is: not a panacea, > not a very good replacement for OS/2 and quite useful. > > However, Linux is woefully lacking in the productivity tools that > we all need to do our jobs. That's changing; but, for now, that's > where it's at. Your claim that Linux has more apps is total lunacy, > are you counting every bit of freeware available anywhere, or what? > > Linux certainly poses a major problem for MS in the NT server space; > it's cheaper, faster and more reliable. On the desktop front, even > Linus himself admits that Linux has at least two years to go before > it will be ready to compete with established, more mature OS's. > > BTW, VMware ain't soup yet either. The strategy of keeping the NT > image in the Linux file system is nuts, and _very_ inflexible. > Moreover, this strategy makes the VMware NT fragile and easily damaged, > requiring frequent re-installs - not a place to keep your important > data, email, etc. > > Guido Guido - you have your finger bulls-eyed on the crux of the problem regarding Linux and these after-market add-ins. Well stated. -- dp -- Support Eddie Kieger III at http://eddiekieger.com Got a home page? Please add a link to Eddie's site! --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: I'm not organized at all (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: dpeterso@halcyon.com 10-Oct-99 18:55:22 To: All 11-Oct-99 10:31:03 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Dennis Peterson Joseph wrote: > > Dennis Peterson wrote: > [snip] > > I don't disagree about crummy Wintel hardware and how the marketing driven > technology can hold a project/person back. My compute server was a nightmare to > put together -- Intel's undocumented limitations with their CPUs and etc. I can > see why talking about scaling Wintel is such a joke just with the hardware > problems alone. It is a real and serious problem. The world at large, though, is catching on. -- dp -- Support Eddie Kieger III at http://eddiekieger.com Got a home page? Please add a link to Eddie's site! --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: I'm not organized at all (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: hobbyist@nospam.net 10-Oct-99 21:16:11 To: All 11-Oct-99 10:31:03 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Hobbyist On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Marty posted : > Hobbyist wrote: > > > > On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Marty posted : > > > > > Hobbyist wrote: > > > > > > > > Now this is where windows comes in. OS/2 is left in a cloud of smoke > > > > where application support is concerned. There's always better on the > > > > windows side. This OS/2 apps is better than any other OS's anthem is as > > > > outdated as hell. > > > > > > That's a remarkably close-minded and completely unsupportable statement. > > > > How so? > > Have you run every application that has a win32 and os/2 version? > Dubious. I think you know the answer to that and it's a no. By the way, when you say that my statement is unsupportable, are you implying that the converse is true? -- -=Ali=- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: dana@randomc.com 11-Oct-99 02:46:24 To: All 11-Oct-99 10:31:03 Subj: Re: Warpstock '99 Atlanta, GA USA From: dana we use os2 all the time, and unix also. ***** ************************************************** "Contrary to popular belief, Unix is user friendly. It's just very particular about who it makes friends with." On 6 Oct 1999 tholenAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu wrote: > Date: 6 Oct 1999 02:57:53 GMT > From: tholenAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu > Newsgroups: atl.forsale, comp.os.os2.advocacy, comp.os.os2.apps, > comp.os.os2.beta, comp.os.os2.bugs > Subject: Re: Warpstock '99 Atlanta, GA USA > > Sam Brown writes: > > > shit wake up nobody uses os/2 any more?? > > Why are you using question marks at the end of a declarative sentence? > > By the way, somebody does use OS/2. Looks like the readers here are > not the ones who need to wake up. > > --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Comstar Communications (comstar.net) (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: josco@ibm.net 10-Oct-99 21:00:04 To: All 11-Oct-99 10:31:03 Subj: Re: Wardell and IBM--How it might have been... From: Joseph Curtis Maurand wrote: > Actually, It went more like. > > Brad - So what's up? > > IBM Corporate - What, you didn't read John Soyring's (sp?) testimony in the > Microsoft/DOJ trial. We signed a deal with Microsoft so that we could sell > Windows 95. As part of that deal, we have until 2002 to kill OS/2. > Therefore, no new clients. > As I recall: Mr. Sorying testified about application support and OS/2 and Windows APIs. Mr. Norris testified about Win95 and negotiations between IBM and MS over Win3.1 and Win95 and links to marketing OS/2. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: forgitaboutit@fake.com 11-Oct-99 00:30:13 To: All 11-Oct-99 10:31:03 Subj: Re: Navigator 4.7 is available!! OS/2 is behind again!! From: David H. McCoy In article , curtis@maurand.com says... > >David H. McCoy wrote in message ... >>In article <37F510C5.E0CF59B8@NOSPAMus.ibm.com>, jkobal@NOSPAMus.ibm.com >>says... >>> >>>"David H. McCoy" wrote: >>> >>>> Well, once again, OS/2 is late to the party. >>> >>>It's a PORT. Of an existing product. When 4.61 for OS/2 was >>>shipped, 4.61 was the current version on Windows. How could >>>the OS/2 version be at the 4.7 level when 4.7 hadn't been done >>>yet?!? >>> >>>Sheesh. >>> >>>Jeffrey S. Kobal >>>IBM Corporation >>> >>> >>> >> >>Seems that no problem was made releasing an Unix and Mac version or did >this >>not occur to you. >> >>Sheesh. > > >IBM does the port and they port the Windows version to OS/2. It will always >be behind. > >Curtis Maurand >AdventureQuest.com LLC > > > Since the Unix and Mac versions are released with the Windows version, it seem to me that if parity was important, they could have an OS/2 version released with the others. -- --------------------------------------- David H. McCoy dmccoy@EXTRACT_THIS_mnsinc.com --------------------------------------- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: OminorTech (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: cwkaufmann@home.com 11-Oct-99 04:43:22 To: All 11-Oct-99 10:31:03 Subj: Re: The Innovators From: Carl Kaufmann Paul Arnott wrote: > > This appears on MS site > Wota freeking JOKE!!! > > We formed the Freedom to Innovate Network (FIN) as > a response to the > overwhelming amount of correspondence we received > from around the > U.S. and overseas regarding the trial with the > Department of Justice and > other public policy issues. The FIN is a > non-partisan, grassroots network of ^^^^^^^^^^^^ > citizens and businesses who have a stake in the ^^^^^^^^^^^^ > success of Microsoft and > the high-tech industry. The FIN will help you stay > up to date on critical > developments in public policy. Sign up for a free > e-newsletter, tell us your > thoughts, take action and stay informed. It's how > you can make a > difference! Is Microsoft now embracing and extending the English language? --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: The Soulless Minions of Orthodoxy (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: josco@ibm.net 10-Oct-99 22:49:01 To: All 11-Oct-99 10:31:03 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Joseph Dennis Peterson wrote: > Joseph wrote: > > > > Dennis Peterson wrote: > > > > > I define serious > > > businesses as those who have a multi-million dollar IS group and would > > > include MCI, Boeing, GM, GE, Amazon.Com as examples. Even mighty MSFT > > > has a significant number of Unix systems running and so far as I know, > > > do not depend on Linux for business purposes beyond researching the > > > technology (probing for weaknesses'd be my best guess). > > > > This was just sent to me via e-mail. > > > > > >From www.netcraft.com: > > > > > > www.hotmail.com is running Apache/1.3.6 (Unix) > > > mod_ssl/2.2.8 SSLeay/0.9.0b on FreeBSD > > > > > But what are they running their business tools on? You know, the HR > stuff, the billing system, etc. That is the trough where the big boys > feed. A web server is a really trivial thing for non-NT systems. They run their business on BSD. It's not an HR billing system but it's the company -- Hotmail or Yahoo is the server. This isn't a rouge LINUX web server. BSD itself has merit as a OS for large scale serving in limited situations. It is workable as a OS for a mission critical function. The application base is weak. Java for BSD is weak. The tool base is weak. I don't use it on my desktop, I like OS/2. But the OS isn't in the same class as LINUX. It is very different and IMHO has a different future. BSD has a different development model -- a small team. It has a difference open source license much more friendly for business. The BSD codebase can be used and modified without opening the code up and the BSD can be resold and rebranded. It is not LINUX, not GNU. It makes sense that a Yahoo or Hotmail would adopt the OS and modify it as they need as part of their mission critical tool, implementing their business. I pay for and use and like Solaris/Sparc to run heavy duty commercial apps like GIS and remote sensing. I do not want to step back to NT/intel for these tools for the reasons you mention also they apply to managing a lab of workstations. With NT my costs would go up and performance go down. OS/2 is fun but the OS has to run on intel hardware and that hardware is problematic. I do use BSD for "my" core business, running simulations codes, or embedded OS to control a sensor. I use OS/2 and StarOffice 5.1a to edit and share Office files. Solaris for workstation class computing with commercial stuff, as you have said. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: josco@ibm.net 10-Oct-99 22:55:12 To: All 11-Oct-99 10:31:03 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Joseph Dennis Peterson wrote: > Joseph wrote: > > > > Dennis Peterson wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > > > I don't disagree about crummy Wintel hardware and how the marketing driven > > technology can hold a project/person back. My compute server was a nightmare to > > put together -- Intel's undocumented limitations with their CPUs and etc. I can > > see why talking about scaling Wintel is such a joke just with the hardware > > problems alone. > > It is a real and serious problem. The world at large, though, is > catching on. The competitor strategy in a wintel world is to (1) politely nod and offer support to Merced (Windows 2000) to placate the press and popular wisdom while (2) continue RISC (and UNIX, etc) work when the wheels come off the wintel franchise. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 11-Oct-99 08:54:12 To: All 11-Oct-99 14:43:19 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: Marty Brent Davies wrote: > > Marty wrote in message > news:3800E753.2D79A4FF@stny.rr.com... > | pcguido@attglobal.net wrote: > | > > [snip] > | > > | > 1) IBM does not force OS/2 users thru the annual upgrade blood-letting > | > 2) IBM actually _fixes_ the bugs in OS/2 > | > | You also forgot: > | 3) IBM releases fixes more often than NT service packs are released. > > Have you heard of hot-fixes? MS is fixing bugs with NT as soon as they are > found. Service Packs are more of a convenience for people who are > installing new systems. Who wants to install hundreds of hot-fixes into a > server that you're building tomorrow? You could actually apply all of the > hot-fixes post-SP 3 and have successfully installed everything that SP 3 > would install. Does this make my statement any less true? I'm sure IBM's corporate OS/2 customers get fixes as soon as bugs are found too. OS/2 Fixpacks are released more often than NT service packs. - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: IBM Global Services North -- Burlington, Vermont, (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 11-Oct-99 08:59:16 To: All 11-Oct-99 14:43:19 Subj: Re: Navigator 4.7 is available!! OS/2 is behind again!! From: Marty "David H. McCoy" wrote: > > In article , curtis@maurand.com says... > > > >David H. McCoy wrote in message ... > >>In article <37F510C5.E0CF59B8@NOSPAMus.ibm.com>, jkobal@NOSPAMus.ibm.com > >>says... > >>> > >>>"David H. McCoy" wrote: > >>> > >>>> Well, once again, OS/2 is late to the party. > >>> > >>>It's a PORT. Of an existing product. When 4.61 for OS/2 was > >>>shipped, 4.61 was the current version on Windows. How could > >>>the OS/2 version be at the 4.7 level when 4.7 hadn't been done > >>>yet?!? > >>> > >>>Sheesh. > >>> > >>>Jeffrey S. Kobal > >>>IBM Corporation > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >>Seems that no problem was made releasing an Unix and Mac version or did > >this > >>not occur to you. > >> > >>Sheesh. > > > > > >IBM does the port and they port the Windows version to OS/2. It will always > >be behind. > > > >Curtis Maurand > >AdventureQuest.com LLC > > > > > > > > Since the Unix and Mac versions are released with the Windows version, it seem > to me that if parity was important, they could have an OS/2 version released > with the others. Another reason I can see for the slack time between the port is that the interface to the OS/2 version is probably undergoing some bugfixes and whatnot specific to OS/2. Most of the other ports are quite mature by now and don't need that much overhead. If all it took was a simple unzipping and rebuilding of the source tree, it would be done by now. - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: IBM Global Services North -- Burlington, Vermont, (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: thannymeister@spambegone.yahoo.com 11-Oct-99 09:13:19 To: All 11-Oct-99 14:43:19 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: "Mike Ruskai" On Mon, 11 Oct 1999 08:54:25 -0400, Marty wrote: >Brent Davies wrote: >> >> Marty wrote in message >> news:3800E753.2D79A4FF@stny.rr.com... >> | pcguido@attglobal.net wrote: >> | > >> [snip] >> | > >> | > 1) IBM does not force OS/2 users thru the annual upgrade blood-letting >> | > 2) IBM actually _fixes_ the bugs in OS/2 >> | >> | You also forgot: >> | 3) IBM releases fixes more often than NT service packs are released. >> >> Have you heard of hot-fixes? MS is fixing bugs with NT as soon as they are >> found. Service Packs are more of a convenience for people who are >> installing new systems. Who wants to install hundreds of hot-fixes into a >> server that you're building tomorrow? You could actually apply all of the >> hot-fixes post-SP 3 and have successfully installed everything that SP 3 >> would install. > >Does this make my statement any less true? I'm sure IBM's corporate >OS/2 customers get fixes as soon as bugs are found too. OS/2 Fixpacks >are released more often than NT service packs. IBM is constantly providing stop-gap fixes for reported problems. To find out where to get these fixes, all you have to do is put yourself on the interested-party list for a given problem (call APAR by IBM). If you report a bug, you're automatically put on the interested-part list if it becomes an APAR. They then periodically combine all of these fixes into a fixpack, once thorough testing has been done. They're fix policy is at least as good as that of MS with NT. - Mike Remove 'spambegone' to send e-mail. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: TLF (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: tim.timmins@bcs.org.uk 11-Oct-99 14:46:09 To: All 11-Oct-99 14:43:19 Subj: Re: There is a future for OS/2 From: Tim Timmins No, it's just some kid (Chris) who's pissed off about living in Hull . He knows nothing about OS2. He uses Win9x and now Linux. Regards, Tim pcguido@attglobal.net wrote: > In , esther@bitranch.com (Esther Schindler) writes: > |On Fri, 8 Oct 1999 21:23:26, Mark Kelley wrote: > | > || Doesn't he sort of remind you of the "legendary" FREESPEECH? Could it be > || that someone has found a new sock? > | > |It could be. > | > |I don't mind a hearty debate with someone who feels differently than I > |do. However, I expect my opponent to have an argument he can back up. > |This one, like FREESPEECH, seems to lack one entirely. > | > |--Esther > > QCC reminds me of a sign on a former co-worker's wall. She was/is a > brilliant SNA specialist, another dinosaur technology, just like OS/2. > > The sign on her wall read: > > "I refuse to become involved in a battle of wits with an unarmed man." > > Seems quite applicable here... > > Guido --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net 11-Oct-99 14:30:18 To: All 11-Oct-99 14:43:19 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net (Karel Jansens) On Mon, 11 Oct 1999 01:03:37, Hobbyist wrote: > On comp.os.os2.advocacy, jansens_at_ibm_dot_net posted : > > > > I used OS/2 for two years and have been using winNT since then, so for > > > your information, robustness and stability are features that I have > > > become accustomed to and even more so with NT. I have come to realise > > > that this is in fact the second most important ingredient of a useful > > > OS, the most important ingredient being hardware and application > > > support. > > > > > Excuse me, why? > > This keeps coming up all the time: Windows is great 'cuz it has > > hardware and applications support. Why should one care about that as > > soon as one has a running and equipped box? > > That's true if we are just speaking of your individual situation. I left > OS/2 because I couldn't equip my box with the apps that I wanted to run. > > If you wish to advocate your OS you have to speak about these issues. > You can't run away from them. An OS is nothing without application and > hardware support being solid. This is why it's always brought up. > > > I can see how that could become an issue when new stuff is needed, but > > until then, why care about the number of apps that platform X or Y > > supports? > > You may well be missing a lot out there. If you like stagnation, are > overwhelmed by advancing technology or have very specialised needs that > only OS/2 will cater to then I guess you have your point. > I need to get a job done. The best tools for that job include OS/2 (robustness, ease of use, consequent and mature UI), so that's what I use. Technology is not a goal by itself, although both the computer press and the industry would like us to believe that (and it sure looks like you fell for it with the 'overwhelmed by advancing technology" - sjeesh! go program a quantum computer and then come back and laugh at me!). > Linux would be a roller coaster ride for you it would seem. Once you get > it working, there's no interest in getting it working better or done > better. Hmmmm > Actually, I'm still at the stage of getting it to work properly (Netscape still leaves running processes that won't die and going online is still a hit-and-miss affair), but once it rolls, why rock it? I'm still sticking to kernel 2.0.35 BTW, good enough for me. > > And as for NT being flaky: I admit that the last time I used NT was in > > its 3.51 incarnation. When it crashed on MS Office, I called it quits > > (it wasn't on my own machine, luckily) > > Cripes! Thanks for putting me in perspective and I'm sure that this is > the type of experience that OS/2 users have with NT when they claim that > it's unstable, unreliable and flaky. I suggest that you take another > look before so ignorantly brushing it off. Just like how OS/2 has > undergone major changes since version 3. So has NT undergone changes. > Ahum. One of my PC's still runs Warp 3. The stability is the same, the kernel is virtually the same. Only difference is that it is "lean and mean" and - for some strange reason - won't run StarOffice (not above version 3.1, that is). But that might actually be a plus. Why do NT? It needs three to four times the resources OS/2 needs (and even then is still slower), it won't run half the games and it's even more peckish than OS/2 re its device drivers. If I ever need a MS OS, I'll probably install some bare-bones 95 to play some games. At least on a different partition it con't do much harm to the important stuff. > > The WPS is *still* by far the best user interface in existence for > > *any* computer platform. I'll fight anyone over that. Tell you what, > > I'll even tie one arm behind my back. > > :-) Who am I to convince a man who's convinced himself so much. > Oh come on. You've used OS/2 yourself. Have you *ever* *anywhere* come across a better user interface than the OOUI WPS? The only reason PS hasn't copied it yet is because they don't know how. > > So why is it that you seem to find it necessary to come back > > repeatedly and keep telling us about your great move? I bet you > > haven't convinced a single soul in this NG to "convert" to NT, but you > > still keep telling us how stupid we all are and how smart you were. > > I don't consider you stupid at all. Why do you think that. I used to say > the very things that you used to say. :) I don't care about converting > anyone really. I post here for the fun of it. It makes for interesting > discussion especially since I've been there and done that. > > > Yeah, I know, "best tool for the job", "I'm not saying you're all > > stupid" and more of that. But your actions refute your words why? > > You read too much into why I'm here. > > > > Now that's hilarious. > > > > > Why thank you. I'm flattered. > > :-) > > > I must admit it is a great feeling, yes. But you see, we keep that to > > ourselves in our own newsgroup. We're not running around UseNet > > shouting at people: "You're all doomed! Use Warp or you'll burn in > > hell!" > > Well you don't do it because you won't be credible doing it. You'll be > laughed at. If we come here saying that you should stop using OS/2 and > get with the program, then a discussion starts. :) > > > The Jehovah's Witnesses of UseNet are people like you who find it > > necessary to hang around in other NG's telling people that they're > > wrong. > > It's people like us that make this advocacy group come alive. Can't you > see that? Why are *you* here in this advocacy group? Do you prefer > having discussions with the likes of me or having exchanges like this: > > "The WPS is *still* by far the best user interface in existence for > * any* computer platform. I'll fight anyone over that. Tell you > what, I'll even tie one arm behind my back." > > Reply: > > "Preach it brother OS/2 Vocate!!!" > > or > > "Agreed. :)" > See? The truth comes out at last! > We make the group exciting. Admit it? > > > > Oh boy, I better go get dust my Warp4 CD's and reinstall. > > > > You're already lost to the Satan. If you ever even so much as touch > > that holy CD again, it'll burn the flesh of your fingers. > > Hahahahahahahaha. The exchange was fun by the way and I'm glad that you > take it in good spirit. We're just speaking about OS's right? > To paraphrase "Voyager's" Doctor: "I'm a doctor, damnit! Not an operating system!" > The spirits of OS/2 continue to walk these newsgroups. What about the lurching Windows zombies? Karel Jansens jansens_at_ibm_dot_net |---------------------------------------------------| | NT boot options | | | | Please choose from list | | | | | |---------------------------------------------------| (a new one. Jayan threatened to sue) --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net 11-Oct-99 14:30:17 To: All 11-Oct-99 14:43:20 Subj: Re: The Innovators From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net (Karel Jansens) On Mon, 11 Oct 1999 04:43:45, Carl Kaufmann wrote: > > > Paul Arnott wrote: > > > > This appears on MS site > > Wota freeking JOKE!!! > > > > We formed the Freedom to Innovate Network (FIN) as > > a response to the > > overwhelming amount of correspondence we received > > from around the > > U.S. and overseas regarding the trial with the > > Department of Justice and > > other public policy issues. The FIN is a > > non-partisan, grassroots network of > ^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > citizens and businesses who have a stake in the > ^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > success of Microsoft and > > the high-tech industry. The FIN will help you stay > > up to date on critical > > developments in public policy. Sign up for a free > > e-newsletter, tell us your > > thoughts, take action and stay informed. It's how > > you can make a > > difference! > > Is Microsoft now embracing and extending the English language? English2000: you'll only be able to understand it after repeatedly smashing your head through a window. The press luvs is tho'. Karel Jansens jansens_at_ibm_dot_net |---------------------------------------------------| | NT boot options | | | | Please choose from list | | | | | |---------------------------------------------------| --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: News@The-Net-4U.com 11-Oct-99 15:08:03 To: All 11-Oct-99 14:43:20 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: News@The-Net-4U.com (M.P. van Dobben de Bruijn) > jdc0014@InfoNET.st-johns.nf.ca (John Hong) wrote: > : You don't have to choose between Linux and Windoze. When I say > : superior, I mean that it gives you everything that OS/2 gives you and > : more. Since VMWARE can run Win2000 and below and Linux > : runs VMWARE you can bring the entire Windows world into a Xwindows > : window. This cannot be done with OS/2. > > Still, at $299 a pop. Aren't you forgetting that you not only shell out $299 for the VMWare license, but then also have to pay for a Win200 or whatever license to run on top of it? Regards from Leeuwarden Peter van Dobben de Bruijn --- usethenet.at.the-net-4u.com (.at. becomes @) ---- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: TeleKabel (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: News@The-Net-4U.com 11-Oct-99 15:08:04 To: All 11-Oct-99 14:43:20 Subj: Re: IBM Licenses SciTech Graphics Technology! From: News@The-Net-4U.com (M.P. van Dobben de Bruijn) > KendallB@scitechsoft.com (Kendall Bennett) wrote: [ .. ] > Actually we have a news group on our server that you can access at: > > new://news.scitechsoft.com/scitech.display.doctor.os2.beta > > This is where you will get the best response from your question, and more > importantly if you don't get a response we will at least read your > problem report and act on it. You can also access those newsgroups via > our web page if you wish, using our new web/news gateway. Noblesse oblige, I learned. If you want to become part of the OS/2 community you should be here. You are no longer just a supplier of an alternative technology you have because of this agreement become (partly) part of the OS/2 world. By the way I seem to remember that members of this community made it possi- ble for you to enter this market. As I said, how about returning the favor? Further you overstep the possibility that there are people with newsreaders ( ProNews 1.0 Gold i.e.but beta 1.5 has it) who cannot enter several servers into their system (or don't know how to). >> Modernizing your support is easy I learned to my surprise recently. > We are looking at new technologies for use on our web site, that will > allow users to post problem reports on our web site, and have those > reports answered by our technician. You will be able to track your > problem report on the web, and more importantly the problems and answers > will end up in an online knowledge base you will be able to browse. > > However I am not sure when we will get that set up, as we are evaluating > different technologies that we can use for that ;-) That route is wrong as it will mainly become a one-to-one informing you about problems. It is also additional technology that is slow, most people will not bother to read the website (cumbersome) untill they have a problem. If you take active part in these OS/2 newsgroups people will be able to scroll through what is going on on a daily or weekly basis automagi- cally. That is the strenght of the subscription model of newsgroups. They will learn during the scrolling and if later on facing the same problems have Deja or their peers here to help them out without you having to send in more staff. Ans- wers of your staff can be posted and mailed if you take the newsgroups route, to make your support shine without extra costs. You can scan automatically the news- groups by setting up filters at Deja and send an unexpected answer from the authors Which makes your support and commitment to OS/2 make an extra-ordinary experience. Regards from Leeuwarden Peter van Dobben de Bruijn --- usethenet.at.the-net-4u.com (.at. becomes @) ---- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: TeleKabel (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: hobbyist@nospam.net 11-Oct-99 11:52:01 To: All 11-Oct-99 17:05:23 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Hobbyist On comp.os.os2.advocacy, M.P. van Dobben de Bruijn posted : > > : You don't have to choose between Linux and Windoze. When I say > > : superior, I mean that it gives you everything that OS/2 gives you and > > : more. Since VMWARE can run Win2000 and below and Linux > > : runs VMWARE you can bring the entire Windows world into a Xwindows > > : window. This cannot be done with OS/2. > > > > Still, at $299 a pop. > > Aren't you forgetting that you not only shell out $299 for the VMWare license, > but then also have to pay for a Win200 or whatever license to run on top of it? VMWare was developed to provide the convenience of running multiple OS's at the same time on one machine. It was never intended to be a means to forfeit licensing issues with respect to the OS's that you use. I don't get your point. -- -=Ali=- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: cbass2112@my-deja.com 11-Oct-99 16:48:24 To: All 11-Oct-99 17:05:23 Subj: Re: There is a future for OS/2 From: cbass2112@my-deja.com In article , Hobbyist wrote: > On comp.os.os2.advocacy, cbass2112@my-deja.com posted : > > > But, until someone comes along with a GUI shell that's as elegant as > > the WPS, there will be those who stick with OS/2, if only for that > > one aspect alone (i.e., the Work Place Shell). > > It's nice, but far from indispensable. It's really the only thing left > to hang on to where OS/2 advocacy is concerned. What can the OS/2 WPS > do that the windows explorer can't that's indispensable? "Indespensible?" Let's get something straight -- *nothing* is absolutely "indespensible" when it comes to platforms/operating systems/user interfaces. It all boils down to user preference. To be sure, there's nothing about Windows that's the least bit "indespensible," claims to the contrary by the MS-Contingent notwithstanding. DVD certainly isn't. Being able to play the latest, state-of-the-art procrastinationware (i.e., games) isn't. These two sample "features" are simply candy to be used as Windows advocacy points, but they certainly aren't something everyone *must* have in order to do computing. Now that we have that out of the way, what I like about the WPS, for which there are no equals in either Windows or Linux, are Templates and d'n'd customization. An example of the latter is opeing up the Font Palette, then dragging and dropping fonts onto windows, title bars, menus, etc., in order to change the font(s) therein, rather than the standard "Go To An Options Dialog" route that everyone else takes. Templates are harder to explain, but they allow me to create new objects according to my needs, and place them on the desktop, where they can become d'n'd targets themselves. That's just a couple of items off the bat. I'm sure that other platforms can offer similar funtionality in a different package, but I've grown used to the way the WPS works, and feel hadcuffed when using NT or even Linux' latest window managers. But no, the items I mentioned aren't "indespensible." -- snip -- Curtis Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Deja.com - Before you buy. (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jhsterne@mindspring.com.NOSPAM 11-Oct-99 12:46:16 To: All 11-Oct-99 17:05:23 Subj: Re: Advocacy's Mosquito... From: jhsterne@mindspring.com.NOSPAM (Jason S.) Dave Tholen tholened the following first-level quoted material to comp.os.os2.advocacy: >I wrote: >> Tholen was *twice* nominated for Usenet Kook of the Month -- the first >> time by Roberto Alsina back in 1997, >Alsina is the person who accused me of posting an average of 134 articles >every day, which was ludicrous. When he pointed to his alleged evidence, >it became obvious that he didn't even bother to check the range of dates. >Even then, he continued to insist that he was right, until others started >getting on his case. How ironic that he nominated me rather than himself. None of this changes the fact that you were nominated in 1997. >> and the second time by me, for what turned out to be the February/March >> 1998 KOTM contest (don't ask -- I don't know why). This second nomination >> came in the wake of Tholen's notorious "kook and a queer" comment >Actually, that's the wake of your notorious attempts to "get a rise" out >of me. Put the onus where it belongs, Jason: on you, not me. Typical Tholen attempt to obfuscate the *real* issue. >> There was no evidence of tampering >Incorrect. The voting deadline was extended, ..which is not evidence of tampering... >and I know that at least >one vote wasn't counted. ..for a person who wasn't nominated, so the alleged vote was a nullity. >> Tholen claimed that someone named "Wayne Strang" (who was not even >> nominated) >Incorrect. Consult deja.com for proof. Dave, the ballot has been reposted repeatedly. "Wayne Strang" (whoever that is) was not on it. Now, it is possible that a nomination was made, but the rules require a second, and it appears that no second was made -- thus, he was not properly nominated under the rules. >> won the election and complained that a vote cast by some unnamed person >> allegedly for me was not counted. >You want actual names, Jason? Provide it, if you think you can. >Check the people who criticized you for >your "campaigning" in sci.astro. Are you alleging that these alleged people voted for me, Dave? >As for the person who contacted me >privately to say that he voted for you, just what do you think the >word "privately" means? I imagine that it means that this alleged person allegedly sent you an email. >> Tholen conveniently disregarded the fact that I was not nominated in >> making this complaint. >Doesn't change the fact that you received at least one vote, and quite >possibly more, perhaps even the most. And perhaps you were on the grassy knoll in Dallas in 1963, Dave. >> The second KOTM title that Dave won >I haven't won any, Jason. Incorrect. >> was started by someone calling himself "ZnU" who frequents >> comp.sys.mac.advocacy. This person set up a CSMA Kook poll on one >> of those polling websites that will run impromptu polls for anyone. >> There were about 15 candidates (chosen arbitrarily by "ZnU") and >> Tholen won the vote. >Incorrect. You and Edwin both had thousands of votes that disappeared. ..and the technical problems with the polling were straightened out by the people who run that site. >And from Eric Bennett: >] The other poll (csma KOTM) was not well protected against vote fraud. I >] had an amusing evening playing with their vote counting system to see if I >] could get around their belatedly instituted safeguards (which I did... ..and Eric voted for Nathan A. Hughes, not for you, Dave. -- Check out the comp.sys.mac.advocacy FAQ http://www.pobox.com/~ericb/csmafaq/ muahahahahahahaha!!!snap!snap!!snap!!photoshop!! -- Ho You Kong --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: MindSpring Enterprises (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: possum@fred.net 11-Oct-99 17:01:17 To: All 11-Oct-99 17:05:23 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: possum@fred.net (Mike Trettel) On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 19:34:46 -0500, Hobbyist wrote: >On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Mike Trettel posted : > >> Not looking for a fight here, but exactly what enhancements have been >> done by Microsoft to the Windows GUI outside of the "integration" with >> IE5? > >The shell enhancements gained from IE+ cannot be belittled. They are >quite significant and comprise the major enhancement. Which is my point, really. The "enhancements" seem to me have been done simply to kill Netscape as a going concern. I can get very much the same conceptual layout under OS/2 with a simple two line change in the config.sys file (of course, it won't be anywhere as nicely done as the MS layout). That, to me, is not terribly innovative-it's just business the MS way. MS is acting as a purely reactive company-they do something when they see a threat, and not before. The really ironic thing is that IE5 is fairly widely considered to be a better browser than Comm 4.7. MS can come up with good stuff when they put their minds to it, but they simply won't compete on technical standards alone-they seem incapable of not playing their trump card (a totally stuffed retail channel). If they had not done the integration thing, the antitrust suit would be far weaker, and they probably would have won against Netscape anyway. It would have taken two more years though, and the MS management does not seem to be a patient lot. > >> The Windows desktop looks pretty stagnant to me-the only way MS >> seems to "improve" (sarcasm, of course) it is when their monopoly is >> threatened. > >That sounds like FUD to me. Would you care to prove that? There's no FUD in that statement-it's an opinion. No fear, no uncertainty, and no doubt. If you don't like the way I drive, get off the sidewalk :-). Let me put this another way. What new innovations can we consumers expect to see from MS with regards to the GUI/desktop paradigm? (Uh oh, I'm Dilbertizing) > >> Also, simply because the WPS is not being further developed does not >> equate to "no longer advanced". I can just as easily say that the WPS >> was so far ahead in the first place that MS still hasn't come close to >> the feature set of the WPS. Of course, this is no longer important to >> MS with the removal of OS/2 as a realistic competitor. > >That would have been a valid comment in the world of win3.1 but OS/2 >really sensitised me to the object oriented approach and I carried that >mentality over to NT and realised that a very working similarity was >their. Except for more control over associations I could easily achieve >most of the WSP functionality in explorer. I very soon stopped missing >the WPS. You really didn't push the WPS very hard than, to make this statment. One thing I really find irritating under NT is a simple thing-differing backgrounds for my desktop folders. Multiple file associations is also very good thing-why can't this be in Win95/NT out of the box? I can get it with Window Blinds, but why does it need to be added anyway? The Win95 GUI *appears* to be object oriented-but it's only very slightly object oriented. I will make a really difficult prediction here-if Windows Blinds starts taking off in a big way suddenly the feature set of Windows Blinds will be "integrated" into a newly refreshed Windows desktop. As I said before-MS is a reactive company. > >By the way, I just changed my screen resolution on the fly without >rebooting. I adjusted my icon sizes to how I wanted and changed the >color of my windows from that boring light grey color. The font >anti-aliasing is just great. These additions among many others are well >appreciated and more than eased the change from the WPS. Yep, that's a good thing all right. Of course, these are the features that Windows users always manage to bring up when discussing the Windows GUI. Wonder why that is... What both of us are saying here is that either GUI has its good points and bad points. > >> If you really want to see true development in user interfaces one >> should look at the KDE and Gnome projects. > >I have seen them. They're coming along very nicely. :) > >What's happening with OS/2's. Oh, I forgot, it's already reached the >top. I never said it was at the top, of course. I will say that overall it's better than the Windows GUI. > >> Both started off with essentially *nothing*, and in two years time >> have come up quite usable interfaces that are still in the exponential >> stage of development. > >Quite true. Who said that windows explorer or the OS/2 WPS was the best >there could be. There is just as good if not better out there; if you >take a look at NextStep and RiscOS. > >-- >-=Ali=- -- =========== Mike Trettel trettel (Shift 2) fred (dinky little round thing) net I don't buy from spammers. No exceptions. Fix the reply line to mail me. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: hobbyist@nospam.net 11-Oct-99 12:22:28 To: All 11-Oct-99 17:05:23 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Hobbyist On comp.os.os2.advocacy, jansens_at_ibm_dot_net posted : > > You may well be missing a lot out there. If you like stagnation, are > > overwhelmed by advancing technology or have very specialised needs that > > only OS/2 will cater to then I guess you have your point. > > > I need to get a job done. The best tools for that job include OS/2 > (robustness, ease of use, consequent and mature UI), so that's what I > use. What about the apps and the hardware to get the job done? The hardware isn't bad but the applications are meager in variety. Many just settle for what's available (as I found myself doing with OS/2 apps in my last days of using OS/2) rather than picking one that really suited my needs best. > Technology is not a goal by itself, although both the computer > press and the industry would like us to believe that (and it sure > looks like you fell for it with the 'overwhelmed by advancing > technology" - sjeesh! go program a quantum computer and then come back > and laugh at me!). With improved technology comes innovation which in turn leads often to increased speed and efficiency if you look in the right direction. The quantity of windows apps out there is really huge. You have to sift through the trash to get to the quality and unfortunately a lot of the popular windows apps do qualify IMHO as trash. This casts a bad impression in the eyes of the cursory observer such as an OS/2 user/M$ hater type. In *every* software category that I use personally, I've found and am using apps that are better than the ones that I used in OS/2. Funny when I started using OS/2 I claimed the opposite but windows apps have matured so much over the last 3-4 yrs that it's pretty amazing. > Actually, I'm still at the stage of getting it to work properly > (Netscape still leaves running processes that won't die and going > online is still a hit-and-miss affair), but once it rolls, why rock > it? I'm still sticking to kernel 2.0.35 BTW, good enough for me. Yeah, exactly what I thought. If you get it working now, it could never be made to work better. This is why updates are made, to offer new features that often do tasks better than the old way and also to improve on the already established features. It's good to update, generally speaking of course. > Ahum. One of my PC's still runs Warp 3. The stability is the same, the > kernel is virtually the same. Only difference is that it is "lean and > mean" and - for some strange reason - won't run StarOffice (not above > version 3.1, that is). But that might actually be a plus. Why would that be a plus? > Why do NT? It needs three to four times the resources OS/2 needs (and > even then is still slower), On a resource starved system yes. Things change when resources are abundant on for example my system here with 128MB of RAM. To my amazement when I installed NT, it actually ran faster than OS/2. Some would say that the apps that I ran with OS/2 such Object Desktop Pro, X-it, Dialog Enhancer among other shell enhancements slowed it down but NT was faster and remained faster after installing IE and other shell enhancements as well. It was definitely faster because I tried NT with an antiM$ mentality. This was when I realised that one has to try an OS before making any statements about it. Have you ever ran OS/2 and NT in resource abundant environments to see which runs better? > it won't run half the games OS/2 ran even fewer of the games that I wanted to run and that was one of the reasons why I switched to NT. I could then play QuakeII, Diablo, Hexen and later Unreal without having to boot to another OS. The win32 OS/2 project's solution for running quake II was really pitiful. What's happening with that anyway? > and it's even more peckish than OS/2 re its device drivers. What do you mean peckish? If you are implying that there are more device drivers for OS/2 than NT then I need to know what you are smoking. :) > If I ever need a MS OS, I'll probably install some bare-bones 95 to > play some games. At least on a different partition it con't do much > harm to the important stuff. If you know what you're doing, windows will not interfere with OS/2 if they're on the same system. > > :-) Who am I to convince a man who's convinced himself so much. > > > Oh come on. You've used OS/2 yourself. Have you *ever* *anywhere* come > across a better user interface than the OOUI WPS? The only reason PS > hasn't copied it yet is because they don't know how. I must admit that it's object oriented concept as purely as it's implemented is unequalled but as I said before, I can do most of the things that I used to do in OS/2 with the windows WPS. It's just that you have to know how to do it. My only problem with windows explorer is with associations. You have far better control with OS/2 but believe me it's no great loss. > > Well you don't do it because you won't be credible doing it. You'll be > > laughed at. If we come here saying that you should stop using OS/2 and > > get with the program, then a discussion starts. :) > > > can't find one> > What about the lurching Windows zombies? You have those zombie types in windows flavours, OS/2 flavours, MacOS flavours, Linux flavours etc. Every camp has them. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 11-Oct-99 13:52:24 To: All 11-Oct-99 17:05:23 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Marty Hobbyist wrote: > > > it won't run half the games > > OS/2 ran even fewer of the games that I wanted to run and that was one > of the reasons why I switched to NT. I could then play QuakeII, Diablo, > Hexen and later Unreal without having to boot to another OS. Two out of the mentioned 4 run in OS/2. (Hexen has a native port) > The win32 OS/2 project's solution for running quake II was really pitiful. In what way? The only annoyance I've found with it is that the ALT key gets sticky because of PMSHELL interpretting it that you want to pop up the menu. If you change strafe to another key, it functions perfectly fine, and at the same speed from my experience. > What's happening with that anyway? They're about to have another release soon which runs WinHlp32. - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: IBM Global Services North -- Burlington, Vermont, (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: hobbyist@nospam.net 11-Oct-99 15:08:16 To: All 11-Oct-99 17:05:23 Subj: Re: There is a future for OS/2 From: Hobbyist On comp.os.os2.advocacy, cbass2112@my-deja.com posted : > > It's nice, but far from indispensable. It's really the only thing left > > to hang on to where OS/2 advocacy is concerned. What can the OS/2 WPS > > do that the windows explorer can't that's indispensable? > > "Indespensible?" > > Let's get something straight -- *nothing* is absolutely "indespensible" > when it comes to platforms/operating systems/user interfaces. It all > boils down to user preference. Well for me, a GUI is indispensable. I'd refuse to use an OS without one. > To be sure, there's nothing about Windows that's the least bit > "indespensible," claims to the contrary by the MS-Contingent > notwithstanding. I don't argue windows features being indispensable. I, however, see very bad points against OS/2 being brushed off with the statement to the effect that I'm willing to put up with X,Y, and Z because of the great WPS as if it is indeed indispensable, hence my question? > DVD certainly isn't. Being able to play the latest, state-of-the-art > procrastinationware (i.e., games) isn't. These two sample "features" > are simply candy to be used as Windows advocacy points, but they > certainly aren't something everyone *must* have in order to do > computing. > > Now that we have that out of the way, Great! > what I like about the WPS, for which there are no equals in either > Windows or Linux, are Templates and d'n'd customization. An example > of the latter is opeing up the Font Palette, then dragging and > dropping fonts onto windows, title bars, menus, etc., in order to > change the font(s) therein, rather than the standard "Go To An Options > Dialog" route that everyone else takes. Try drag'n'dropping a colour to your windows. They remain the same grey color. From the same customisation applet that you so dislike I can customise the whole windows interface, i.e., window colors, font sizes specific to menus, icons, pop-up windows. You can change screen resolution on the fly and activate screen savers. > Templates are harder to explain, but they allow me to create new objects > according to my needs, and place them on the desktop, where they can > become d'n'd targets themselves. You don't have to explain templates to me since I used OS/2. I find that right clicking the windows desktop, selecting new and selecting from the menu provides a similar template type functionality. Where's the WPS file manager by the way? Do you have a send to menu that is activatable where ever you are. Do you create templates all over the place to mimic the windows right click context menu -> new -> whatever file type functionality that is available throughout the work place? > That's just a couple of items off the bat. I'm sure that other platforms > can offer similar funtionality in a different package, You're darned right about that so it does make me wonder what makes the WPS such a killer in functionality. As I said, the days of win3.1 are long gone. > but I've grown used to the way the WPS works, and feel hadcuffed when > using NT or even Linux' latest window managers. I felt handcuffed when I was trying NT as well. I soon realised that I was just being unaccommodating and this stemmed more from M$ hate than anything else. I also tried Litestep for windows which seems to be a fad. All over the Litestep website is evangelism on how it gives you more control etc than explorer and how stable it is etc. Anyway, I tried it and it was then that I felt handcuffed. Apart from the fact that it pleasingly makes your desktop look nothing like windows, I mean a change is always welcome, but it's hardly as functional and it was unstable! > But no, the items I mentioned aren't "indespensible." Good. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net 11-Oct-99 21:20:10 To: All 11-Oct-99 19:55:28 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net (Karel Jansens) On Mon, 11 Oct 1999 17:22:57, Hobbyist wrote: > On comp.os.os2.advocacy, jansens_at_ibm_dot_net posted : > > > > You may well be missing a lot out there. If you like stagnation, are > > > overwhelmed by advancing technology or have very specialised needs that > > > only OS/2 will cater to then I guess you have your point. > > > > > I need to get a job done. The best tools for that job include OS/2 > > (robustness, ease of use, consequent and mature UI), so that's what I > > use. > > What about the apps and the hardware to get the job done? > The hardware isn't bad but the applications are meager in variety. > Many just settle for what's available (as I found myself doing with OS/2 > apps in my last days of using OS/2) rather than picking one that really > suited my needs best. > I happen to have everything that suits my needs perfectly. I've been working with DeScribe so long that it's almost become automative now. I tried other WP's, but they seemed too much hassle to learn and giving too little in return. And yes, I also tried some 'doze stuff: I had Smartsuite Millenium running on a 95 box for a couple of weeks, just to see how it looked. I deleted it after I found out you actually needed to perform complex programming tricks to assign a shortcut key to a macro. Talk about idiocy! I have StarOffice 5.1 installed, and I decided to do some real work with it over the weekend. I needed some new business cards (I change company logo's like other people change desktop backdrops, I'm told), so I decided to make them in StarWriter this time (instead of WordPerfect 6.0 DOS). You know, in spite of all the "handy" enhancers, it actually took me longer to do. Progress really doesn't own up to it's hype... > > Technology is not a goal by itself, although both the computer > > press and the industry would like us to believe that (and it sure > > looks like you fell for it with the 'overwhelmed by advancing > > technology" - sjeesh! go program a quantum computer and then come back > > and laugh at me!). > > With improved technology comes innovation which in turn leads often to > increased speed and efficiency if you look in the right direction. The > quantity of windows apps out there is really huge. You have to sift > through the trash to get to the quality and unfortunately a lot of the > popular windows apps do qualify IMHO as trash. This casts a bad > impression in the eyes of the cursory observer such as an OS/2 user/M$ > hater type. In *every* software category that I use personally, I've > found and am using apps that are better than the ones that I used in > OS/2. Funny when I started using OS/2 I claimed the opposite but windows > apps have matured so much over the last 3-4 yrs that it's pretty > amazing. > Well, I still haven't. Of course, it all depends on what you're looking at. I tend to look for "easy" and not so much for features or how modern a program is. > > Actually, I'm still at the stage of getting it to work properly > > (Netscape still leaves running processes that won't die and going > > online is still a hit-and-miss affair), but once it rolls, why rock > > it? I'm still sticking to kernel 2.0.35 BTW, good enough for me. > > Yeah, exactly what I thought. If you get it working now, it could never > be made to work better. This is why updates are made, to offer new > features that often do tasks better than the old way and also to improve > on the already established features. It's good to update, generally > speaking of course. > I don't understand. If it works well, why go through the trouble of trying to make it work better? I used to do that, until I realised that most of the time things end out working less well, or in the best case working better differently, which is also a pain. > > Ahum. One of my PC's still runs Warp 3. The stability is the same, the > > kernel is virtually the same. Only difference is that it is "lean and > > mean" and - for some strange reason - won't run StarOffice (not above > > version 3.1, that is). But that might actually be a plus. > > Why would that be a plus? > I deeply *hate* the integrated look of SO 5. I don't like my programs to load a lot of bull excrements because I *might* use it. I wnat to decide for myself what I load. In fact, I'm going to dig up my old copy of StarOffice 3.1 tonight and see if I can get Sun's generic key into it. If that works, 5.1 is outta here. > > Why do NT? It needs three to four times the resources OS/2 needs (and > > even then is still slower), > > On a resource starved system yes. Things change when resources are > abundant on for example my system here with 128MB of RAM. To my > amazement when I installed NT, it actually ran faster than OS/2. > I don't have resource-abundant systems and I'd rather eat a Windows CD than buy extra RAM just to make my OS feel more comfortable. It's the bloody thing's job to make *me* feel comfortable! > Some would say that the apps that I ran with OS/2 such Object Desktop > Pro, X-it, Dialog Enhancer among other shell enhancements slowed it down > but NT was faster and remained faster after installing IE and other > shell enhancements as well. It was definitely faster because I tried NT > with an antiM$ mentality. This was when I realised that one has to try > an OS before making any statements about it. > I have never used a shell enhancer for OS/2. Seems a bit like shampoo for a bald head: it maybe a pretty bottle but what is it going to do? > Have you ever ran OS/2 and NT in resource abundant environments to see > which runs better? > See above. None of my PC's have more than 40 megs of RAM, and several have a lot less. Even NT 3.51 didn't like such low figures; my guess is the later versions won't even boot up properly. > > it won't run half the games > > OS/2 ran even fewer of the games that I wanted to run and that was one > of the reasons why I switched to NT. I could then play QuakeII, Diablo, > Hexen and later Unreal without having to boot to another OS. The win32 > OS/2 project's solution for running quake II was really pitiful. What's > happening with that anyway? > OS/2 Netlabs have taken over, renamed it Project Odin and are steadily working on it. The actual use of such a program is limited for me (no Win apps needed), but enough people have said they'd like it. In term Odin will have to merge with the Everblue project (porting X libs to OS/2). As for the games, I'm still at the DOS stuff. Shows how much I'm behind the in-crowd. Some of the games you mention I don't even know. (What's a Diablo?) And DOS-games run smoothly on Warp. > > and it's even more peckish than OS/2 re its device drivers. > > What do you mean peckish? If you are implying that there are more device > drivers for OS/2 than NT then I need to know what you are smoking. :) > Oh, I'm sure NT has more device drivers than OS/2. But don't confuse NT with 9x, as many "upgraders" have discovered untimely. > > If I ever need a MS OS, I'll probably install some bare-bones 95 to > > play some games. At least on a different partition it con't do much > > harm to the important stuff. > > If you know what you're doing, windows will not interfere with > OS/2 if they're on the same system. > No worries there, mate. 9x runs on FAT and wouldn't know where to begin thrashing a HPFS partition. > > > :-) Who am I to convince a man who's convinced himself so much. > > > > > Oh come on. You've used OS/2 yourself. Have you *ever* *anywhere* come > > across a better user interface than the OOUI WPS? The only reason PS > > hasn't copied it yet is because they don't know how. > > I must admit that it's object oriented concept as purely as it's > implemented is unequalled but as I said before, I can do most of the > things that I used to do in OS/2 with the windows WPS. It's just that > you have to know how to do it. My only problem with windows explorer is > with associations. You have far better control with OS/2 but believe me > it's no great loss. > That's the problem with the 9x shell: it looks so much like the WPS that you forget it doesn't even come near to the functionality and consistency of it. As soon as you start the real OO stuff, that Windows thing becomes all weird and funky. > > > Well you don't do it because you won't be credible doing it. You'll be > > > laughed at. If we come here saying that you should stop using OS/2 and > > > get with the program, then a discussion starts. :) > > > > > > can't find one> > > > > > What about the lurching Windows zombies? > > You have those zombie types in windows flavours, OS/2 flavours, MacOS > flavours, Linux flavours etc. Every camp has them. At least the OS/2 zombies are from the cool Living Dead movie, not that seventies shopping mall crapola. I figure the Mac zombies come from "Dawn of the Living Dead": you can't even kill them by chopping their heads off, and they're funny (If you're reading this: Eric Bennett, this is you!!!). Karel Jansens jansens_at_ibm_dot_net |---------------------------------------------------| | NT boot options | | | | Please choose from list | | | | | |---------------------------------------------------| --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: hobbyist@nospam.net 11-Oct-99 16:46:12 To: All 11-Oct-99 19:55:28 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Hobbyist On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Marty posted : > > OS/2 ran even fewer of the games that I wanted to run and that was one > > of the reasons why I switched to NT. I could then play QuakeII, Diablo, > > Hexen and later Unreal without having to boot to another OS. > > Two out of the mentioned 4 run in OS/2. (Hexen has a native port) I meant HexenII actually. > > The win32 OS/2 project's solution for running quake II was really pitiful. > > In what way? The only annoyance I've found with it is that the ALT key > gets sticky because of PMSHELL interpretting it that you want to pop up > the menu. If you change strafe to another key, it functions perfectly > fine, and at the same speed from my experience. I use a keyboard to play and the keys that I used couldn't be mapped hence I couldn't play it in OS/2. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: hobbyist@nospam.net 11-Oct-99 16:44:10 To: All 11-Oct-99 19:55:28 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Hobbyist On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Mike Trettel posted : > >The shell enhancements gained from IE+ cannot be belittled. They are > >quite significant and comprise the major enhancement. > > Which is my point, really. The "enhancements" seem to me have been > done simply to kill Netscape as a going concern. I can get very much > the same conceptual layout under OS/2 with a simple two line change in > the config.sys file (of course, it won't be anywhere as nicely done as > the MS layout). That, to me, is not terribly innovative-it's just > business the MS way. MS is acting as a purely reactive company-they do > something when they see a threat, and not before. No; they saw a big pie of a market through the internet and wanted a piece of it if not all of it. They didn't see a threat, they saw the internet for what it was fairly late in the game. > The really ironic thing is that IE5 is fairly widely considered to be > a better browser than Comm 4.7. Yes and I agree with the opinion. > MS can come up with good stuff when they put their minds to it, but > they simply won't compete on technical standards alone-they seem > incapable of not playing their trump card (a totally stuffed retail > channel). If they had not done the integration thing, the antitrust > suit would be far weaker, and they probably would have won against > Netscape anyway. It would have taken two more years though, and the > MS management does not seem to be a patient lot. Have they lost to Netscape or are you jumping the gun there? > >> The Windows desktop looks pretty stagnant to me-the only way MS > >> seems to "improve" (sarcasm, of course) it is when their monopoly is > >> threatened. > > > >That sounds like FUD to me. Would you care to prove that? > > There's no FUD in that statement-it's an opinion. No fear, no > uncertainty, and no doubt. If you don't like the way I drive, get off > the sidewalk :-). There's plenty of room on the sidewalk thank you. A opinion I construe as FUD anyway, especially to non-windows user. :) > Let me put this another way. What new innovations can we consumers > expect to see from MS with regards to the GUI/desktop paradigm? (Uh oh, > I'm Dilbertizing) I can't really think of much else with the present paradigm. I can only think of many ways in which they could fine tune what they already have implemented. > >That would have been a valid comment in the world of win3.1 but OS/2 > >really sensitised me to the object oriented approach and I carried that > >mentality over to NT and realised that a very working similarity was > >their. Except for more control over associations I could easily achieve > >most of the WSP functionality in explorer. I very soon stopped missing > >the WPS. > > You really didn't push the WPS very hard than, to make this statment. > One thing I really find irritating under NT is a simple thing-differing > backgrounds for my desktop folders. I'm glad that you say that it's simple. :) > Multiple file associations is also very good thing-why can't this be > in Win95/NT out of the box? For the life of me I don't know. Many of the more astute application developers realise this shortcoming and dealt with it. It's not really an issue for me as a result. I can still do my associations. Some may still stubbornly argue from a purist point of view but I'm juts being pragmatic. Your associations are achieved in the end. > I can get it with Window Blinds, but why does it need to be added > anyway? The Win95 GUI *appears* to be object oriented-but it's only > very slightly object oriented. I will make a really difficult > prediction here-if Windows Blinds starts taking off in a big way > suddenly the feature set of Windows Blinds will be "integrated" into a > newly refreshed Windows desktop. As I said before-MS is a reactive > company. It's not unusual for an application to introduce a new concept that is widely adopted by other application developers. This is how new standards come about. Why single out M$? > >By the way, I just changed my screen resolution on the fly without > >rebooting. I adjusted my icon sizes to how I wanted and changed the > >color of my windows from that boring light grey color. The font > >anti-aliasing is just great. These additions among many others are well > >appreciated and more than eased the change from the WPS. > > Yep, that's a good thing all right. Of course, these are the features > that Windows users always manage to bring up when discussing the > Windows GUI. Wonder why that is... I'm simply illustrating very useful and fundamental shell features that the OS/2 WPS doesn't support. > What both of us are saying here is that either GUI has its good points > and bad points. Good. Hence, my point that windows explorer is far from the trash that it's claimed to be by so many OS/2 advocates with their usual sweeping statements about it. When you do analyse the issue, you see the lack of truth in such a bluntly negative statement. > >What's happening with OS/2's. Oh, I forgot, it's already reached the > >top. > > I never said it was at the top, of course. I will say that overall > it's better than the Windows GUI. I'd say it's better in a pure sense but not more functional. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 11-Oct-99 18:02:21 To: All 11-Oct-99 21:17:00 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Marty Karel Jansens wrote: > > > > What about the lurching Windows zombies? > > > > You have those zombie types in windows flavours, OS/2 flavours, MacOS > > flavours, Linux flavours etc. Every camp has them. > > At least the OS/2 zombies are from the cool Living Dead movie, not > that seventies shopping mall crapola. BRAINS! MUST ... EAT ... BRAINS!!! > I figure the Mac zombies come from "Dawn of the Living Dead": you > can't even kill them by chopping their heads off, and they're funny > (If you're reading this: Eric Bennett, this is you!!!). I love the ending of the original B&W movie. The hero that survived the whole night through getting mistaken for a zombie, shot, and dragged out of the house on meat hooks to be burned in a pile of zombies. Good stuff. ;-) - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: pendrake@erols.com 11-Oct-99 19:22:18 To: All 11-Oct-99 21:17:00 Subj: Re: Time to move on From: "TomG" Kim, the end of your note has made me curious. What stuff will you be showing at WarpStock that Windows people can only dream about for years? "Kim Cheung" wrote in message news:xvzjnvpfcnztbgbtneontrqrygnargpbz.fj36cj0.pminews@news.deltanet.com... > On Mon, 4 Oct 1999 17:20:46 +0100, Quake Cheaters Clan wrote: > > >My point Estheris that as the technology takes ever increasing leaps and > >bounds, OS/2 to all intents and purposes remains very much static. But other > >OS's are evolving along with the hardware or is it vice versa?. > > > >Very much soon OS/2 will pass the point when it can be considered anything > >but a museum curiosity along with the Apple 1, Timex 1000 and Tandy Color > >Computer. All find machines I'm sure, but a curiosity nonetheless. > > > >Thats my point. OS/2 is getting left behind - you can't go beating the same > >tired old beat out of it forever. > > > >Tell me, do you still use 8-tracks and Betamax? > > > >if you do tell me why.... if you don't why not? > > That would be true ONLY if we all stop. On the other hand, many of us are > not. > > If you come to WarpStock, I will show you some stuff the Windows people can > only dream about in the next several years. > > --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: forgitaboutit@fake.com 11-Oct-99 19:54:00 To: All 11-Oct-99 21:17:00 Subj: Re: Navigator 4.7 is available!! OS/2 is behind again!! From: David H. McCoy In article <3801DF35.8289A64F@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... >"David H. McCoy" wrote: >> >> In article , curtis@maurand.com says... >> > >> >David H. McCoy wrote in message ... >> >>In article <37F510C5.E0CF59B8@NOSPAMus.ibm.com>, jkobal@NOSPAMus.ibm.com >> >>says... >> >>> >> >>>"David H. McCoy" wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> Well, once again, OS/2 is late to the party. >> >>> >> >>>It's a PORT. Of an existing product. When 4.61 for OS/2 was >> >>>shipped, 4.61 was the current version on Windows. How could >> >>>the OS/2 version be at the 4.7 level when 4.7 hadn't been done >> >>>yet?!? >> >>> >> >>>Sheesh. >> >>> >> >>>Jeffrey S. Kobal >> >>>IBM Corporation >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >>Seems that no problem was made releasing an Unix and Mac version or did >> >this >> >>not occur to you. >> >> >> >>Sheesh. >> > >> > >> >IBM does the port and they port the Windows version to OS/2. It will always >> >be behind. >> > >> >Curtis Maurand >> >AdventureQuest.com LLC >> > >> > >> > >> >> Since the Unix and Mac versions are released with the Windows version, it seem >> to me that if parity was important, they could have an OS/2 version released >> with the others. > >Another reason I can see for the slack time between the port is that the >interface to the OS/2 version is probably undergoing some bugfixes and >whatnot specific to OS/2. Most of the other ports are quite mature by >now and don't need that much overhead. If all it took was a simple >unzipping and rebuilding of the source tree, it would be done by now. > >- Marty > IMO, if parity was priority, they all would be ready simultaneously. -- --------------------------------------- David H. McCoy dmccoy@EXTRACT_THIS_mnsinc.com --------------------------------------- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: OminorTech (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: forgitaboutit@fake.com 11-Oct-99 19:56:27 To: All 11-Oct-99 21:17:00 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: David H. McCoy In article <3801DE01.6011098B@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... >Brent Davies wrote: >> >> Marty wrote in message >> news:3800E753.2D79A4FF@stny.rr.com... >> | pcguido@attglobal.net wrote: >> | > >> [snip] >> | > >> | > 1) IBM does not force OS/2 users thru the annual upgrade blood-letting >> | > 2) IBM actually _fixes_ the bugs in OS/2 >> | >> | You also forgot: >> | 3) IBM releases fixes more often than NT service packs are released. >> >> Have you heard of hot-fixes? MS is fixing bugs with NT as soon as they are >> found. Service Packs are more of a convenience for people who are >> installing new systems. Who wants to install hundreds of hot-fixes into a >> server that you're building tomorrow? You could actually apply all of the >> hot-fixes post-SP 3 and have successfully installed everything that SP 3 >> would install. > >Does this make my statement any less true? I'm sure IBM's corporate >OS/2 customers get fixes as soon as bugs are found too. OS/2 Fixpacks >are released more often than NT service packs. > >- Marty > But how is this important to YOU? You don't rely on IBM, nor do you need fixpacks. Why is this important to you? -- --------------------------------------- David H. McCoy dmccoy@EXTRACT_THIS_mnsinc.com --------------------------------------- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: OminorTech (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: wsonna@ibm.net 11-Oct-99 23:58:02 To: All 11-Oct-99 21:17:00 Subj: Re: Navigator 4.7 is available!! OS/2 is behind again!! From: wsonna@ibm.net (William Sonna) On Mon, 11 Oct 1999 09:35:25, Kris Kadela wrote: > But 4.7 has no new must have features and doesn't run any faster than > 4.6 nor is it more stable. Absolutely no reason to upgrade (I have to > since I develop web sites and need to use all the browsers I can get my > hands on). > But that's not the point. To app-junkies, it doesn't matter whether the new and improved version does anything better. Or anything at all, actually, since its presumably just one of thousands of applications he's got (and who's got time to run, much less learn that much software? Especially after a hard day of trolling). --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: josco1@my-deja.com 12-Oct-99 00:15:13 To: All 12-Oct-99 05:53:23 Subj: More $ and complexity, From: joseph Why stick with OS/2? http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19991011S0020 Enterprises using Microsoft software should expect to pay 50 percent more per year through 2002 as a result of changes to terms and conditions, according to a study from the Gartner Group. -- Costs to an enterprise rose as much as 224 percent over five years if all three entitlements were affected in a 5,000-desktop setting, licensing only Microsoft Office, the analysis said. Gartner also quoted a new industry study that said Microsoft, on track to manage eight separate operating systems by 2002, will be forced to change its development strategy so drastically that it may "not be a change that [it] is prepared to manage successfully. -- joseph Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Deja.com - Before you buy. (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 11-Oct-99 21:08:12 To: All 12-Oct-99 05:53:23 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: Marty "David H. McCoy" wrote: > > In article <3801DE01.6011098B@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > >Brent Davies wrote: > >> > >> Marty wrote in message > >> news:3800E753.2D79A4FF@stny.rr.com... > >> | pcguido@attglobal.net wrote: > >> | > > >> [snip] > >> | > > >> | > 1) IBM does not force OS/2 users thru the annual upgrade blood-letting > >> | > 2) IBM actually _fixes_ the bugs in OS/2 > >> | > >> | You also forgot: > >> | 3) IBM releases fixes more often than NT service packs are released. > >> > >> Have you heard of hot-fixes? MS is fixing bugs with NT as soon as they are > >> found. Service Packs are more of a convenience for people who are > >> installing new systems. Who wants to install hundreds of hot-fixes into a > >> server that you're building tomorrow? You could actually apply all of the > >> hot-fixes post-SP 3 and have successfully installed everything that SP 3 > >> would install. > > > >Does this make my statement any less true? I'm sure IBM's corporate > >OS/2 customers get fixes as soon as bugs are found too. OS/2 Fixpacks > >are released more often than NT service packs. > > > >- Marty > > > > But how is this important to YOU? You don't rely on IBM, nor do you need > fixpacks. Why is this important to you? How/why is anything to do with OS/2 important to you David? I'm simply adding another thought to the topic. - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: forgitaboutit@fake.com 11-Oct-99 21:27:06 To: All 12-Oct-99 05:53:23 Subj: Re: Navigator 4.7 is available!! OS/2 is behind again!! From: David H. McCoy In article <05C6FUhLDNUU-pn2-fokqIBYyo4dL@localhost>, wsonna@ibm.net says... >On Mon, 11 Oct 1999 09:35:25, Kris Kadela wrote: > >> But 4.7 has no new must have features and doesn't run any faster than >> 4.6 nor is it more stable. Absolutely no reason to upgrade (I have to >> since I develop web sites and need to use all the browsers I can get my >> hands on). >> > >But that's not the point. To app-junkies, it doesn't matter whether >the new and improved version does anything better. Nope. The point is that people like yourself stay true to form. When 4.61 was released you guys said the same thing, but ran, not walked, out to get. Same thing when 4.04 was released, and 2.02 before that. It is fascinating to see how unnecessary all these versions are until they find their way to OS/2 months after the fact. -- --------------------------------------- David H. McCoy dmccoy@EXTRACT_THIS_mnsinc.com --------------------------------------- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: OminorTech (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 11-Oct-99 21:18:21 To: All 12-Oct-99 05:53:23 Subj: Re: Navigator 4.7 is available!! OS/2 is behind again!! From: Marty "David H. McCoy" wrote: > > In article <3801DF35.8289A64F@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > >"David H. McCoy" wrote: > >> > >> In article , curtis@maurand.com says... > >> > > >> >David H. McCoy wrote in message ... > >> >>In article <37F510C5.E0CF59B8@NOSPAMus.ibm.com>, jkobal@NOSPAMus.ibm.com > >> >>says... > >> >>> > >> >>>"David H. McCoy" wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>>> Well, once again, OS/2 is late to the party. > >> >>> > >> >>>It's a PORT. Of an existing product. When 4.61 for OS/2 was > >> >>>shipped, 4.61 was the current version on Windows. How could > >> >>>the OS/2 version be at the 4.7 level when 4.7 hadn't been done > >> >>>yet?!? > >> >>> > >> >>>Sheesh. > >> >>> > >> >>>Jeffrey S. Kobal > >> >>>IBM Corporation > >> >> > >> >>Seems that no problem was made releasing an Unix and Mac version or did > >> >this > >> >>not occur to you. > >> >> > >> >>Sheesh. > >> > > >> >IBM does the port and they port the Windows version to OS/2. It will always > >> >be behind. > >> > > >> >Curtis Maurand > >> >AdventureQuest.com LLC > >> > >> Since the Unix and Mac versions are released with the Windows version, it seem > >> to me that if parity was important, they could have an OS/2 version released > >> with the others. > > > >Another reason I can see for the slack time between the port is that the > >interface to the OS/2 version is probably undergoing some bugfixes and > >whatnot specific to OS/2. Most of the other ports are quite mature by > >now and don't need that much overhead. If all it took was a simple > >unzipping and rebuilding of the source tree, it would be done by now. > > > >- Marty > > IMO, if parity was priority, they all would be ready simultaneously. Who said it was? It seems important to you strangely enough, however. - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jglatt@spamgone-borg.com 12-Oct-99 01:50:09 To: All 12-Oct-99 05:53:23 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: jglatt@spamgone-borg.com (Jeff Glatt) >> Remember that your primary reason for using an OS is to run apps in a >> stable, reliable, robust environment. What's with the obsession with the >> WPS vs Linux window managers vs Windows explorer? >jansens_at_ibm_dot_net (Karel Jansens) >This is actually a bit hard to explain to a Windows user. You see, we >OS/2 users have become accustomed to stability and robustness What is hard to explain to clueless, naive OS/2 fanatics, such as yourself is that, for many of us, OS/2 is a "been there, done that, moved on" example, and your laughable attempt at condescending "I'm better than you" attitude is just one more nail in OS/2's coffin, just like it was so with "Amiga True Believers" who helped kill off their "better than anything" platform too with their unappealing brand of "advocacy". Maybe if you weren't so utterly clueless, you'd know something about that history. But alas, an unaware advocate you certainly are, which is why you've been consigned to repeating the past (probably indefinitely. I predict by next year you'll be a babbling, and still utterly clueless Linux "advocate", helping to swear people off of that system too. Yes, folks like you and Tholen did a "great" job of selling OS/2. guffaw!) --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: flmighe@attglobal.net 12-Oct-99 02:01:19 To: All 12-Oct-99 05:53:23 Subj: Re: Time to move on From: flmighe@attglobal.net In <7ttrpd$ir4$1@autumn.news.rcn.net>, "TomG" writes: >inews@news.deltanet.com> I will jump in for Kim. Try Workspace on Demand. Last I checked it still was not available on a Microsoft platform. > >Kim, the end of your note has made me curious. What stuff will you be >showing at WarpStock that Windows people can only dream about for years? > > >"Kim Cheung" wrote in message >news:xvzjnvpfcnztbgbtneontrqrygnargpbz.fj36cj0.pminews@news.deltanet.com... >> On Mon, 4 Oct 1999 17:20:46 +0100, Quake Cheaters Clan wrote: >> >> >My point Estheris that as the technology takes ever increasing leaps and >> >bounds, OS/2 to all intents and purposes remains very much static. But >other >> >OS's are evolving along with the hardware or is it vice versa?. >> > >> >Very much soon OS/2 will pass the point when it can be considered >anything >> >but a museum curiosity along with the Apple 1, Timex 1000 and Tandy Color >> >Computer. All find machines I'm sure, but a curiosity nonetheless. >> > >> >Thats my point. OS/2 is getting left behind - you can't go beating the >same >> >tired old beat out of it forever. >> > >> >Tell me, do you still use 8-tracks and Betamax? >> > >> >if you do tell me why.... if you don't why not? >> >> That would be true ONLY if we all stop. On the other hand, many of us >are >> not. >> >> If you come to WarpStock, I will show you some stuff the Windows people >can >> only dream about in the next several years. >> >> > --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: hobbyist@nospam.net 11-Oct-99 21:13:18 To: All 12-Oct-99 05:53:24 Subj: Re: Time to move on From: Hobbyist On comp.os.os2.advocacy, TomG posted : > Kim, the end of your note has made me curious. What stuff will you be > showing at WarpStock that Windows people can only dream about for years? I'm on the edge of my seat; or should we wait for Warpstock which we won't attend anyway so ... so much for the dreaming for years. :) --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: hobbyist@nospam.net 11-Oct-99 21:13:19 To: All 12-Oct-99 05:53:24 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Hobbyist On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Marty posted : > > > You have those zombie types in windows flavours, OS/2 flavours, MacOS > > > flavours, Linux flavours etc. Every camp has them. > > > > At least the OS/2 zombies are from the cool Living Dead movie, not > > that seventies shopping mall crapola. > > BRAINS! MUST ... EAT ... BRAINS!!! .... OF ... THOSE ... SENSIBLE ... NT/LINUX ... USERS!!!! I think I had better run ...>>>>> --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 11-Oct-99 22:29:17 To: All 12-Oct-99 05:53:24 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Marty Hobbyist wrote: > > On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Marty posted : > > > > > You have those zombie types in windows flavours, OS/2 flavours, MacOS > > > > flavours, Linux flavours etc. Every camp has them. > > > > > > At least the OS/2 zombies are from the cool Living Dead movie, not > > > that seventies shopping mall crapola. > > > > BRAINS! MUST ... EAT ... BRAINS!!! .... > > OF ... THOSE ... SENSIBLE ... NT/LINUX ... USERS!!!! > > I think I had better run ...>>>>> Nah, you're not in that group, don't worry. ;-P - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: forgitaboutit@fake.com 11-Oct-99 23:29:12 To: All 12-Oct-99 05:53:24 Subj: Re: Navigator 4.7 is available!! OS/2 is behind again!! From: David H. McCoy In article <38028C72.8BB2DA3A@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... >> >unzipping and rebuilding of the source tree, it would be done by now. >> > >> >- Marty >> >> IMO, if parity was priority, they all would be ready simultaneously. > >Who said it was? It seems important to you strangely enough, however. > >- Marty > > Well, Marty. Let's try to reason this out. It may be difficult. IBM has ported 2.02, 4.04, and 4.61 so it must be obvious, even to such an indepedent OS/2 user such as yourself, that parity is important. Clearly, what *isn't* important is achieving this parity in a timely manner. -- --------------------------------------- David H. McCoy dmccoy@EXTRACT_THIS_mnsinc.com --------------------------------------- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: OminorTech (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: forgitaboutit@fake.com 11-Oct-99 23:37:07 To: All 12-Oct-99 05:53:24 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: David H. McCoy In article <38028A08.FD9B90F2@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... >"David H. McCoy" wrote: >> >> In article <3801DE01.6011098B@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... >> >Brent Davies wrote: >> >> >> >> Marty wrote in message >> >> news:3800E753.2D79A4FF@stny.rr.com... >> >> | pcguido@attglobal.net wrote: >> >> | > >> >> [snip] >> >> | > >> >> | > 1) IBM does not force OS/2 users thru the annual upgrade blood-letting >> >> | > 2) IBM actually _fixes_ the bugs in OS/2 >> >> | >> >> | You also forgot: >> >> | 3) IBM releases fixes more often than NT service packs are released. >> >> >> >> Have you heard of hot-fixes? MS is fixing bugs with NT as soon as they are >> >> found. Service Packs are more of a convenience for people who are >> >> installing new systems. Who wants to install hundreds of hot-fixes into a >> >> server that you're building tomorrow? You could actually apply all of the >> >> hot-fixes post-SP 3 and have successfully installed everything that SP 3 >> >> would install. >> > >> >Does this make my statement any less true? I'm sure IBM's corporate >> >OS/2 customers get fixes as soon as bugs are found too. OS/2 Fixpacks >> >are released more often than NT service packs. >> > >> >- Marty >> > >> >> But how is this important to YOU? You don't rely on IBM, nor do you need >> fixpacks. Why is this important to you? > >How/why is anything to do with OS/2 important to you David? I'm simply >adding another thought to the topic. > >- Marty > I'm interested in many operating systems, Marty. Do you have similar interests in fixpacks? By the logic of you and others of your ilk, people shouldn't be interested in sports unless they play, motorcycles if they drive cars, or other countries unless they live in them. -- --------------------------------------- David H. McCoy dmccoy@EXTRACT_THIS_mnsinc.com --------------------------------------- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: OminorTech (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 11-Oct-99 23:31:13 To: All 12-Oct-99 05:53:24 Subj: Re: Navigator 4.7 is available!! [yawn] From: Marty "David H. McCoy" wrote: > > In article <38028C72.8BB2DA3A@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > >> >unzipping and rebuilding of the source tree, it would be done by now. > >> > > >> >- Marty > >> > >> IMO, if parity was priority, they all would be ready simultaneously. > > > >Who said it was? It seems important to you strangely enough, however. > > > >- Marty > > Well, Marty. Let's try to reason this out. It may be difficult. IBM has ported > 2.02, 4.04, and 4.61 so it must be obvious, even to such an indepedent OS/2 > user such as yourself, that parity is important. Clearly, what *isn't* > important is achieving this parity in a timely manner. Hey... if it's there, great. If it ain't, I'm not cryin. If it's on the way, what's the point of arguing? Not gonna make the developers code any faster. I'm glad they are taking their time because the OS/2 version of 4.61 beats the pants off of several other ports of 4.61 that I've used, including AIX and Solaris. BTW, how quickly do you think these ports are released after the core code is updated? - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: AmigaPhil@ping.be 12-Oct-99 05:27:01 To: All 12-Oct-99 05:53:24 Subj: [README] New banners available From: "Philippe Duchenne" New banners uploaded: SBill078 : "Microsoft acquired: Hotmail, LinkExchange, ... Who wants to break Microsoft's Freedom to Innovate ?" SBill079 : "Sorry Bill, I'm a computer user, not a Crash Test Dummy" Available from: More about the README campaign on: Philippe Duchenne PGP ID : 9C07F6C1 Don't hate a guy. Just show him a AMIGA, and give him a PC. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: EUnet Belgium, Leuven, Belgium (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 11-Oct-99 23:37:20 To: All 12-Oct-99 05:53:24 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: Marty "David H. McCoy" wrote: > > In article <38028A08.FD9B90F2@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > >"David H. McCoy" wrote: > >> > >> In article <3801DE01.6011098B@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > >> >Brent Davies wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Marty wrote in message > >> >> news:3800E753.2D79A4FF@stny.rr.com... > >> >> | pcguido@attglobal.net wrote: > >> >> | > > >> >> [snip] > >> >> | > > >> >> | > 1) IBM does not force OS/2 users thru the annual upgrade blood-letting > >> >> | > 2) IBM actually _fixes_ the bugs in OS/2 > >> >> | > >> >> | You also forgot: > >> >> | 3) IBM releases fixes more often than NT service packs are released. > >> >> > >> >> Have you heard of hot-fixes? MS is fixing bugs with NT as soon as they are > >> >> found. Service Packs are more of a convenience for people who are > >> >> installing new systems. Who wants to install hundreds of hot-fixes into a > >> >> server that you're building tomorrow? You could actually apply all of the > >> >> hot-fixes post-SP 3 and have successfully installed everything that SP 3 > >> >> would install. > >> > > >> >Does this make my statement any less true? I'm sure IBM's corporate > >> >OS/2 customers get fixes as soon as bugs are found too. OS/2 Fixpacks > >> >are released more often than NT service packs. > >> > > >> >- Marty > >> > > >> > >> But how is this important to YOU? You don't rely on IBM, nor do you need > >> fixpacks. Why is this important to you? > > > >How/why is anything to do with OS/2 important to you David? I'm simply > >adding another thought to the topic. > > > >- Marty > > I'm interested in many operating systems, Marty. Do you have similar interests > in fixpacks? Yes. I like to keep up with what is new in fixpacks in case any of it is of interest. > By the logic of you and others of your ilk, people shouldn't be interested in > sports unless they play, motorcycles if they drive cars, or other countries > unless they live in them. And by your logic, I can't be interested or knowledgable about fixpacks unless I use them, or rather you were saying I cannot use fixpacks without relying on them. I rely on getting paid to put food on the table and stay alive. I don't rely on a favorite television program coming on TV. I still watch said television program whenever it happens to be on, however. - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: kimwaicSpamGoToGarbage@deltanet.com 11-Oct-99 20:42:29 To: All 12-Oct-99 05:53:24 Subj: Re: Time to move on From: "Kim Cheung" On Mon, 11 Oct 1999 19:22:37 -0400, TomG wrote: >Kim, the end of your note has made me curious. What stuff will you be >showing at WarpStock that Windows people can only dream about for years? There are a number of applications I will be showing - some are vertical and some are horizontals. People that have seen my applications know that I always "push the edge". I don't develop "hobbyist" style applications. For starter, my primary application is the WisePath program which handles upwards of 64 T1 lines per CPU - scalable to 1.2 million phone lines - but that's really boring to watch because my customers only use a few of these machines in each site to handle the phone traffic - instead of the "PC Wall" my competitor's customer do. You see, their "NT solution" is so reliable that nobody dare to run more than a few T1 lines per box. So, they ended up with these "PC walls" which is literally a wall of PCs (hundreds and hundreds of them) to do the same job my "pitiful" few OS/2 PCs do. But a few PC is not "impressive", you know. It's quite a sight to watch these hundreds and hundreds of NT boxes in operation. How IMPRESSIVE!!! (And how stupid!!!) If that's not you cup of tea, you can go to the Serenity Pavilion, we are sponsoring a dozen or so booths to show off ver 1.2 of WiseManager. There will be a number of machines - various hardware configurations, all will be running different software. Some machine will be running the Vendor 100 program, some will be running the VendorPro program, some will be running multimedia applications, and so forth. I will show it in front of everybody how I can build this whole pavilion from ground zero: I will install OS/2 on all of them, get each one to set up the applications (some machines will have close to 100 native OS/2 applications), ready for the show - all in MINUTES: like less than 5. In fact, setting up hundreds and thousands of machines will be no harder than setting up the dozen or so machines - mostly likely in the same time span because you would usually have only a hundred or so machines per group. This is possible because I leverage heavily on the WPS. I will also show our Telephony/DataBase server. One CPU handles close to 2000 phone lines. Then there is BASS - Building Automation and Security Server. You will see a new concept in Home and Business Security system. And, of course, don't miss my talk on "The OS/2 Super Client". But don't come if you expect to see "hobbyist" applications. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: TouchVoice Corporation (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: kimwaicSpamGoToGarbage@deltanet.com 11-Oct-99 20:45:23 To: All 12-Oct-99 05:53:24 Subj: Re: Time to move on From: "Kim Cheung" On Sun, 3 Oct 1999 17:36:12 -0400, David H. McCoy wrote: >Win9x isn't secure, but companies use it. Why? It is supported. If something >goes wrong, you can hold someone accountable. Huh??? Very lovely logic. Suicide is not very good for you, but people do it. Why? It is supported. If something goes wrong, you can turn around and sue somebody.... --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: TouchVoice Corporation (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: alliem@ *nospam* wtjam.net 11-Oct-99 22:51:25 To: All 12-Oct-99 05:53:24 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Hobbyist On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Marty posted : > Hobbyist wrote: > > > > On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Marty posted : > > > > > > > You have those zombie types in windows flavours, OS/2 flavours, MacOS > > > > > flavours, Linux flavours etc. Every camp has them. > > > > > > > > At least the OS/2 zombies are from the cool Living Dead movie, not > > > > that seventies shopping mall crapola. > > > > > > BRAINS! MUST ... EAT ... BRAINS!!! .... > > > > OF ... THOSE ... SENSIBLE ... NT/LINUX ... USERS!!!! > > > > I think I had better run ...>>>>> > > Nah, you're not in that group, don't worry. ;-P But you're certainly in that OS/2 zombie group out of brains and a need to eat some. ;-b --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 12-Oct-99 00:51:09 To: All 12-Oct-99 05:53:24 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Marty Hobbyist wrote: > > On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Marty posted : > > > Hobbyist wrote: > > > > > > On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Marty posted : > > > > > > > > > You have those zombie types in windows flavours, OS/2 flavours, MacOS > > > > > > flavours, Linux flavours etc. Every camp has them. > > > > > > > > > > At least the OS/2 zombies are from the cool Living Dead movie, not > > > > > that seventies shopping mall crapola. > > > > > > > > BRAINS! MUST ... EAT ... BRAINS!!! .... > > > > > > OF ... THOSE ... SENSIBLE ... NT/LINUX ... USERS!!!! > > > > > > I think I had better run ...>>>>> > > > > Nah, you're not in that group, don't worry. ;-P > > But you're certainly in that OS/2 zombie group out of brains and a need > to eat some. ;-b Aw common... after a clever comeback like that you accuse me of not having brains? ;-) Besides, it's better to be undead than never to have lived at all. - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: josco@ibm.net 11-Oct-99 21:48:11 To: All 12-Oct-99 05:53:24 Subj: Re: Navigator 4.7 is available!! OS/2 is behind again!! From: Joseph "David H. McCoy" wrote: > In article <05C6FUhLDNUU-pn2-fokqIBYyo4dL@localhost>, wsonna@ibm.net says... > >On Mon, 11 Oct 1999 09:35:25, Kris Kadela wrote: > > > >> But 4.7 has no new must have features and doesn't run any faster than > >> 4.6 nor is it more stable. Absolutely no reason to upgrade (I have to > >> since I develop web sites and need to use all the browsers I can get my > >> hands on). > >> > > > >But that's not the point. To app-junkies, it doesn't matter whether > >the new and improved version does anything better. > > Nope. The point is that people like yourself stay true to form. When 4.61 was > released you guys said the same thing, but ran, not walked, out to get. Same > thing when 4.04 was released, and 2.02 before that. > > It is fascinating to see how unnecessary all these versions are until they find > their way to OS/2 months after the fact. What is unnecessary is the unexplained urgency. Software applications are not pokeman cards. Windows user view and speak of software applications are like children who chase and trade pokeman cards. They will exaggerate that OS/2 is dead since an OS/2 user cannot frantically upgrade software the same day or month or quarter as the windows pokeman master. When the OS/2 version is released it is high quality and the pokeman mind frame is confused. BTW 2.02 behaves like v3.0. The 2.02 version isn't indicating the browser functionality with the Netscape versions. It is foolish to treat software like pokeman cards but it is done. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: josco@ibm.net 11-Oct-99 21:53:10 To: All 12-Oct-99 05:53:24 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: Joseph "David H. McCoy" wrote: > In article <38028A08.FD9B90F2@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > >"David H. McCoy" wrote: > > > >> But how is this important to YOU? You don't rely on IBM, nor do you need > >> fixpacks. Why is this important to you? > > > >How/why is anything to do with OS/2 important to you David? I'm simply > >adding another thought to the topic. > > I'm interested in many operating systems, Marty. Do you have similar interests > in fixpacks? > > By the logic of you and others of your ilk, people shouldn't be interested in > sports unless they play, motorcycles if they drive cars, or other countries > unless they live in them. Imagine that, mocking and ridicule is called "an interest." Was it interest that lead you to banter with an IBM programmer about the netscape codebase? No. It was Ego. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: josco@ibm.net 11-Oct-99 22:04:03 To: All 12-Oct-99 05:53:24 Subj: Re: Navigator 4.7 is available!! OS/2 is behind again!! From: Joseph "David H. McCoy" wrote: > In article <38028C72.8BB2DA3A@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > >> >unzipping and rebuilding of the source tree, it would be done by now. > >> > > >> >- Marty > >> > >> IMO, if parity was priority, they all would be ready simultaneously. > > > >Who said it was? It seems important to you strangely enough, however. > > > >- Marty > > > > > > Well, Marty. Let's try to reason this out. It may be difficult. IBM has ported > 2.02, 4.04, and 4.61 so it must be obvious, even to such an indepedent OS/2 > user such as yourself, that parity is important. Clearly, what *isn't* > important is achieving this parity in a timely manner. Parity in what regard? Stability? That's more important to IBM than MS or Netscape. How about parity as measured by comparing version numbers? No. That's a metric that is not justifiable, not even close to understanding what is going on. No wonder you bitch and moan. "My software version is higher than yours -- let's play software pokeman. " OS/2 Netscape V 2.02 implements Windows V 3.0 functionality. Bummer. OS/2 Java 1.1.8 implements Java 1.2 functionality. Bummer, bummer. IBM isn't playing your game. They are adding functionality based on need and reliability and stability. They do the development. They set the standard. If that confuses you then we'll have to accept your confusion as it indicates the low quality of your understanding. Windows communicator 4.70 has more hit points than Communicator 4.61 for OS/2. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: ericb@pobox.com 12-Oct-99 01:35:11 To: All 12-Oct-99 05:53:24 Subj: Re: Advocacy's Mosquito... From: ericb@pobox.com (Eric Bennett) In article , jhsterne@mindspring.com.NOSPAM wrote: > >Incorrect. You and Edwin both had thousands of votes that disappeared. > > ..and the technical problems with the polling were straightened out > by the people who run that site. Umm, well, sort of. -- Eric Bennett ( http://www.pobox.com/~ericb/ ) Cornell University / Chemistry & Chemical Biology Drawing on my fine command of the language, I said nothing. -Robert Benchley --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Ho You Kong Fan Club (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net 12-Oct-99 08:33:14 To: All 12-Oct-99 10:16:26 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net (Karel Jansens) On Tue, 12 Oct 1999 04:51:19, Marty wrote: > Hobbyist wrote: > > > > On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Marty posted : > > > > > Hobbyist wrote: > > > > > > > > On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Marty posted : > > > > > > > > > > > You have those zombie types in windows flavours, OS/2 flavours, MacOS > > > > > > > flavours, Linux flavours etc. Every camp has them. > > > > > > > > > > > > At least the OS/2 zombies are from the cool Living Dead movie, not > > > > > > that seventies shopping mall crapola. > > > > > > > > > > BRAINS! MUST ... EAT ... BRAINS!!! .... > > > > > > > > OF ... THOSE ... SENSIBLE ... NT/LINUX ... USERS!!!! > > > > > > > > I think I had better run ...>>>>> > > > > > > Nah, you're not in that group, don't worry. ;-P > > > > But you're certainly in that OS/2 zombie group out of brains and a need > > to eat some. ;-b > > Aw common... after a clever comeback like that you accuse me of not > having brains? ;-) > > Besides, it's better to be undead than never to have lived at all. > Right on! Hey! Leave me some hypothalamus, Marty. It's my favourite. Karel Jansens jansens_at_ibm_dot_net |---------------------------------------------------| | NT boot options | | | | Please choose from list | | | | | |---------------------------------------------------| --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: alliem@ *nospam* wtjam.net 12-Oct-99 07:50:20 To: All 12-Oct-99 16:57:24 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Hobbyist On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Marty posted : > > > > > > At least the OS/2 zombies are from the cool Living Dead movie, not > > > > > > that seventies shopping mall crapola. > > > > > > > > > > BRAINS! MUST ... EAT ... BRAINS!!! .... > > > > > > > > OF ... THOSE ... SENSIBLE ... NT/LINUX ... USERS!!!! > > > > > > > > I think I had better run ...>>>>> > > > > > > Nah, you're not in that group, don't worry. ;-P > > > > But you're certainly in that OS/2 zombie group out of brains and a need > > to eat some. ;-b > > Aw common... after a clever comeback like that you accuse me of not > having brains? ;-) It wasn't particularly clever. It was the only come back you could make. ;-b > Besides, it's better to be undead than never to have lived at all. Now that's interesting. I'll give it some thought and get back to yah! ;-) --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: rjf@yyycomasia.com 12-Oct-99 13:36:00 To: All 12-Oct-99 16:57:24 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: rjf@yyycomasia.com (rj friedman) On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 17:11:06, pcguido@attglobal.net wrote: î|I've played around with KDE. I found it looked nice, but was a system î|hog and really more on par with the Windows desktop (which it tries to î|mimick) than the WPS environment. I'm now using Xfce as my window î|manager in Linux (is much nicer towards RAM), but I'm still in OS/2 î|most of the time. î| î|GNOME is even worse than KDE. îKDE is OK; but, like most of Linux, very immature. ¯ îBottom line, Linux doesn't even have _one_ decent editor - 15 year old îKedit still beats 'em all! I've been playing around with Linux off and on for better than a year now. Just about two weeks ago I installed the Mandrake version (which is KDE on Red Hat, pretty much). It's ok - I can't really fault it all that much, but, just like all the other times in the past, there is NOTHING there that I would want to give up OS/2 for. And KDE - while pretty looking enough - doesn't come within a mile of the WPS. ________________________________________________________ [RJ] OS/2 - Live it, or live with it. rj friedman Team ABW Taipei, Taiwan rjf@yyycomasia.com To send email - remove the `yyy' ________________________________________________________ --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: SEEDNet News Service (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: b.l.nelson@larc.nasa.gov 12-Oct-99 10:25:09 To: All 12-Oct-99 16:57:25 Subj: Re: The Innovators From: Bennie Nelson Carl Kaufmann wrote: > > Paul Arnott wrote: > > > > This appears on MS site > > Wota freeking JOKE!!! > > > > We formed the Freedom to Innovate Network (FIN) as > > a response to the > > overwhelming amount of correspondence we received > > from around the > > U.S. and overseas regarding the trial with the > > Department of Justice and > > other public policy issues. The FIN is a > > non-partisan, grassroots network of > ^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > citizens and businesses who have a stake in the > ^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > success of Microsoft and > > the high-tech industry. The FIN will help you stay > > up to date on critical > > developments in public policy. Sign up for a free > > e-newsletter, tell us your > > thoughts, take action and stay informed. It's how > > you can make a > > difference! > > Is Microsoft now embracing and extending the English language? I guess it depends upon what the meaning of "is" is. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jedi@dementia.mishnet 12-Oct-99 15:19:10 To: All 12-Oct-99 16:57:25 Subj: Re: Dispute this truth and I will only pity you From: jedi@dementia.mishnet () On 1 Oct 1999 17:44:01 GMT, Emery Lapinski wrote: >In article <7sdsfk$kcv$1@newsmaster.pathcom.com>, >Tim Mayer wrote: >[deleted] >>However, following the introduction of this perfect Kevlar jacket, >>someone develops a bullet capable of piercing this perfect Kevlar jacket - >>rendering it useless. Since the bullet represents a very real threat, it is >>outlawed, preventing it from becoming legally available. Since this new >>ammunition is very desirable for criminal activity it quickly reappears >>through illegal suppliers and is ultimately used against owners of the >>previously perfect kevlar jacket. Now who do you blame? Perfect anti-fragmentation vest in this case is somewhat of an absurdity. Those familiar with firearms know this. Those that sell 'bulletproof vests' simply should know better and advise their customers accordingly and not commit fraud. This is akin to MS (and advocates) attempting to paint NT as some better Unix than Unix with the ease of admin of a Macintosh. > >For me it would depend on what what involved in the development of this >new bullet. > >If it required painstaking years of materials and ballistics research, >OK, maybe I blame the guy that invented the new bullet. > >If it only required some trivial modification, say, changing the color >of the bullet, then I'd probably blame the guy that sold me the >jacket. > >(I'd say Windows virii are more like the later.) > >Emery >-- >ewl@panix.com http://www.panix.com/~ewl/ >This post is Copyright 1997 Emery Lapinski and is distributed under the terms >and conditions of GNU's General Public License. > It's what the astronauts drink! --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: cbass2112@my-deja.com 12-Oct-99 22:55:18 To: All 12-Oct-99 21:21:11 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: cbass2112@my-deja.com In article <19991012075506.26572.00000008@ngol08.aol.com>, davegemini@aol.com (David Frank) wrote: > In article <3800c661_1@news1.prserv.net>, pcguido@attglobal.net writes: > > > In the last 6-7 yrs, the IBM PC Co has lost billions for IBM by > > pursuing a 'Microsoft' first strategy - their demise is overdue. > > > At the time MS released what turned out to be the warp-killer OS. > that is... Win95 in aug 95, > IBM was offering OS/2 pre-loads and was a little tardy offering Win95 > pre-load option to buyers, but immediately IBM's win95 sales so > swamped OS/2 buyer preload sales, that by '97? IBM had dropped > offering warp pre-loaded.. > > It seems you are suggesting IBM PC company should have gone > down the drain with OS/2 rather than give buyers what they wanted? Actually, what the original poster is saying is that by "giv[ing] buyers what they wanted" (i.e., Win95) and *refusing* to even offer OS/2 preloads, the IBM PC Co. ended up going "down the drain" anyway. One implication is that IBM *should* have promoted OS/2, and offered it as a preload option, and made the option seem attractive (which is to say, "promoted OS/2"). By trying to ride on MS' coat tails, IBM's PC Co. got what they had coming, as it were. Curtis Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Deja.com - Before you buy. (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: alliem@ *nospam* wtjam.net 12-Oct-99 18:11:15 To: All 12-Oct-99 21:21:12 Subj: Re: There is a future for OS/2 From: Hobbyist On comp.os.os2.advocacy, cbass2112@my-deja.com posted : > > > Let's get something straight -- *nothing* is absolutely > > > "indespensible" when it comes to platforms/operating systems/user > > > interfaces. It all boils down to user preference. > > > > Well for me, a GUI is indispensable. I'd refuse to use an OS without > > one. > > As I was saying, it boils down to user preference . . . some may > actually prefer a CLI, or a character-based windowing system. Yes, and not that one is trash or cranky while the other is glorious. Good! > > I don't argue windows features being indispensable. I, however, see > > very bad points against OS/2 being brushed off with the statement to > > the effect that I'm willing to put up with X,Y, and Z because of the > > great WPS as if it is indeed indispensable, hence my question? > > As I was saying . . . it boils down to user preference. Yes, and not that the WPS is the holy grail while windows explorer is just trash. Good!!!! > Don't you get it yet? I see that we're on the same wavelength now. > > Try drag'n'dropping a colour to your windows. They remain the same > > grey color. > > Wrong. D'n'd colors work the same as d'n'd fonts. As I said, try to change the colour of your window from the default gray by drag'n'drop. > At least, they do for me. Are we discussing the same OS/2? Did you use > the right mouse button? > > Are you really an ex-OS/2-user? Yup, and an avid one at that. This is why I know that I can't change the grey colour of the windows. Never could when I used OS/2. Mind you I could change the colour of most other things with drag'n'drop. :) > > From the same customisation applet that you so dislike I can > > customise the whole windows interface, i.e., window colors, font sizes > > specific to menus, icons, pop-up windows. You can change screen > > resolution on the fly and activate screen savers. > > Did I ever say that I *disliked* the applet? No, it just strikes me as > being . . . uninspired, coming from a company that whines so much about > how Big Bad Government stifles their ability to "innovate." The OS/2 > method *is* innovative. The MS-Windows method isn't. Drag'n'dropping to customise is innovative and hence better than customising from a central customisation applet as in windows, even though your customising ability are in many ways easier and more flexible than in OS/2. The only thing that I miss about OS/2 is that I could individually customise the folder backgrounds and behaviour. Windows changes in this regard tend to be global. Interesting that you claim that OS/2's way is superior since it happens to be different and perhaps innovative. Sounds like you hate M$ too much. It clouds your judgement making you lose objectivity. > Not that it ultimately matters. For all their crowing about innovation, > the MS-Contigent seem quite happy with uninspired interfaces and tools. As I said, you hate M$ too much. I know, I used to share the same feelings about windows. It's a mindset that I personally had to outgrow and as a result learn to be more pragmatic. > Gaudy, yes. But uninspired, nonetheless. Gaudy. Hah. I mean really now. > > You don't have to explain templates to me since I used OS/2. I find > > that right clicking the windows desktop, selecting new and selecting > > from the menu provides a similar template type functionality. > > These two statements contradict each other -- if you really are an > ex-OS/2-user, you would understand that selecting a new file type from a > context menu has little to do with duplicating the functionality of a > template. Certainly, with the ways that I personally used templates, it does offer a similar functionality. > > Where's the WPS file manager by the way? > > Drives object, Tree view, open up a folder in Details view. > > There are traditional file manager utilities available for OS/2, from > freeware through shareware to commercial, all with varying arrays of > bells and whistles. > > For those who need a traditional (i.e., uninspired) file manager. > > Do you have a send to menu that is activatable where ever you are. > > No, but I honestly don't consider the ability to e-mail my desktop to > someone an "indespensible" piece of funtionality. That's really a sensible statement. Firstly, you may send any file as an e-mail attachment invoking your e-mail client via the send to menu. Your e-mail client however is not the only item in the send to menu. The send to menu is a nice convenience feature, that's all. > > Do you create templates all over the place to mimic the windows right > > click context menu -> new -> whatever file type functionality that is > > available throughout the work place? > > Hell, no! Why use a Ferrari to mimic a Honda? And, again, do you really > know what templates are? Yes I do. I think, however, that you aren't very familiar with windows explorer and that's the problem. Do you at least agree that it's useful to have templates in other places apart from in the templates folder. I used to find it particularly annoying to have to visit the templates folder whenever I needed to create one. > What I have usually done with templates is create a folder full of > PM-FTP icons, each of which logged onto a different FTP site, using the > password I plugged into the object, and navigateed to the appropriate > subdirectories on both the remote and local machines. > > Similarly, when doing MVS programming, I may have several TN-3270 > objects configured for different screen sizes (27 x 132 for TSO/ISPF > sessions, 25 x 80 for CICS regions, etc), which also log on > automatically. > > And that's just scratching the surface. Yes, I have used NT for a couple > of years, now, and no, it doesn't offer anything even close. Yes, you indeed have outlined some specific uses of templates I hadn't really thought of or needed to use them for and I concede that AFAIK I couldn't do such things with windows explorer.:) > > You're darned right about that so it does make me wonder what makes > > the WPS such a killer in functionality. As I said, the days of win3.1 > > are long gone. > > Yet again, I must ask, "What in hell are you talking about?" The "days > of win3.1???!!" I meant from a comparison POV. The OS/2 WPS was pretty much booming in the days of win3.1 which is an absolute joke when compared to the OS/2 WPS and the current windows explorer for that matter. The OS/2 WPS therefore shun like a beacon in the days of win3.1 and yes it was darned innovative. The win3.1 days are gone now and the windows shell has improved a whole lot. The gulf between the two has drastically dwindled to the point where I don't see it as such a big issue in decision making between the two platforms. Not especially of there are other glaring issues. IMHO and user situation of course. > Do you seriously expect me to believe that you've ever used OS/2 with > "observations" like those? I mean, comparing the WPS to win3.1 is > absurd. I'm not comparing the two. I was trying to say that we are actually *not* doing this because I feel as if we are. > Frankly, whining about OS/2's alleged lack of a file manager strikes me > as a throwback to the days of Win3.1. One can make the Drives object > behave in a manner similar to a typical file manager, but one doesn't > have to. > > > > but I've grown used to the way the WPS works, and feel hadcuffed > > > when using NT or even Linux' latest window managers. > > > > I felt handcuffed when I was trying NT as well. I soon realised that I > > was just being unaccommodating > > So, then, you admit that one has to "accomodate" NT's interface, rather > than the interface accomodate the user? Actually I meant accommodating in the sense that I was being closed minded about it and just plain complaining. I had to learn OS/2's WPS you see and was very accommodating in that regard. I made my share of concessions with it, don't you for once believe otherwise. In a similar sense windows explorers functionality has to be learnt as well to be taken advantage of. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: cahughes@cc.ysu.edu 12-Oct-99 19:30:14 To: All 12-Oct-99 21:21:12 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Cameron Hughes rj friedman wrote: > > On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 17:11:06, pcguido@attglobal.net wrote: > > î|I've played around with KDE. I found it looked nice, but was a system > î|hog and really more on par with the Windows desktop (which it tries to > î|mimick) than the WPS environment. I'm now using Xfce as my window > î|manager in Linux (is much nicer towards RAM), but I'm still in OS/2 > î|most of the time. > î| > î|GNOME is even worse than KDE. > > îKDE is OK; but, like most of Linux, very immature. > î > îBottom line, Linux doesn't even have _one_ decent editor - 15 year old > îKedit still beats 'em all! > > I've been playing around with Linux off and on for better > than a year now. Just about two weeks ago I installed the > Mandrake version (which is KDE on Red Hat, pretty much). > It's ok - I can't really fault it all that much, but, just > like all the other times in the past, there is NOTHING there > that I would want to give up OS/2 for. And KDE - while > pretty looking enough - doesn't come within a mile of the > WPS. > > ________________________________________________________ > > [RJ] OS/2 - Live it, or live with it. > rj friedman Team ABW > Taipei, Taiwan rjf@yyycomasia.com > > To send email - remove the `yyy' > ________________________________________________________ The problem is not where OS/2 is at this exact moment. The problem is where it will be when IA-64 is released. How will it compare after Corel Corp has put some finishing touches on K. After Borland (Inprise) has finished porting its latest development suite to Linux. How does OS/2 look when a developer is trying to load it on one of those snazzy HP Pavillions that SIS530, SIS630. How does OS/2 look when one is trying to run the latest Object Oriented Development Tools i.e. UML tools? For those who don't do state of the art development or who come from a user's perspective, OS/2 has about 3 years of usefulness. For those who require the latest RAD, Case, latest hardware, OS/2 is not an option. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Youngstown State University (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: danielt@danielt.dgii.com 12-Oct-99 16:32:28 To: All 12-Oct-99 23:18:16 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: danielt@danielt.dgii.com () On Sat, 09 Oct 1999 12:39:13 -0400, Joseph wrote: > > >Kelly Robinson wrote: > >> > >As usual they cannot >> > > admit someone else is better in any way. They do everything to wipe out >> > the >> > > competition and all the dirty tricks is allowed. >> > >> > Such as? >> >> Are you really that ignorant? Who needs direct evidence? America is a >> capitalism money-before-all-else country. Microsoft ain't alone in the biz >> of screwing everybody to make an extra buck. > >You lack perspective. > >Who else besides MS is stupid enough to push the limits so far that the went to >trial under anti-trust law? > That most people here would care about: IBM (you know those cool guys that make OS/2 and support Linux...) I would suspect that most industries have investigations ongoing at the moment, anywhere you see big mergers going on. How many of those go to trial depends on politics and severity of transgressions. -- Daniel Taylor --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: ralsina@my-deja.com 12-Oct-99 17:43:15 To: All 12-Oct-99 23:18:16 Subj: Re: Advocacy's Mosquito... From: Roberto Alsina In article , jhsterne@mindspring.com.NOSPAM wrote: > Dave Tholen tholened the following first-level quoted material to comp.os.os2.advocacy: > > >I wrote: > > >> Tholen was *twice* nominated for Usenet Kook of the Month -- the first > >> time by Roberto Alsina back in 1997, > > >Alsina is the person who accused me of posting an average of 134 articles > >every day, which was ludicrous. When he pointed to his alleged evidence, > >it became obvious that he didn't even bother to check the range of dates. > >Even then, he continued to insist that he was right, until others started > >getting on his case. How ironic that he nominated me rather than himself. Well, Dave, that should show you that you are not universally seen as the beacon of pure reason and thought you apparently think you are. BTW: you were nominated for being stupid enough to argue with Eliza. Anyway, you still haven't groen out of this? Man, are you a grudgy old fellow! PS: they weren't 134 a day, but they sure felt like it. PPS: preemptive Tholen argument response: they felt like that to me, that's subjective, personal opinion, you have no way of proving I didn't feel that way, so save it for the winter. -- Roberto Alsina (KDE developer, MFCH) Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Deja.com - Before you buy. (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: cjii@my-deja.com 12-Oct-99 18:20:10 To: All 12-Oct-99 23:18:16 Subj: Modules for Escape GL From: CII Please inform Snow Storm if being able to add modules would benifit you.... Thanks > Can you add other Modules to Escape GL 2.2??? > > Like other *.SSM Files, or like the attached Dll files??? > > (See attached file: 3DOBJECT.DLL)(See attached file: > COSMIC.DLL) We do not currently support other modules, however that is not to say it is not possible. If sufficient interest is shown we will consider adding this. You can however make custom Escape GL modules with the free developers kits. Again if sufficient requests are made, we will convert some other popular modules to Escape GL modules. In addition, we always appreciate any new module ideas. Steve Snow Storm Software -- http://trss.webjump.com Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Deja.com - Before you buy. (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: ralsina@my-deja.com 12-Oct-99 19:34:20 To: All 12-Oct-99 23:18:16 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Roberto Alsina In article , jansens_at_ibm_dot_net (Karel Jansens) wrote: > On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 17:11:06, pcguido@attglobal.net wrote: > > Bottom line, Linux doesn't even have _one_ decent editor - 15 year old > > Kedit still beats 'em all! > > > > I thought Kedit was part of the KDE-package. I think he meant another Kedit. At least KDE's Kedit is nowhere near 15 years old :-) > It ain't half nice, though. I only wish I could find a character mode > editor a la DOS "edit" (I'm a CUA-junk; + sequences tend to > unleash homicidal fits for me). The Pine editor is sort of okay, but > still not it. I'm now mainly doing mcedit (the editor in Midnight > Commander). You may want to take a look at FTE, or perhaps my KDE port KFTE. All keybindings are configurable, and the default is quite sane. In fact, there is even a OS/2 port, I believe. You can find them all in freshmeat.net -- Roberto Alsina (KDE developer, MFCH) Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Deja.com - Before you buy. (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: kimwaicSpamGoToGarbage@deltanet.com 12-Oct-99 13:03:04 To: All 12-Oct-99 23:18:16 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: "Kim Cheung" On 12 Oct 1999 11:55:06 GMT, David Frank wrote: >In article <3800c661_1@news1.prserv.net>, pcguido@attglobal.net writes: > >> >>In the last 6-7 yrs, the IBM PC Co has lost billions for IBM by pursuing >>a 'Microsoft' first strategy - their demise is overdue. >> >> > >At the time MS released what turned out to be the warp-killer OS. >that is... Win95 in aug 95, >IBM was offering OS/2 pre-loads and was a little tardy offering Win95 >pre-load option to buyers, but immediately IBM's win95 sales so >swamped OS/2 buyer preload sales, that by '97? IBM had dropped >offering warp pre-loaded.. > >It seems you are suggesting IBM PC company should have gone >down the drain with OS/2 rather than give buyers what they wanted? > They should have fold the tent. Nobody had the gut to do that. Now looks like they are finally coming around to their senses and start thinking about pulling out. If IBM stood firm with their enterprise only plan, W95 could have never made any headway in the enterprise. They called the bluff - and IBM crumbled. IBM never made any money on PC and probably never will. This is simple economic - would you rather loose billion after billion for every year you try, or would you rather cut the loses and walk away? --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: TouchVoice Corporation (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: cbass2112@my-deja.com 12-Oct-99 20:49:11 To: All 12-Oct-99 23:18:17 Subj: Re: There is a future for OS/2 From: cbass2112@my-deja.com In article , Hobbyist wrote: > On comp.os.os2.advocacy, cbass2112@my-deja.com posted : -- snip -- > > Let's get something straight -- *nothing* is absolutely > > "indespensible" when it comes to platforms/operating systems/user > > interfaces. It all boils down to user preference. > > Well for me, a GUI is indispensable. I'd refuse to use an OS without > one. As I was saying, it boils down to user preference . . . some may actually prefer a CLI, or a character-based windowing system. > > To be sure, there's nothing about Windows that's the least bit > > "indespensible," claims to the contrary by the MS-Contingent > > notwithstanding. > > I don't argue windows features being indispensable. I, however, see > very bad points against OS/2 being brushed off with the statement to > the effect that I'm willing to put up with X,Y, and Z because of the > great WPS as if it is indeed indispensable, hence my question? As I was saying . . . it boils down to user preference. Don't you get it yet? -- snip -- > > what I like about the WPS, for which there are no equals in either > > Windows or Linux, are Templates and d'n'd customization. An example > > of the latter is opeing up the Font Palette, then dragging and > > dropping fonts onto windows, title bars, menus, etc., in order to > > change the font(s) therein, rather than the standard "Go To An > > Options Dialog" route that everyone else takes. > > Try drag'n'dropping a colour to your windows. They remain the same > grey color. Wrong. D'n'd colors work the same as d'n'd fonts. At least, they do for me. Are we discussing the same OS/2? Did you use the right mouse button? Are you really an ex-OS/2-user? > From the same customisation applet that you so dislike I can > customise the whole windows interface, i.e., window colors, font sizes > specific to menus, icons, pop-up windows. You can change screen > resolution on the fly and activate screen savers. Did I ever say that I *disliked* the applet? No, it just strikes me as being . . . uninspired, coming from a company that whines so much about how Big Bad Government stifles their ability to "innovate." The OS/2 method *is* innovative. The MS-Windows method isn't. Not that it ultimately matters. For all their crowing about innovation, the MS-Contigent seem quite happy with uninspired interfaces and tools. Gaudy, yes. But uninspired, nonetheless. > > Templates are harder to explain, but they allow me to create new > > objects according to my needs, and place them on the desktop, where > > they can become d'n'd targets themselves. > > You don't have to explain templates to me since I used OS/2. I find > that right clicking the windows desktop, selecting new and selecting > from the menu provides a similar template type functionality. These two statements contradict each other -- if you really are an ex-OS/2-user, you would understand that selecting a new file type from a context menu has little to do with duplicating the functionality of a template. > Where's the WPS file manager by the way? Drives object, Tree view, open up a folder in Details view. There are traditional file manager utilities available for OS/2, from freeware through shareware to commercial, all with varying arrays of bells and whistles. For those who need a traditional (i.e., uninspired) file manager. > Do you have a send to menu that is activatable where ever you are. No, but I honestly don't consider the ability to e-mail my desktop to someone an "indespensible" piece of funtionality. > Do you create templates all over the place to mimic the windows right > click context menu -> new -> whatever file type functionality that is > available throughout the work place? Hell, no! Why use a Ferrari to mimic a Honda? And, again, do you really know what templates are? What I have usually done with templates is create a folder full of PM-FTP icons, each of which logged onto a different FTP site, using the password I plugged into the object, and navigateed to the appropriate subdirectories on both the remote and local machines. Similarly, when doing MVS programming, I may have several TN-3270 objects configured for different screen sizes (27 x 132 for TSO/ISPF sessions, 25 x 80 for CICS regions, etc), which also log on automatically. And that's just scratching the surface. Yes, I have used NT for a couple of years, now, and no, it doesn't offer anything even close. > > That's just a couple of items off the bat. I'm sure that other > > platforms can offer similar funtionality in a different package, > > You're darned right about that so it does make me wonder what makes > the WPS such a killer in functionality. As I said, the days of win3.1 > are long gone. Yet again, I must ask, "What in hell are you talking about?" The "days of win3.1???!!" Do you seriously expect me to believe that you've ever used OS/2 with "observations" like those? I mean, comparing the WPS to win3.1 is absurd. Frankly, whining about OS/2's alleged lack of a file manager strikes me as a throwback to the days of Win3.1. One can make the Drives object behave in a manner similar to a typical file manager, but one doesn't have to. > > but I've grown used to the way the WPS works, and feel hadcuffed > > when using NT or even Linux' latest window managers. > > I felt handcuffed when I was trying NT as well. I soon realised that I > was just being unaccommodating So, then, you admit that one has to "accomodate" NT's interface, rather than the interface accomodate the user? -- snip -- Curtis Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Deja.com - Before you buy. (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: timbol@netcom.com 13-Oct-99 00:26:20 To: All 13-Oct-99 03:37:02 Subj: Re: Navigator 4.7 is available!! OS/2 is behind again!! From: timbol@netcom.com (Mike Timbol) In article <38029716.1734BD51@ibm.net>, Joseph wrote: > >OS/2 Java 1.1.8 implements Java 1.2 functionality. Bummer, bummer. It's also bullshit. Download something like NetBeans, that requires JDK 1.2. Try to run it on OS/2. No dice. JDK 1.1.x -> JDK 1.2 is a major upgrade; it's not something that IBM snuck in when going from 1.1.7 -> 1.1.8. - Mike --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: NETCOM / MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: forgitaboutit@fake.com 12-Oct-99 21:06:21 To: All 13-Oct-99 03:37:02 Subj: Re: There is a future for OS/2 From: David H. McCoy In article , Hobbyist says... >> No, but I honestly don't consider the ability to e-mail my desktop to >> someone an "indespensible" piece of funtionality. > > That's really a sensible statement. Firstly, you >may send any file as an e-mail attachment invoking your e-mail client >via the send to menu. Your e-mail client however is not the only item in >the send to menu. The send to menu is a nice convenience feature, that's >all. > > And more WPS shell like than any option available under OS/2. An older version of CC:Mail under OS/2 used to be able to do this. -- --------------------------------------- David H. McCoy dmccoy@EXTRACT_THIS_mnsinc.com --------------------------------------- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: OminorTech (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: forgitaboutit@fake.com 12-Oct-99 21:09:10 To: All 13-Oct-99 03:37:02 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: David H. McCoy In article <3802AD04.CA3F4E0D@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... >"David H. McCoy" wrote: >> >> In article <38028A08.FD9B90F2@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... >> >"David H. McCoy" wrote: >> >> >> >> In article <3801DE01.6011098B@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... >> >> >Brent Davies wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> Marty wrote in message >> >> >> news:3800E753.2D79A4FF@stny.rr.com... >> >> >> | pcguido@attglobal.net wrote: >> >> >> | > >> >> >> [snip] >> >> >> | > >> >> >> | > 1) IBM does not force OS/2 users thru the annual upgrade blood-letting >> >> >> | > 2) IBM actually _fixes_ the bugs in OS/2 >> >> >> | >> >> >> | You also forgot: >> >> >> | 3) IBM releases fixes more often than NT service packs are released. >> >> >> >> >> >> Have you heard of hot-fixes? MS is fixing bugs with NT as soon as they are >> >> >> found. Service Packs are more of a convenience for people who are >> >> >> installing new systems. Who wants to install hundreds of hot-fixes into a >> >> >> server that you're building tomorrow? You could actually apply all of the >> >> >> hot-fixes post-SP 3 and have successfully installed everything that SP 3 >> >> >> would install. >> >> > >> >> >Does this make my statement any less true? I'm sure IBM's corporate >> >> >OS/2 customers get fixes as soon as bugs are found too. OS/2 Fixpacks >> >> >are released more often than NT service packs. >> >> > >> >> >- Marty >> >> > >> >> >> >> But how is this important to YOU? You don't rely on IBM, nor do you need >> >> fixpacks. Why is this important to you? >> > >> >How/why is anything to do with OS/2 important to you David? I'm simply >> >adding another thought to the topic. >> > >> >- Marty >> >> I'm interested in many operating systems, Marty. Do you have similar interests >> in fixpacks? > >Yes. I like to keep up with what is new in fixpacks in case any of it >is of interest. How many have you installed? >> By the logic of you and others of your ilk, people shouldn't be interested in >> sports unless they play, motorcycles if they drive cars, or other countries >> unless they live in them. > >And by your logic, I can't be interested or knowledgable about fixpacks >unless I use them, or rather you were saying I cannot use fixpacks >without relying on them. Your conclusion is flawed. I merely asked about your interest considering how adamant you've been about not needing fixpacks. >- Marty > -- --------------------------------------- David H. McCoy dmccoy@EXTRACT_THIS_mnsinc.com --------------------------------------- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: OminorTech (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 12-Oct-99 21:05:16 To: All 13-Oct-99 03:37:02 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: Marty "David H. McCoy" wrote: > > In article <3802AD04.CA3F4E0D@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > >"David H. McCoy" wrote: > >> > >> In article <38028A08.FD9B90F2@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > >> >"David H. McCoy" wrote: > >> >> > >> >> In article <3801DE01.6011098B@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > >> >> >Brent Davies wrote: > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Marty wrote in message > >> >> >> news:3800E753.2D79A4FF@stny.rr.com... > >> >> >> | pcguido@attglobal.net wrote: > >> >> >> | > > >> >> >> [snip] > >> >> >> | > > >> >> >> | > 1) IBM does not force OS/2 users thru the annual upgrade blood-letting > >> >> >> | > 2) IBM actually _fixes_ the bugs in OS/2 > >> >> >> | > >> >> >> | You also forgot: > >> >> >> | 3) IBM releases fixes more often than NT service packs are released. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Have you heard of hot-fixes? MS is fixing bugs with NT as soon as they are > >> >> >> found. Service Packs are more of a convenience for people who are > >> >> >> installing new systems. Who wants to install hundreds of hot-fixes into a > >> >> >> server that you're building tomorrow? You could actually apply all of the > >> >> >> hot-fixes post-SP 3 and have successfully installed everything that SP 3 > >> >> >> would install. > >> >> > > >> >> >Does this make my statement any less true? I'm sure IBM's corporate > >> >> >OS/2 customers get fixes as soon as bugs are found too. OS/2 Fixpacks > >> >> >are released more often than NT service packs. > >> >> > > >> >> >- Marty > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> But how is this important to YOU? You don't rely on IBM, nor do you need > >> >> fixpacks. Why is this important to you? > >> > > >> >How/why is anything to do with OS/2 important to you David? I'm simply > >> >adding another thought to the topic. > >> > > >> >- Marty > >> > >> I'm interested in many operating systems, Marty. Do you have similar interests > >> in fixpacks? > > > >Yes. I like to keep up with what is new in fixpacks in case any of it > >is of interest. > > How many have you installed? Not sure. FP1, FP2, FP3, FP5, FP8, FP9, FP11, FP12 I think. > >> By the logic of you and others of your ilk, people shouldn't be interested in > >> sports unless they play, motorcycles if they drive cars, or other countries > >> unless they live in them. > > > >And by your logic, I can't be interested or knowledgable about fixpacks > >unless I use them, or rather you were saying I cannot use fixpacks > >without relying on them. > > Your conclusion is flawed. I merely asked about your interest considering how > adamant you've been about not needing fixpacks. Do I need to watch my favorite TV shows? No. Do I watch my favorite TV shows? Yes. You can do something with NEEDING to do it. Why is this a conceptual problem? - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: forgitaboutit@fake.com 12-Oct-99 22:01:03 To: All 13-Oct-99 03:37:02 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: David H. McCoy In article <3803DADD.5FC7C164@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... >"David H. McCoy" wrote: >> >> In article <3802AD04.CA3F4E0D@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... >> >"David H. McCoy" wrote: >> >> >> >> In article <38028A08.FD9B90F2@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... >> >> >"David H. McCoy" wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> In article <3801DE01.6011098B@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... >> >> >> >Brent Davies wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Marty wrote in message >> >> >> >> news:3800E753.2D79A4FF@stny.rr.com... >> >> >> >> | pcguido@attglobal.net wrote: >> >> >> >> | > >> >> >> >> [snip] >> >> >> >> | > >> >> >> >> | > 1) IBM does not force OS/2 users thru the annual upgrade blood-letting >> >> >> >> | > 2) IBM actually _fixes_ the bugs in OS/2 >> >> >> >> | >> >> >> >> | You also forgot: >> >> >> >> | 3) IBM releases fixes more often than NT service packs are released. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Have you heard of hot-fixes? MS is fixing bugs with NT as soon as they are >> >> >> >> found. Service Packs are more of a convenience for people who are >> >> >> >> installing new systems. Who wants to install hundreds of hot-fixes into a >> >> >> >> server that you're building tomorrow? You could actually apply all of the >> >> >> >> hot-fixes post-SP 3 and have successfully installed everything that SP 3 >> >> >> >> would install. >> >> >> > >> >> >> >Does this make my statement any less true? I'm sure IBM's corporate >> >> >> >OS/2 customers get fixes as soon as bugs are found too. OS/2 Fixpacks >> >> >> >are released more often than NT service packs. >> >> >> > >> >> >> >- Marty >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> But how is this important to YOU? You don't rely on IBM, nor do you need >> >> >> fixpacks. Why is this important to you? >> >> > >> >> >How/why is anything to do with OS/2 important to you David? I'm simply >> >> >adding another thought to the topic. >> >> > >> >> >- Marty >> >> >> >> I'm interested in many operating systems, Marty. Do you have similar interests >> >> in fixpacks? >> > >> >Yes. I like to keep up with what is new in fixpacks in case any of it >> >is of interest. >> >> How many have you installed? > >Not sure. FP1, FP2, FP3, FP5, FP8, FP9, FP11, FP12 I think. Hmmmm...quite a few for someone so self-reliant. Why so many fixpacks with so smooth running a system? >> >> By the logic of you and others of your ilk, people shouldn't be interested in >> >> sports unless they play, motorcycles if they drive cars, or other countries >> >> unless they live in them. >> > >> >And by your logic, I can't be interested or knowledgable about fixpacks >> >unless I use them, or rather you were saying I cannot use fixpacks >> >without relying on them. >> >> Your conclusion is flawed. I merely asked about your interest considering how >> adamant you've been about not needing fixpacks. > >Do I need to watch my favorite TV shows? No. >Do I watch my favorite TV shows? Yes. These statements do nothing to address your flawed conclusion. >You can do something with NEEDING to do it. Why is this a conceptual >problem? Is this why you installed so many fixpacks? Just to do it? >- Marty > -- --------------------------------------- David H. McCoy dmccoy@EXTRACT_THIS_mnsinc.com --------------------------------------- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: OminorTech (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 12-Oct-99 22:05:05 To: All 13-Oct-99 03:37:02 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: Marty "David H. McCoy" wrote: > > In article <3803DADD.5FC7C164@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > >"David H. McCoy" wrote: > >> > >> In article <3802AD04.CA3F4E0D@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > >> >"David H. McCoy" wrote: > >> >> > >> >> In article <38028A08.FD9B90F2@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > >> >> >"David H. McCoy" wrote: > >> >> >> > >> >> >> In article <3801DE01.6011098B@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > >> >> >> >Brent Davies wrote: > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> Marty wrote in message > >> >> >> >> news:3800E753.2D79A4FF@stny.rr.com... > >> >> >> >> | pcguido@attglobal.net wrote: > >> >> >> >> | > > >> >> >> >> [snip] > >> >> >> >> | > > >> >> >> >> | > 1) IBM does not force OS/2 users thru the annual upgrade blood-letting > >> >> >> >> | > 2) IBM actually _fixes_ the bugs in OS/2 > >> >> >> >> | > >> >> >> >> | You also forgot: > >> >> >> >> | 3) IBM releases fixes more often than NT service packs are released. > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> Have you heard of hot-fixes? MS is fixing bugs with NT as soon as they are > >> >> >> >> found. Service Packs are more of a convenience for people who are > >> >> >> >> installing new systems. Who wants to install hundreds of hot-fixes into a > >> >> >> >> server that you're building tomorrow? You could actually apply all of the > >> >> >> >> hot-fixes post-SP 3 and have successfully installed everything that SP 3 > >> >> >> >> would install. > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> >Does this make my statement any less true? I'm sure IBM's corporate > >> >> >> >OS/2 customers get fixes as soon as bugs are found too. OS/2 Fixpacks > >> >> >> >are released more often than NT service packs. > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> >- Marty > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > >> >> >> But how is this important to YOU? You don't rely on IBM, nor do you need > >> >> >> fixpacks. Why is this important to you? > >> >> > > >> >> >How/why is anything to do with OS/2 important to you David? I'm simply > >> >> >adding another thought to the topic. > >> >> > > >> >> >- Marty > >> >> > >> >> I'm interested in many operating systems, Marty. Do you have similar interests > >> >> in fixpacks? > >> > > >> >Yes. I like to keep up with what is new in fixpacks in case any of it > >> >is of interest. > >> > >> How many have you installed? > > > >Not sure. FP1, FP2, FP3, FP5, FP8, FP9, FP11, FP12 I think. > > Hmmmm...quite a few for someone so self-reliant. Why so many fixpacks with so > smooth running a system? See below. > >> >> By the logic of you and others of your ilk, people shouldn't be interested in > >> >> sports unless they play, motorcycles if they drive cars, or other countries > >> >> unless they live in them. > >> > > >> >And by your logic, I can't be interested or knowledgable about fixpacks > >> >unless I use them, or rather you were saying I cannot use fixpacks > >> >without relying on them. > >> > >> Your conclusion is flawed. I merely asked about your interest considering how > >> adamant you've been about not needing fixpacks. > > > >Do I need to watch my favorite TV shows? No. > >Do I watch my favorite TV shows? Yes. > > These statements do nothing to address your flawed conclusion. Thanks professor Tholen. > >You can do something with NEEDING to do it. Why is this a conceptual > >problem? > > Is this why you installed so many fixpacks? Just to do it? You got it. You catch on real fast. - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: forgitaboutit@fake.com 12-Oct-99 22:43:06 To: All 13-Oct-99 03:37:02 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: David H. McCoy In article <3803E8D7.EF28C491@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... >"David H. McCoy" wrote: >> >> In article <3803DADD.5FC7C164@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... >> >"David H. McCoy" wrote: >> >> >> >> In article <3802AD04.CA3F4E0D@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... >> >> >"David H. McCoy" wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> In article <38028A08.FD9B90F2@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... >> >> >> >"David H. McCoy" wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> In article <3801DE01.6011098B@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... >> >> >> >> >Brent Davies wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Marty wrote in message >> >> >> >> >> news:3800E753.2D79A4FF@stny.rr.com... >> >> >> >> >> | pcguido@attglobal.net wrote: >> >> >> >> >> | > >> >> >> >> >> [snip] >> >> >> >> >> | > >> >> >> >> >> | > 1) IBM does not force OS/2 users thru the annual upgrade blood-letting >> >> >> >> >> | > 2) IBM actually _fixes_ the bugs in OS/2 >> >> >> >> >> | >> >> >> >> >> | You also forgot: >> >> >> >> >> | 3) IBM releases fixes more often than NT service packs are released. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Have you heard of hot-fixes? MS is fixing bugs with NT as soon as they are >> >> >> >> >> found. Service Packs are more of a convenience for people who are >> >> >> >> >> installing new systems. Who wants to install hundreds of hot-fixes into a >> >> >> >> >> server that you're building tomorrow? You could actually apply all of the >> >> >> >> >> hot-fixes post-SP 3 and have successfully installed everything that SP 3 >> >> >> >> >> would install. >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >Does this make my statement any less true? I'm sure IBM's corporate >> >> >> >> >OS/2 customers get fixes as soon as bugs are found too. OS/2 Fixpacks >> >> >> >> >are released more often than NT service packs. >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >- Marty >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> But how is this important to YOU? You don't rely on IBM, nor do you need >> >> >> >> fixpacks. Why is this important to you? >> >> >> > >> >> >> >How/why is anything to do with OS/2 important to you David? I'm simply >> >> >> >adding another thought to the topic. >> >> >> > >> >> >> >- Marty >> >> >> >> >> >> I'm interested in many operating systems, Marty. Do you have similar interests >> >> >> in fixpacks? >> >> > >> >> >Yes. I like to keep up with what is new in fixpacks in case any of it >> >> >is of interest. >> >> >> >> How many have you installed? >> > >> >Not sure. FP1, FP2, FP3, FP5, FP8, FP9, FP11, FP12 I think. >> >> Hmmmm...quite a few for someone so self-reliant. Why so many fixpacks with so >> smooth running a system? > >See below. > >> >> >> By the logic of you and others of your ilk, people shouldn't be interested in >> >> >> sports unless they play, motorcycles if they drive cars, or other countries >> >> >> unless they live in them. >> >> > >> >> >And by your logic, I can't be interested or knowledgable about fixpacks >> >> >unless I use them, or rather you were saying I cannot use fixpacks >> >> >without relying on them. >> >> >> >> Your conclusion is flawed. I merely asked about your interest considering how >> >> adamant you've been about not needing fixpacks. >> > >> >Do I need to watch my favorite TV shows? No. >> >Do I watch my favorite TV shows? Yes. >> >> These statements do nothing to address your flawed conclusion. > >Thanks professor Tholen. Nothing to do with Tholen. You stated "And by your logic, I can't be interested or knowledgable about fixpacks unless I use them, or rather you were saying I cannot use fixpacks without relying on them." First, my first point was obvious. You asked "How/why is anything to do with OS/2 important to you David?" I answer that I am interested in operating systems. Nothing in my statement would support the first part of yours. Second, I fail to see how you can use a fixpack and not rely on it. As soon as you install it, you are reliant on the quality of the fixpack. >> >You can do something with NEEDING to do it. Why is this a conceptual >> >problem? >> >> Is this why you installed so many fixpacks? Just to do it? > >You got it. You catch on real fast. And you, it seems, are quite the lemming. How ironic. This not the very upgrade-itis that your fellow OS/2'ers subscribe to Windows users. >- Marty > -- --------------------------------------- David H. McCoy dmccoy@EXTRACT_THIS_mnsinc.com --------------------------------------- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: OminorTech (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: amiga_2001@yahoo.com 13-Oct-99 02:25:14 To: All 13-Oct-99 03:37:02 Subj: Re: [README] New banners available From: Amiga User In article <517.954T102T3271519AmigaPhil@ping.be>, "Philippe Duchenne" wrote: > New banners uploaded: > > SBill078 : "Microsoft acquired: Hotmail, LinkExchange, ... > Who wants to break Microsoft's Freedom to Innovate ?" > SBill079 : "Sorry Bill, I'm a computer user, not a Crash Test Dummy" Why are you so envious of Bill Gates and Microsoft? > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Deja.com - Before you buy. (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 12-Oct-99 23:08:24 To: All 13-Oct-99 03:37:02 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: Marty "David H. McCoy" wrote: > > In article <3803E8D7.EF28C491@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > >"David H. McCoy" wrote: > >> > >> In article <3803DADD.5FC7C164@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > >> >"David H. McCoy" wrote: > >> >> > >> >> In article <3802AD04.CA3F4E0D@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > >> >> >"David H. McCoy" wrote: > >> >> >> > >> >> >> In article <38028A08.FD9B90F2@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > >> >> >> >"David H. McCoy" wrote: > >> >> >> >> [snip] > >> >> >> >> But how is this important to YOU? You don't rely on IBM, nor do you need > >> >> >> >> fixpacks. Why is this important to you? > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> >How/why is anything to do with OS/2 important to you David? I'm simply > >> >> >> >adding another thought to the topic. > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> >- Marty > >> >> >> > >> >> >> I'm interested in many operating systems, Marty. Do you have similar interests > >> >> >> in fixpacks? > >> >> > > >> >> >Yes. I like to keep up with what is new in fixpacks in case any of it > >> >> >is of interest. > >> >> > >> >> How many have you installed? > >> > > >> >Not sure. FP1, FP2, FP3, FP5, FP8, FP9, FP11, FP12 I think. > >> > >> Hmmmm...quite a few for someone so self-reliant. Why so many fixpacks with so > >> smooth running a system? > > > >See below. > > > >> >> >> By the logic of you and others of your ilk, people shouldn't be interested in > >> >> >> sports unless they play, motorcycles if they drive cars, or other countries > >> >> >> unless they live in them. > >> >> > > >> >> >And by your logic, I can't be interested or knowledgable about fixpacks > >> >> >unless I use them, or rather you were saying I cannot use fixpacks > >> >> >without relying on them. > >> >> > >> >> Your conclusion is flawed. I merely asked about your interest considering how > >> >> adamant you've been about not needing fixpacks. > >> > > >> >Do I need to watch my favorite TV shows? No. > >> >Do I watch my favorite TV shows? Yes. > >> > >> These statements do nothing to address your flawed conclusion. > > > >Thanks professor Tholen. > > Nothing to do with Tholen. Obi-Wan has taught you well, but you are not a Jedi yet... > You stated "And by your logic, I can't be interested or knowledgable about > fixpacks unless I use them, or rather you were saying I cannot use fixpacks > without relying on them." *** "As soon as you install it, you are reliant on the quality of the fixpack." Is this not what you said just below? Does this not also mean, "or rather you were saying I cannot use fixpacks without relying on them." as I have stated above? > First, my first point was obvious. You asked "How/why is anything to do with > OS/2 important to you David?" I answer that I am interested in operating > systems. Nothing in my statement would support the first part of yours. The comment was an intended response to: > By the logic of you and others of your ilk, people shouldn't be interested in > sports unless they play, motorcycles if they drive cars, or other countries > unless they live in them. (hence, it was written immediately after said paragraph) > Second, > I fail to see how you can use a fixpack and not rely on it. As soon as you > install it, you are reliant on the quality of the fixpack. We are not discussing reliance on current fixpacks, but on future ones (or would you like to change the subject again?). > >> >You can do something with NEEDING to do it. Why is this a conceptual > >> >problem? > >> > >> Is this why you installed so many fixpacks? Just to do it? > > > >You got it. You catch on real fast. > > And you, it seems, are quite the lemming. How ironic. This not the very > upgrade-itis that your fellow OS/2'ers subscribe to Windows users. Don't put their words in my mouth. We're all individuals here (except for the sock puppets). Even still, as I have pointed out, I have no need of further fixpacks, yet I choose to install them when they are available to see what they do and how smoothly they install. The fixpacks are free and have been thoroughly tested before they are released. I can't see how downloading and installing it qualifies me to be a lemming. Now what may I ask (), is the point of this, other than attempting to show what a fraud and lemming I am? - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: forgitaboutit@fake.com 12-Oct-99 23:29:02 To: All 13-Oct-99 03:37:02 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: David H. McCoy In article <3803F7C1.F8CC1F71@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... >"David H. McCoy" wrote: >> >> In article <3803E8D7.EF28C491@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... >> >"David H. McCoy" wrote: >> >> >> >> In article <3803DADD.5FC7C164@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... >> >> >"David H. McCoy" wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> In article <3802AD04.CA3F4E0D@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... >> >> >> >"David H. McCoy" wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> In article <38028A08.FD9B90F2@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... >> >> >> >> >"David H. McCoy" wrote: >> >> >> >> >> > >[snip] > >> >> >> >> >> But how is this important to YOU? You don't rely on IBM, nor do you need >> >> >> >> >> fixpacks. Why is this important to you? >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >How/why is anything to do with OS/2 important to you David? I'm simply >> >> >> >> >adding another thought to the topic. >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >- Marty >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> I'm interested in many operating systems, Marty. Do you have similar interests >> >> >> >> in fixpacks? >> >> >> > >> >> >> >Yes. I like to keep up with what is new in fixpacks in case any of it >> >> >> >is of interest. >> >> >> >> >> >> How many have you installed? >> >> > >> >> >Not sure. FP1, FP2, FP3, FP5, FP8, FP9, FP11, FP12 I think. >> >> >> >> Hmmmm...quite a few for someone so self-reliant. Why so many fixpacks with so >> >> smooth running a system? >> > >> >See below. >> > >> >> >> >> By the logic of you and others of your ilk, people shouldn't be interested in >> >> >> >> sports unless they play, motorcycles if they drive cars, or other countries >> >> >> >> unless they live in them. >> >> >> > >> >> >> >And by your logic, I can't be interested or knowledgable about fixpacks >> >> >> >unless I use them, or rather you were saying I cannot use fixpacks >> >> >> >without relying on them. >> >> >> >> >> >> Your conclusion is flawed. I merely asked about your interest considering how >> >> >> adamant you've been about not needing fixpacks. >> >> > >> >> >Do I need to watch my favorite TV shows? No. >> >> >Do I watch my favorite TV shows? Yes. >> >> >> >> These statements do nothing to address your flawed conclusion. >> > >> >Thanks professor Tholen. >> >> Nothing to do with Tholen. > >Obi-Wan has taught you well, but you are not a Jedi yet... Original. >> You stated "And by your logic, I can't be interested or knowledgable about >> fixpacks unless I use them, or rather you were saying I cannot use fixpacks >> without relying on them." > >*** "As soon as you install it, you are reliant on the quality of the >fixpack." > >Is this not what you said just below? Does this not also mean, >"or rather you were saying I cannot use fixpacks without relying on >them." >as I have stated above? >> First, my first point was obvious. You asked "How/why is anything to do with >> OS/2 important to you David?" I answer that I am interested in operating >> systems. Nothing in my statement would support the first part of yours. > >The comment was an intended response to: >> By the logic of you and others of your ilk, people shouldn't be interested in >> sports unless they play, motorcycles if they drive cars, or other countries >> unless they live in them. > >(hence, it was written immediately after said paragraph) And the comment was not logical. >> Second, >> I fail to see how you can use a fixpack and not rely on it. As soon as you >> install it, you are reliant on the quality of the fixpack. > >We are not discussing reliance on current fixpacks, but on future ones >(or would you like to change the subject again?). We were dicussing your interests in fixpacks. Your contradictions are confusing you. >> >> >You can do something with NEEDING to do it. Why is this a conceptual >> >> >problem? >> >> >> >> Is this why you installed so many fixpacks? Just to do it? >> > >> >You got it. You catch on real fast. >> >> And you, it seems, are quite the lemming. How ironic. This not the very >> upgrade-itis that your fellow OS/2'ers subscribe to Windows users. > >Don't put their words in my mouth. We're all individuals here (except >for the sock puppets). David:"Is this why you installed so many fixpacks? Just to do it?" Marty:"You got it. You catch on real fast." In otherwords, according to *your* words, you install fixpacks to do it. That is a lemming according to your fellow OS/2 users. >Even still, as I have pointed out, I have no need of >further fixpacks, yet I choose to install them when they are available >to see what they do and how smoothly they install. The fixpacks are >free and have been thoroughly tested before they are released. I can't >see how downloading and installing it qualifies me to be a lemming. Installing fixpacks just to do it would qualify anyone as a lemming according to your fellow OS/2 users. Now, I'll ask *again*. When you installed any of the following fixpacks "FP1, FP2, FP3, FP5, FP8, FP9, FP11, FP12" did you anticipate needed its successor? Also, if your system was running so smoothly, why all the fixpacks? >Now what may I ask (), is the point of this, other than attempting >to show what a fraud and lemming I am? > >- Marty > Again, you are drawing the wrong conclusion. You seem to do this quite often. -- --------------------------------------- David H. McCoy dmccoy@EXTRACT_THIS_mnsinc.com --------------------------------------- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: OminorTech (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jedi@dementia.mishnet 13-Oct-99 03:30:09 To: All 13-Oct-99 03:37:02 Subj: Re: [README] New banners available From: jedi@dementia.mishnet () On Wed, 13 Oct 1999 02:25:28 GMT, Amiga User wrote: >In article <517.954T102T3271519AmigaPhil@ping.be>, > "Philippe Duchenne" wrote: >> New banners uploaded: >> >> SBill078 : "Microsoft acquired: Hotmail, LinkExchange, ... >> Who wants to break Microsoft's Freedom to Innovate ?" >> SBill079 : "Sorry Bill, I'm a computer user, not a Crash Test Dummy" > > Why are you so envious of Bill Gates and Microsoft? 50 Billion of unearned income is enough to make anyone resentful. [deletia] --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 13-Oct-99 00:02:24 To: All 13-Oct-99 03:37:02 Subj: Re: McCoy Digest From: Marty [various snippage] "David H. McCoy" wrote: > > > We are not discussing reliance on current fixpacks, but on future ones > > (or would you like to change the subject again?). > > We were dicussing your interests in fixpacks. Your contradictions are confusing > you. Ah, so you did want to change the subject again. Now if you'd like to point out some contradictions, I'd be glad to acknowledge them. > In otherwords, according to *your* words, you install fixpacks to do it. That > is a lemming according to your fellow OS/2 users. Did I ever purport to care what other OS/2 users think about my installation of fixpacks? Is this supposed to be damning evidence against my credibility? I must be drawing an incorrect conclusion by saying so, however. So what, pray tell, is the purpose of such a statement? > Now, I'll ask *again*. When you installed any of the following fixpacks "FP1, > FP2, FP3, FP5, FP8, FP9, FP11, FP12" did you anticipate needed its successor? And I'll answer *again*. Did I *need* any of them at the time they were installed? No. Do I currently have any problems that I need resolved, and thus rely on a future fixpack? No. Am I going to install future free fixpacks if they are available? Certainly. Is this illogical, contradictory, or inconsistent? No. > Also, if your system was running so smoothly, why all the fixpacks? I've already answered that. > >Now what may I ask (), is the point of this, other than attempting > >to show what a fraud and lemming I am? > > > >- Marty > > Again, you are drawing the wrong conclusion. You seem to do this quite often. Yeah, that was a really far-fetched conclusion based on your statement to which I was responding: > > > And you, it seems, are quite the lemming. How ironic. This not the very > > > upgrade-itis that your fellow OS/2'ers subscribe to Windows users. Don't know where I could have gotten that idea from. So what is conclusion? [ie. cut to the chase, this has gone on long enough] - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: josco@ibm.net 12-Oct-99 22:05:04 To: All 13-Oct-99 03:37:03 Subj: Re: Navigator 4.7 is available!! OS/2 is behind again!! From: Joseph Mike Timbol wrote: > In article <38029716.1734BD51@ibm.net>, Joseph wrote: > > > >OS/2 Java 1.1.8 implements Java 1.2 functionality. Bummer, bummer. > > It's also bullshit. Download something like NetBeans, that requires > JDK 1.2. Try to run it on OS/2. No dice. > > JDK 1.1.x -> JDK 1.2 is a major upgrade; it's not something that > IBM snuck in when going from 1.1.7 -> 1.1.8. > What I wrote stands in its entirety. I cannot speak to the meaning of a selected snippet. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net 13-Oct-99 07:56:00 To: All 13-Oct-99 06:16:02 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net (Karel Jansens) On Tue, 12 Oct 1999 19:34:41, Roberto Alsina wrote: > In article , > jansens_at_ibm_dot_net (Karel Jansens) wrote: > > On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 17:11:06, pcguido@attglobal.net wrote: > > > Bottom line, Linux doesn't even have _one_ decent editor - 15 year > old > > > Kedit still beats 'em all! > > > > > > > I thought Kedit was part of the KDE-package. > > I think he meant another Kedit. At least KDE's Kedit is nowhere near > 15 years old :-) > Oh, there are two Kedits? > > It ain't half nice, though. I only wish I could find a character mode > > editor a la DOS "edit" (I'm a CUA-junk; + sequences tend to > > unleash homicidal fits for me). The Pine editor is sort of okay, but > > still not it. I'm now mainly doing mcedit (the editor in Midnight > > Commander). > > You may want to take a look at FTE, or perhaps my KDE port KFTE. > All keybindings are configurable, and the default is quite sane. > > In fact, there is even a OS/2 port, I believe. > > You can find them all in freshmeat.net > Thanks. I'll have a peek. I don't need one for OS/2, though. In Warp I spend all my time in the WPS, and the Enhanced Editor is extremely kewl. Karel Jansens jansens_at_ibm_dot_net |---------------------------------------------------| | NT boot options | | | | Please choose from list | | | | | |---------------------------------------------------| --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net 13-Oct-99 07:56:00 To: All 13-Oct-99 06:16:02 Subj: Re: Time to move on From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net (Karel Jansens) On Tue, 12 Oct 1999 12:00:22, Joe wrote: > >> Win9x isn't secure, but companies use it. Why? It is > >> supported. If something goes wrong, you can hold > >> someone accountable. > > > Huh??? Very lovely logic. > > > Suicide is not very good for you, but people do it. > > Why? It is supported. > > > If something goes wrong, you can turn around and > > sue somebody.... > > Gads, your analogy doesn't even make sense, let alone accurately > summarize the situation. Suicide is NOT supported - point me to the > office of suicidal thoughts in each state and province and maybe I'll > take that back. And how can you sue anybody (well, you can sue anybody > for anything, I suppose, but explain how you expect to win)? Boy, you > sure need to work on your understanding of analogous thinking! > > Meanwhile, David's comment (above) still rings true. > I'm still waiting for an answer to my question: Who exactly *do* you hold accountable for NT's insecurity? Microsoft? If you believe that, I have some pills here that change water into fuel; wanna buy? Karel Jansens jansens_at_ibm_dot_net |---------------------------------------------------| | NT boot options | | | | Please choose from list | | | | | |---------------------------------------------------| --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: kidz@idx.com.au 14-Oct-99 01:19:24 To: All 13-Oct-99 10:22:20 Subj: No Future From: kidz@idx.com.au (R Thomas) In stardock.os2 Brad Wardell wrote: > But for those of us who have stayed with OS/2 to some extent in the hopes > that it had a future have little reason to stay. Professionally speaking, >writing code for OS/2 is not much different than learning how to write code >for CP/M. There's no future. > > Brad Wardell > Product Manager: Object Desktop & The Corporate Machine Point your news reader at news.stardock.com. There is some very interesting stuff going on there. ---------------------------------- Keep two truths in your pocket and take them out according to the need of the moment. Let one be: " For my sake was the world created". And the other: " I am dust and ashes". Chasidic, 18th Century --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: none (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net 13-Oct-99 08:33:19 To: All 13-Oct-99 10:22:20 Subj: Re: There is a future for OS/2 From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net (Karel Jansens) On Tue, 12 Oct 1999 23:11:31, Hobbyist wrote: [snip] > Yes I do. I think, however, that you aren't very familiar with windows > explorer and that's the problem. Do you at least agree that it's useful > to have templates in other places apart from in the templates folder. I > used to find it particularly annoying to have to visit the templates > folder whenever I needed to create one. > > [snip] Shadow the templates folder to your desktop and set the taskbar to be on top of maximised windows. The shadow will be in the "Warp" menu of the Warpcenter taskbar. OK, I know you don't need the info anymore, but maybe someone else was wondering... Incidentally, the way Warpcenter automagically shadows your desktop folders and objects in the startmenu is majorly intuitive. Karel Jansens jansens_at_ibm_dot_net |---------------------------------------------------| | NT boot options | | | | Please choose from list | | | | | |---------------------------------------------------| --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: davegemini@aol.com 13-Oct-99 10:14:28 To: All 13-Oct-99 10:22:20 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: davegemini@aol.com (David Frank) In article , "Kim Cheung" writes: > >If IBM stood firm with their enterprise only plan, W95 could have never made >any headway in the enterprise. They called the bluff - and IBM crumbled. > After thinking about what you true-blue fans are saying, in retrospect, it does seem that IBM missed the boat by not sticking with OS/2 preloads IF (and its a big if) THEY SWALLOWED THEIR BIG BLUE PRIDE AND SLAVED OS/2 TO WIN95's FEATURES, this means that they had to 1. buy a full Win32 license (Gates was willing, but IBM was not) 2. doing WHATEVER needed to maintain disk compatibility with Win95 3. etc. If they were currently offering such a OS/2 microsoft compatible client it would perhaps have 15% of the desktops instead of the current 0.2% repeat 0.2% Dave --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: AOL http://www.aol.com (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: tholenAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu 13-Oct-99 10:17:10 To: All 13-Oct-99 10:22:20 Subj: Re: Advocacy's Mosquito... From: tholenAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu Eric Bennett writes: >> That's not the "actual ballot". You're ignoring the ballot that >> contains Wayne Strang. Gee, more than one ballot??? Obviously >> these people can't even get their own acts together. > Illogical. Nonsense. > I could create a second ballot for the 2000 U.S. Presidential > election but that would not mean that the real election organizers > "can't even get their own acts together". Demonstrate that the person or persons who put together the ballot you're referring to are the "real election organizers". If you can't, your analogy must be considered as inappropriate. >>>> And from Eric Bennett: >>>> >>>> ] The other poll (csma KOTM) was not well protected against vote fraud. I >>>> ] had an amusing evening playing with their vote counting system to see if >>>> ] I could get around their belatedly instituted safeguards (which I did... >>> You fail to note, however, that I also said I didn't register any votes >>> for you. >> Irrelevant. It suffices to note that the poll was not protected against >> fraud. > But it also leaves a slight implication that I ran up votes for you. Yet another person who doesn't understand the difference between inference and implication. I made no such "slight implication". That you made such a "slight inference" is your problem. My intent was to demonstrate that the poll was not protected against fraud. The quotation I used was sufficient for that purpose. Nothing more should be read into it, but that didn't stop you from doing so. >>> You may have a strong claim on the Kook title over here in cooa >> Incorrect. > Incorrect. You may. Evidence, please. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: IFA B111 (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: tim.timmins@bcs.org.uk 13-Oct-99 11:29:25 To: All 13-Oct-99 10:22:20 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: Tim Timmins This is rubbish. They already mimicked W95 in the Warp 4 initial desktop layout. There is a reason why they abandoned Warp preinstalls on consumer machines. Please remember that they were the LAST to license W95 preloads. Regards, Tim David Frank wrote: > In article > , "Kim > Cheung" writes: > > > > >If IBM stood firm with their enterprise only plan, W95 could have never made > >any headway in the enterprise. They called the bluff - and IBM crumbled. > > > > After thinking about what you true-blue fans are saying, > in retrospect, it does seem that IBM missed the boat by not > sticking with OS/2 preloads IF (and its a big if) > > THEY SWALLOWED THEIR BIG BLUE PRIDE AND SLAVED OS/2 TO > WIN95's FEATURES, > this means that they had to > 1. buy a full Win32 license (Gates was willing, but IBM was not) > 2. doing WHATEVER needed to maintain disk compatibility with Win95 > 3. etc. > > If they were currently offering such a OS/2 microsoft compatible client > it would perhaps have 15% of the desktops instead of the > current 0.2% repeat 0.2% > > Dave --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: tholenAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu 13-Oct-99 10:35:09 To: All 13-Oct-99 10:22:20 Subj: Re: Advocacy's Mosquito... From: tholenAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu Eric Bennett writes: > Jason S. wrote: >> I wrote: >>> Incorrect. You and Edwin both had thousands of votes that disappeared. >> ..and the technical problems with the polling were straightened out >> by the people who run that site. > Umm, well, sort of. Evidence that they were straightened out, even sort of, please. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: IFA B111 (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: bobg.REMOVEME.@pics.com 13-Oct-99 06:51:12 To: All 13-Oct-99 10:22:20 Subj: Re: IBM catalog gives hint to end of fix packs From: Bob Germer On <7t52so$2mhh@enews4.newsguy.com>, on 10/02/99 at 08:55 AM, "Kelly Robinson" said: > Um, if you make a product and I buy it and I discover a defect which can > be reproduced. Whose fault is it? I've done your troubleshooting > quality control work for you. Why should I pay for you to fix your own > bungling mistake?! With this scenario, support had very well be free. > Sorry. First of all, your analogy fails because you didn't buy a product. You bought a license to use someone else's product. No matter how much you whine, complain, moan, lie, spread FUD, etc. that is the underlying fact. > On the other hand, when your Geo, Renault, GM, or any other crap brand > of car is called in for a recall, YOU can spend the hundreds of $'s > needed for the updated component! > Get it now? When I bought my cars, I was guaranteed repairs for approximately 1/6 of the useful life of a car provided I gave it required maintenance. The seller was required to repair or replace any part which failed during the limited warranty period and (by law, not company policy) to remedy any hazard to life found in the product for a somewhat longer period. When I bought my cars, I bought a PRODUCT. When I paid for OS/2 I bought a LICENSE to use IBM's product. That is a HUGE difference. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- Bob Germer from Mount Holly, NJ - E-mail: bobg@Pics.com Proudly running OS/2 Warp 4.0 w/ FixPack 9 MR/2 Ice Registration Number 67 Aut Pax Aut Bellum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: paul.support@argonet.co.uk 13-Oct-99 12:05:05 To: All 13-Oct-99 10:22:20 Subj: Re: [README] New banners available From: Paul Vigay In article <7u0qic$qm0$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, Amiga User wrote: > In article <517.954T102T3271519AmigaPhil@ping.be>, > "Philippe Duchenne" wrote: > > New banners uploaded: > > > > SBill078 : "Microsoft acquired: Hotmail, LinkExchange, ... > > Who wants to break Microsoft's Freedom to Innovate ?" > > SBill079 : "Sorry Bill, I'm a computer user, not a Crash Test Dummy" > Why are you so envious of Bill Gates and Microsoft? I don't think it's a case of being envious (although I wouldn't mind some of his money...) but more a case of valuing one's freedom, choice and independence. -- Paul Vigay (speaking personally) _ _________________________________ /_| _ _. _ /| /_ _/_ /' ANT Technical Support / || (_|(_)/ |/(/_/_ / mailto:ant.support@argonet.co.uk ________ (_) ___________./ http://www.argonet.co.uk/ant/ Microsoft: Where do you want to crash today? --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Argo Interactive (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: bobg.REMOVEME.@pics.com 13-Oct-99 07:08:06 To: All 13-Oct-99 10:22:20 Subj: Re: I am GLAD IBM wants some money! From: Bob Germer On <37F3BE31.F50B56D1@isomedia.com>, on 09/30/99 at 03:46 PM, "David T. Johnson" said: > Oh, I don't know...You demanded payment be made on the very same day > that IBM announced this new plan. In the business world, a one-day > period is considered quite fast. I STILL have not received a callback > from IBM. I doubt if IBM will even be set up to go with this for > several more WEEKS. And the program does not actually even BEGIN until > January 1, 2000. So yes, you rushed to judgment. Admit it. No, it is you who rushed to judgement my dear sir. Moreover, you rushed to judgement without having your facts straight. Your reckless disregard of facts renders you opinion valueless. Software choice has been around for some time. It is readily available from IBM resellers such as Indelible Blue. It includes for $100 a year software I otherwise would have to pay well over $200. The subscription includes TCP/IP for OS/2 version 4.1 which costs more as a standalone ($269) than a two year subscription. IBM isn't going to sell to you or me directly. IBM sells through resellers, period. The PC company is a subsidiary of IBM, not the corporation. The PC company may well be sold off, left to die, closed. IBM sells to BUSINESSES. If individuals want to buy, use, etc. IBM products they must go through an authorized reseller. You cannot go to Damlier-Chrysler, General Motors, Ford, etc. and buy a car, parts, etc. You must go through dealers if you are an individual, a small company, a local government agency, etc. However, if you are big enough like Avis, Hertz, etc. you can indeed deal directly with the manufacturer. You cannot go to Wyeth and buy their latest drug directly. You go to a pharmacist. Your pharmacist cannot go directly to Wyeth and buy their latest drug. He must go to a wholesaler. But if you are Eckards you CAN go directly to Wyeth. The B in IBM stands for Business. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- Bob Germer from Mount Holly, NJ - E-mail: bobg@Pics.com Proudly running OS/2 Warp 4.0 w/ FixPack 9 MR/2 Ice Registration Number 67 Aut Pax Aut Bellum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: josco@ibm.net 13-Oct-99 06:13:17 To: All 13-Oct-99 14:36:18 Subj: Re: No Future From: Joseph R Thomas wrote: > In stardock.os2 Brad Wardell wrote: > > But for those of us who have stayed with OS/2 to some extent in the hopes > > that it had a future have little reason to stay. Professionally speaking, > >writing code for OS/2 is not much different than learning how to write code > >for CP/M. There's no future. > > > > Brad Wardell > > Product Manager: Object Desktop & The Corporate Machine Embedded systems use Z80 and CPM. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: rjf@yyycomasia.com 13-Oct-99 15:25:29 To: All 13-Oct-99 14:36:18 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: rjf@yyycomasia.com (rj friedman) On Tue, 12 Oct 1999 23:30:28, Cameron Hughes wrote: îThe problem is not where OS/2 is at this exact moment. The problem îis where it will be when IA-64 is released... IA-64 is for huge server farm type computers. Anyone who thinks that an IA-64 is going to be useful on the desktop anytime in our lifetimes has no idea as to what the IA-64 is about. îHow will it compare after îCorel Corp has put some finishing touches on K... We'll just have to wait and see what Corel brings to the table at the time and make an evaluation on real product, not on marketing hype. In the meantime, the sky is not falling, and there is no logical reason to panic and run and tell the king. îAfter Borland (Inprise) îhas finished porting its latest development suite to Linux... How does Borland (Inprise) porting its latest development suite to Linux have the slightest effect on my ability to earn my living as a small business user with OS/2? îHow does îOS/2 look when a developer is trying to load it on one of those îsnazzy HP Pavillions that SIS530, SIS630... How does one of those snazzy HP Pavillions that SIS530, SIS630 (whatever you meant to say by that), have the slightest effect on my ability to earn my living as a small business user with OS/2? îHow does OS/2 look when one îis trying to run the latest Object Oriented Development Tools i.e. UML îtools? From the standpoint of the small business user, it looks just beautiful. îFor those who don't do state of the art development or who îcome from a user's perspective, OS/2 has about 3 years of usefulness... Says you. Even so, a lot of changes are going to be coming down over the next three years - I imagine that the state of end user computing will by quite a bit beyond what most people can even imagine, today. In the meantime, the sky is not falling, and there is no logical reason to panic and run and tell the king. îFor those who require the latest RAD, Case, latest hardware, OS/2 îis not an option. So, let them use whatever it is they think they need. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: SEEDNet News Service (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: djohnson@isomedia.com 13-Oct-99 10:56:22 To: All 13-Oct-99 16:43:24 Subj: 10 Dumb Things NT users do! From: "David T. Johnson" Slashdot had a link to this hilarious article on MSN. http://www.computingcentral.msn.com/Topics/windowsnt/dumbthings.asp It starts out with: "It's no big secret that Windows NT isn't an easy operating system to set up and configure (although it's miles ahead of Linux, OS/2, or even BeOS)." My favorites are Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and...especially...10 "Cloning Windows NT" which describes how NT puts a unique serial number in every NT installation. Now there's a comforting thought...heh, heh, heh. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: thannymeister@spambegone.yahoo.com 13-Oct-99 14:07:08 To: All 13-Oct-99 16:43:24 Subj: Re: 10 Dumb Things NT users do! From: "Mike Ruskai" On Wed, 13 Oct 1999 10:56:45 -0400, David T. Johnson wrote: >Slashdot had a link to this hilarious article on MSN. > >http://www.computingcentral.msn.com/Topics/windowsnt/dumbthings.asp > >It starts out with: "It's no big secret that Windows NT isn't an > easy operating system to set up and configure (although > it's miles ahead of Linux, OS/2, or even BeOS)." > >My favorites are Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and...especially...10 "Cloning >Windows NT" which describes how NT puts a unique serial number in every >NT installation. Now there's a comforting thought...heh, heh, heh. My favorite is how he tries to make NT's poor hardware and software compatibility seem like an advanced feature. - Mike Remove 'spambegone' to send e-mail. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: TLF (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: djohnson@isomedia.com 13-Oct-99 11:18:29 To: All 13-Oct-99 16:43:24 Subj: Re: I am GLAD IBM wants some money! From: "David T. Johnson" Bob Germer wrote: > > On <37F3BE31.F50B56D1@isomedia.com>, on 09/30/99 at 03:46 PM, > "David T. Johnson" said: > > > Oh, I don't know...You demanded payment be made on the very same day > > that IBM announced this new plan. In the business world, a one-day > > period is considered quite fast. I STILL have not received a callback > > from IBM. I doubt if IBM will even be set up to go with this for > > several more WEEKS. And the program does not actually even BEGIN until > > January 1, 2000. So yes, you rushed to judgment. Admit it. > > No, it is you who rushed to judgement my dear sir. Moreover, you rushed to > judgement without having your facts straight. Your reckless disregard of > facts renders you opinion valueless. If you are addressing me, exactly what "facts" did I recklessly disregard? > > Software choice has been around for some time. It is readily available > from IBM resellers such as Indelible Blue. It includes for $100 a year > software I otherwise would have to pay well over $200. The subscription > includes TCP/IP for OS/2 version 4.1 which costs more as a standalone > ($269) than a two year subscription. > > IBM isn't going to sell to you or me directly. IBM sells through > resellers, period. The PC company is a subsidiary of IBM, not the > corporation. The PC company may well be sold off, left to die, closed. IBM > sells to BUSINESSES. If individuals want to buy, use, etc. IBM products > they must go through an authorized reseller. IBM offers a number on their website to call them directly 1-800-CALL-IBM. IBM sells a great deal of software directly on various IBM websites. And what makes you think I am NOT a business? > > You cannot go to Damlier-Chrysler, General Motors, Ford, etc. and buy a > car, parts, etc. You must go through dealers if you are an individual, a > small company, a local government agency, etc. However, if you are big > enough like Avis, Hertz, etc. you can indeed deal directly with the > manufacturer. > > You cannot go to Wyeth and buy their latest drug directly. You go to a > pharmacist. Your pharmacist cannot go directly to Wyeth and buy their > latest drug. He must go to a wholesaler. But if you are Eckards you CAN go > directly to Wyeth. > > The B in IBM stands for Business. I am tempted to tell you what the I stands for. But I'm trying to be nice. > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- > Bob Germer from Mount Holly, NJ - E-mail: bobg@Pics.com > Proudly running OS/2 Warp 4.0 w/ FixPack 9 > MR/2 Ice Registration Number 67 > Aut Pax Aut Bellum > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jbrock@panix.com 13-Oct-99 14:06:04 To: All 13-Oct-99 16:43:24 Subj: Re: I am GLAD IBM wants some money! From: jbrock@panix.com (John Brock) In article <38046ab3$2$obot$mr2ice@news.pics.com>, Bob Germer wrote: >IBM isn't going to sell to you or me directly. IBM sells through >resellers, period. The PC company is a subsidiary of IBM, not the >corporation. The PC company may well be sold off, left to die, closed. IBM >sells to BUSINESSES. If individuals want to buy, use, etc. IBM products >they must go through an authorized reseller. FWIW, I bought my PC direct from IBM in 1995, through an operation called IBM PC Direct (which has since been closed down). If you look at their web site though you'll see that there are still plenty of items you can buy directly from IBM (and I've heard talk that they might start selling PCs that way again sometime soon). -- John Brock jbrock@panix.com --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Panix (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 13-Oct-99 15:06:22 To: All 13-Oct-99 16:43:24 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: Marty Tim Timmins wrote: > > This is rubbish. They already mimicked W95 in the Warp 4 initial desktop layout. Only they did it right. The Start menu is one of the most revolting features IMHO of the Win9x shell. It's a fairy-land view of what's on your computer. It could be completely out of date and inaccurate. The pop-up menu bar in Warp 4's Warpcenter is just a menu of all of the objects on your desktop. Always up-to-date, never a broken link. - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: IBM Global Services North -- Burlington, Vermont, (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: cbass2112@my-deja.com 13-Oct-99 19:52:20 To: All 13-Oct-99 19:52:20 Subj: Re: There is a future for OS/2 From: cbass2112@my-deja.com In article , alliem@ *nospam* wtjam.net wrote: > On comp.os.os2.advocacy, cbass2112@my-deja.com posted : -- snip -- > > > Try drag'n'dropping a colour to your windows. They remain the same > > > grey color. > > > > Wrong. D'n'd colors work the same as d'n'd fonts. > > As I said, try to change the colour of your window from the default > gray by drag'n'drop. > > > At least, they do for me. Are we discussing the same OS/2? Did you > > use the right mouse button? > > > > Are you really an ex-OS/2-user? > > Yup, and an avid one at that. This is why I know that I can't change > the grey colour of the windows. Never could when I used OS/2. Mind you > I could change the colour of most other things with drag'n'drop. :) I'm not sure I understand -- do you mean grey dialog boxes? If so, then you would need to create a new Theme template in order to change a dialog box' face color, as well as highlight and shadow colors. Pretty much everything else is available through direct d'n'd. And yes, setting up a new Template does revert back to the uninspired selection of colors through drop-down lists. I guess there are only so many levels of indirection that the builders of OS/2 were willing to implement. But once you have the new Theme, you can d'n'd it to the Desktop and everything changes to match the Theme's color and font selections. > > > From the same customisation applet that you so dislike I can > > > customise the whole windows interface, i.e., window colors, font > > > sizes specific to menus, icons, pop-up windows. You can change > > > screen resolution on the fly and activate screen savers. > > > > Did I ever say that I *disliked* the applet? No, it just strikes me > > as being . . . uninspired, coming from a company that whines so much > > about how Big Bad Government stifles their ability to "innovate." > > The OS/2 method *is* innovative. The MS-Windows method isn't. > > Drag'n'dropping to customise is innovative and hence better than > customising from a central customisation applet as in windows, even > though your customising ability are in many ways easier and more > flexible than in OS/2. The only thing that I miss about OS/2 is that I > could individually customise the folder backgrounds and behaviour. > Windows changes in this regard tend to be global. Interesting that you > claim that OS/2's way is superior since it happens to be different and > perhaps innovative. Sounds like you hate M$ too much. It clouds your > judgement making you lose objectivity. Actually, I try to use critical, yet object terminology, such as "uninspired." You admit that d'n'd font/color selection is innovative, but then you read in "superiority." No, I never claimed that OS/2 was "superior" in this regard, only innovative. Whether "innovative" equates to "superior" is up to the end user to decide. Like I keep saying, it boils down to user preference. And, yes, some actually prefer it, and be willing to endure some of OS/2's other shortcomings in order to have it, even though it isn't "indespensible." OTOH, some users may hate d'n'd color selection with a passion, so, even though it may be *innovative* it's still *inferior* to the users in question. > > Not that it ultimately matters. For all their crowing about > > innovation, the MS-Contigent seem quite happy with uninspired > > interfaces and tools. > > As I said, you hate M$ too much. I know, I used to share the same > feelings about windows. It's a mindset that I personally had to > outgrow and as a result learn to be more pragmatic. Considering that I use MS products on a daily basis, and know their workings better than most of my associates, I feel that I am being pragmatic enough. OTOH, how much "hat[ing of] M$" is "too much?" For example, I always refer to Microsoft as either MIcrosoft or MS. I never use pejoratives for MS itself; I don't even use "M$," and I never refer to Windows as "Windoze" or "WinBlows." So, in spite of my admitted hatred of that which is mediocre, yet stifling of choices in the marketplace, I feel that I successfully maintain some level of objectivity. > > Gaudy, yes. But uninspired, nonetheless. > > Gaudy. Hah. I mean really now. Yes, really. When copying files, do we *really* need the bitmap animation of documents flying from one folder to another? When deleting files, do we *really* need the bitmap animation of documents flying out of a folder and vanishing in a cloud of smoke? When performing a search operation, do we *really* need a bitmap animation of a revolving magnifying glass while a train of folders marches by underneath? Do we really need an Office Assistant that acts cutesy (by writing on a clipboard while the user enters his/her query, for example) and winks and generally distracts? To me, these things represent gaudiness. Feel free to disagree. -- snip -- > > These two statements contradict each other -- if you really are an > > ex-OS/2-user, you would understand that selecting a new file type > > from a context menu has little to do with duplicating the > > functionality of a template. > > Certainly, with the ways that I personally used templates, it does > offer a similar functionality. Okay, then. Since you didn't really exploit Templates of their full potential, it stands to reason that you wouldn't miss them much, making the transition to Template-less Windows that much easier. But do respect those who would miss Templates, and therefore chose to remain in an environment that provides them. -- snip -- > > > Do you have a send to menu that is activatable where ever you are. > > > > No, but I honestly don't consider the ability to e-mail my desktop > > to someone an "indespensible" piece of funtionality. > > That's really a sensible statement. Firstly, you > may send any file as an e-mail attachment invoking your e-mail client > via the send to menu. Your e-mail client however is not the only item > in the send to menu. The send to menu is a nice convenience feature, > that's all. I must repeat my mantra again -- it boils down to user preference. As I indicated (in my not-so-sensible statement), having immediate access to my e-mail client via the context menu doesn't hold much value to me. If I wanted, I could indeed provide such convenience in OS/2 (it's context menu is customizable), but I never did. Just as you didn't see exceptional value in Templates, I don't see exceptional value in this menu feature. Consult my mantra again. -- snip -- > > Why use a Ferrari to mimic a Honda? And, again, do you really > > know what templates are? > > Yes I do. I think, however, that you aren't very familiar with windows > explorer and that's the problem. Do you at least agree that it's > useful to have templates in other places apart from in the templates > folder. I used to find it particularly annoying to have to visit the > templates folder whenever I needed to create one. You could have created shadows of the Templates folder, and placed them wherever it was convenient. Again, it boils down to exploiting features to their fullest. If you don't do this, then obviously you won't miss the features much when they're gone. But those who do exploit them will miss them. This is my point. > > What I have usually done with templates is create a folder full of > > PM-FTP icons, each of which logged onto a different FTP site, using > > the password I plugged into the object, and navigateed to the > > appropriate subdirectories on both the remote and local machines. > > > > Similarly, when doing MVS programming, I may have several TN-3270 > > objects configured for different screen sizes (27 x 132 for TSO/ISPF > > sessions, 25 x 80 for CICS regions, etc), which also log on > > automatically. > > > > And that's just scratching the surface. Yes, I have used NT for a > > couple of years, now, and no, it doesn't offer anything even close. > > Yes, you indeed have outlined some specific uses of templates I hadn't > really thought of or needed to use them for and I concede that AFAIK I > couldn't do such things with windows explorer.:) Precisely. For what I do, OS/2 simply provides *me* with a more suitable environment, regardless of OS/2's shortcomings. Unfortunately, few in the Windows crowd seem able to respect this. > > So, then, you admit that one has to "accomodate" NT's interface, > > rather than the interface accomodate the user? > > Actually I meant accommodating in the sense that I was being closed > minded about it and just plain complaining. I had to learn OS/2's WPS > you see and was very accommodating in that regard. I made my share of > concessions with it, don't you for once believe otherwise. In a > similar sense windows explorers functionality has to be learnt as well > to be taken advantage of. Again, consult my mantra. Basically, we are in agreement, conceptually, although not in terms of OS choice. Which is okay. AS long as one person in USENET-Land has become enlightened as to why some people still use OS/2, it's been a valuable exchange. Curtis Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Deja.com - Before you buy. (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: thannymeister@spambegone.yahoo.com 13-Oct-99 16:58:00 To: All 13-Oct-99 19:52:20 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: "Mike Ruskai" On Wed, 13 Oct 1999 15:06:44 -0400, Marty wrote: >Tim Timmins wrote: >> >> This is rubbish. They already mimicked W95 in the Warp 4 initial desktop layout. > >Only they did it right. The Start menu is one of the most revolting >features IMHO of the Win9x shell. It's a fairy-land view of what's on >your computer. It could be completely out of date and inaccurate. The >pop-up menu bar in Warp 4's Warpcenter is just a menu of all of the >objects on your desktop. Always up-to-date, never a broken link. It might be appropriate to point out that the "start" button concept originated on OS/2, via Lotus's SmartCenter enhancement. Win95 copied the idea from there. Warp 4 merely changed SmartCenter to WarpCenter, and made a few changes. - Mike Remove 'spambegone' to send e-mail. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: TLF (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jmalloy@borg.com 13-Oct-99 17:04:26 To: All 13-Oct-99 19:52:20 Subj: Re: Advocacy's Mosquito... From: "Joe Malloy" Something masquerading as a tholened: > > Illogical. > > Nonsense. Illogical. You're a duly elected kook, a Kook of the Month, Tholen! --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: amiga_2001@yahoo.com 13-Oct-99 21:42:25 To: All 13-Oct-99 19:52:20 Subj: Re: [README] New banners available From: Amiga User In article , jedi@dementia.mishnet () wrote: > On Wed, 13 Oct 1999 02:25:28 GMT, Amiga User wrote: > >In article <517.954T102T3271519AmigaPhil@ping.be>, > > "Philippe Duchenne" wrote: > >> New banners uploaded: > >> > >> SBill078 : "Microsoft acquired: Hotmail, LinkExchange, ... > >> Who wants to break Microsoft's Freedom to Innovate ?" > >> SBill079 : "Sorry Bill, I'm a computer user, not a Crash Test Dummy" > > > > Why are you so envious of Bill Gates and Microsoft? > > 50 Billion of unearned income is enough to make anyone resentful. Are you saying you somehow deserve a part of it? Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Deja.com - Before you buy. (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 13-Oct-99 17:25:20 To: All 13-Oct-99 19:52:20 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Marty Cameron Hughes wrote: > > The problem is not where OS/2 is at this exact moment. The problem > is where it will be when IA-64 is released. How will it compare after > Corel Corp has put some finishing touches on K. After Borland (Inprise) > has finished porting its latest development suite to Linux. How does > OS/2 look when a developer is trying to load it on one of those > snazzy HP Pavillions that SIS530, SIS630. How does OS/2 look when one > is trying to run the latest Object Oriented Development Tools i.e. UML > tools? For those who don't do state of the art development or who > come from a user's perspective, OS/2 has about 3 years of usefulness. > For those who require the latest RAD, Case, latest hardware, OS/2 > is not an option. Just a side point here. I have been employed by 3 Fortune 500 companies as a software engineer (SIAC (who produces the software that runs the New York Stock Exchange), Northern Telecom, and IBM), and I have yet to encounter any CASE tools, UML tools, or any such thing. Has anyone seen these items actually deployed in industry anywhere? From my experience, these such tools are deployed in an academic environment only. I'm curious if others have seen otherwise. - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: IBM Global Services North -- Burlington, Vermont, (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jedi@dementia.mishnet 13-Oct-99 22:30:28 To: All 13-Oct-99 21:24:24 Subj: Re: [README] New banners available From: jedi@dementia.mishnet () On Wed, 13 Oct 1999 21:42:51 GMT, Amiga User wrote: >In article , > jedi@dementia.mishnet () wrote: >> On Wed, 13 Oct 1999 02:25:28 GMT, Amiga User wrote: >> >In article <517.954T102T3271519AmigaPhil@ping.be>, >> > "Philippe Duchenne" wrote: >> >> New banners uploaded: >> >> >> >> SBill078 : "Microsoft acquired: Hotmail, LinkExchange, ... >> >> Who wants to break Microsoft's Freedom to Innovate ?" >> >> SBill079 : "Sorry Bill, I'm a computer user, not a Crash Test Dummy" >> > >> > Why are you so envious of Bill Gates and Microsoft? >> >> 50 Billion of unearned income is enough to make anyone resentful. > > Are you saying you somehow deserve a part of it? You have an overactive imagination. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: tim.timmins@bcs.org.uk 13-Oct-99 23:16:03 To: All 13-Oct-99 21:24:24 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: Tim Timmins Not just the start menu can be out of date. The whole shortcuts implementation can point to broken links. Why MS forced this into NT is beyond me. Just to get away from Presentation Manager ? Marty wrote: > Tim Timmins wrote: > > > > This is rubbish. They already mimicked W95 in the Warp 4 initial desktop layout. > > Only they did it right. The Start menu is one of the most revolting > features IMHO of the Win9x shell. It's a fairy-land view of what's on > your computer. It could be completely out of date and inaccurate. The > pop-up menu bar in Warp 4's Warpcenter is just a menu of all of the > objects on your desktop. Always up-to-date, never a broken link. > > - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: forgitaboutit@fake.com 13-Oct-99 20:28:16 To: All 13-Oct-99 21:24:24 Subj: Re: McCoy Digest From: David H. McCoy In article <38040468.152C6D12@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... >[various snippage] > >"David H. McCoy" wrote: >> >> > We are not discussing reliance on current fixpacks, but on future ones >> > (or would you like to change the subject again?). >> >> We were dicussing your interests in fixpacks. Your contradictions are confusing >> you. > >Ah, so you did want to change the subject again. Now if you'd like to >point out some contradictions, I'd be glad to acknowledge them. As soon as the subject of fixpacks arose in the "Linux Myths" thread, the subject was changed. I'm afraid I only extended what you begun. But it would be amusing to see you point out contradictions. Do so. >> In otherwords, according to *your* words, you install fixpacks to do it. That >> is a lemming according to your fellow OS/2 users. > >Did I ever purport to care what other OS/2 users think about my >installation of fixpacks? Is this supposed to be damning evidence >against my credibility? I must be drawing an incorrect conclusion by >saying so, however. So what, pray tell, is the purpose of such a >statement? I cast no judgements on your credibility based on these statements. Your other posts provide all the information I need to form my opinion of your credibility. However, it does seem evident to me that based on the opinions of your fellows, you are indeed, a lemming. >> Now, I'll ask *again*. When you installed any of the following fixpacks "FP1, >> FP2, FP3, FP5, FP8, FP9, FP11, FP12" did you anticipate needed its successor? > >And I'll answer *again*. Did I *need* any of them at the time they were >installed? No. Do I currently have any problems that I need resolved, >and thus rely on a future fixpack? No. Am I going to install future >free fixpacks if they are available? Certainly. Is this illogical, >contradictory, or inconsistent? No. But it is robot-like. To install software solely on the basis of availability instead of need is something to be view with scorn and derision based on your opinions as well as those of your fellow OS/2 users. >> Also, if your system was running so smoothly, why all the fixpacks? > >I've already answered that. Indeed. Because they were there. >> >Now what may I ask (), is the point of this, other than attempting >> >to show what a fraud and lemming I am? >> > >> >- Marty >> >> Again, you are drawing the wrong conclusion. You seem to do this quite often. > >Yeah, that was a really far-fetched conclusion based on your statement >to which I was responding: >> > > And you, it seems, are quite the lemming. How ironic. This not the very >> > > upgrade-itis that your fellow OS/2'ers subscribe to Windows users. > >Don't know where I could have gotten that idea from. > >So what is conclusion? [ie. cut to the chase, this has gone on >long enough] > >- Marty > That even the noble users of the mighty OS/2 are subject to the whims of the dreaded disease known as upgrade-itis. -- --------------------------------------- David H. McCoy dmccoy@EXTRACT_THIS_mnsinc.com --------------------------------------- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: OminorTech (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 13-Oct-99 20:51:20 To: All 14-Oct-99 03:59:07 Subj: Re: McCoy Digest From: Marty "David H. McCoy" wrote: > > In article <38040468.152C6D12@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > >[various snippage] > > > >"David H. McCoy" wrote: > >> > >> > We are not discussing reliance on current fixpacks, but on future ones > >> > (or would you like to change the subject again?). > >> > >> We were dicussing your interests in fixpacks. Your contradictions are confusing > >> you. > > > >Ah, so you did want to change the subject again. Now if you'd like to > >point out some contradictions, I'd be glad to acknowledge them. > > As soon as the subject of fixpacks arose in the "Linux Myths" thread, the > subject was changed. I'm afraid I only extended what you begun. > > But it would be amusing to see you point out contradictions. Do so. Now who's confused? You were the one discussing my alleged contradictions (see above) but you'd like me to point them out? Sorry, but I can't point out my own contradictions because I don't believe there are any. > >> In otherwords, according to *your* words, you install fixpacks to do it. That > >> is a lemming according to your fellow OS/2 users. > > > >Did I ever purport to care what other OS/2 users think about my > >installation of fixpacks? Is this supposed to be damning evidence > >against my credibility? I must be drawing an incorrect conclusion by > >saying so, however. So what, pray tell, is the purpose of such a > >statement? > > I cast no judgements on your credibility based on these statements. Your other > posts provide all the information I need to form my opinion of your > credibility. Likewise. > However, it does seem evident to me that based on the opinions of > your fellows, you are indeed, a lemming. And if I were a true lemming, I'd care. However, I don't. > >> Now, I'll ask *again*. When you installed any of the following fixpacks "FP1, > >> FP2, FP3, FP5, FP8, FP9, FP11, FP12" did you anticipate needed its successor? > > > >And I'll answer *again*. Did I *need* any of them at the time they were > >installed? No. Do I currently have any problems that I need resolved, > >and thus rely on a future fixpack? No. Am I going to install future > >free fixpacks if they are available? Certainly. Is this illogical, > >contradictory, or inconsistent? No. > > But it is robot-like. So it's robot-like to be curious and try something out? Is it robot-like to climb Mt. Everest because it is there? > To install software solely on the basis of availability > instead of need is something to be view with scorn and derision based on your > opinions as well as those of your fellow OS/2 users. And just what are my opinions that are in conflict with this? And how do you know what "my fellow OS/2 users" think? Even if your perceptions are correct, I do not share their opinions, only their choice of operating system. Are you declaring me a lemming, and then forcing me to fit the mold by assuming my opinions are the same as those whom you declare are my peers? How convenient. > >> >Now what may I ask (), is the point of this, other than attempting > >> >to show what a fraud and lemming I am? > >> > > >> >- Marty > >> > >> Again, you are drawing the wrong conclusion. You seem to do this quite often. > > > >Yeah, that was a really far-fetched conclusion based on your statement > >to which I was responding: > >> > > And you, it seems, are quite the lemming. How ironic. This not the very > >> > > upgrade-itis that your fellow OS/2'ers subscribe to Windows users. > > > >Don't know where I could have gotten that idea from. > > > >So what is conclusion? [ie. cut to the chase, this has gone on > >long enough] > > > >- Marty > > > > That even the noble users of the mighty OS/2 are subject to the whims of the > dreaded disease known as upgrade-itis. Upgrade-itis is something which is done out of perceived necessity. My actions do not fit this description. - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: forgitaboutit@fake.com 13-Oct-99 21:58:23 To: All 14-Oct-99 03:59:07 Subj: Re: McCoy Digest From: David H. McCoy In article <3805291D.BF05EEB@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... >"David H. McCoy" wrote: >> >> In article <38040468.152C6D12@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... >> >[various snippage] >> > >> >"David H. McCoy" wrote: >> >> >> >> > We are not discussing reliance on current fixpacks, but on future ones >> >> > (or would you like to change the subject again?). >> >> >> >> We were dicussing your interests in fixpacks. Your contradictions are confusing >> >> you. >> > >> >Ah, so you did want to change the subject again. Now if you'd like to >> >point out some contradictions, I'd be glad to acknowledge them. >> >> As soon as the subject of fixpacks arose in the "Linux Myths" thread, the >> subject was changed. I'm afraid I only extended what you begun. >> >> But it would be amusing to see you point out contradictions. Do so. > >Now who's confused? You were the one discussing my alleged >contradictions (see above) but you'd like me to point them out? Sorry, >but I can't point out my own contradictions because I don't believe >there are any. And that is why I say that you are confused. People on the inside rarely see it. >> >> In otherwords, according to *your* words, you install fixpacks to do it. That >> >> is a lemming according to your fellow OS/2 users. >> > >> >Did I ever purport to care what other OS/2 users think about my >> >installation of fixpacks? Is this supposed to be damning evidence >> >against my credibility? I must be drawing an incorrect conclusion by >> >saying so, however. So what, pray tell, is the purpose of such a >> >statement? >> >> I cast no judgements on your credibility based on these statements. Your other >> posts provide all the information I need to form my opinion of your >> credibility. > >Likewise. > >> However, it does seem evident to me that based on the opinions of >> your fellows, you are indeed, a lemming. > >And if I were a true lemming, I'd care. However, I don't. Lemmings, generally speaking, don't care. They just do. >> >> Now, I'll ask *again*. When you installed any of the following fixpacks "FP1, >> >> FP2, FP3, FP5, FP8, FP9, FP11, FP12" did you anticipate needed its successor? >> > >> >And I'll answer *again*. Did I *need* any of them at the time they were >> >installed? No. Do I currently have any problems that I need resolved, >> >and thus rely on a future fixpack? No. Am I going to install future >> >free fixpacks if they are available? Certainly. Is this illogical, >> >contradictory, or inconsistent? No. >> >> But it is robot-like. > >So it's robot-like to be curious and try something out? Is it >robot-like to climb Mt. Everest because it is there? Don't shoot the messenger, Marty. Your peer have said that the blindly install software is the mark of a lemming. I'm just telling you what I've read. >> To install software solely on the basis of availability >> instead of need is something to be view with scorn and derision based on your >> opinions as well as those of your fellow OS/2 users. > >And just what are my opinions that are in conflict with this? And how >do you know what "my fellow OS/2 users" think? Even if your perceptions >are correct, I do not share their opinions, only their choice of >operating system. Are you declaring me a lemming, and then forcing me >to fit the mold by assuming my opinions are the same as those whom you >declare are my peers? How convenient. I'm not declaring you a lemming. I'm just telling you what I've read on this group. If you don't believe that this is the case, tell your fellows. >> >> >Now what may I ask (), is the point of this, other than attempting >> >> >to show what a fraud and lemming I am? >> >> > >> >> >- Marty >> >> >> >> Again, you are drawing the wrong conclusion. You seem to do this quite often. >> > >> >Yeah, that was a really far-fetched conclusion based on your statement >> >to which I was responding: >> >> > > And you, it seems, are quite the lemming. How ironic. This not the very >> >> > > upgrade-itis that your fellow OS/2'ers subscribe to Windows users. >> > >> >Don't know where I could have gotten that idea from. >> > >> >So what is conclusion? [ie. cut to the chase, this has gone on >> >long enough] >> > >> >- Marty >> > >> >> That even the noble users of the mighty OS/2 are subject to the whims of the >> dreaded disease known as upgrade-itis. > >Upgrade-itis is something which is done out of perceived necessity. My >actions do not fit this description. > >- Marty > Of course they do. Satisfying your curiosity is your perceived necessity. -- --------------------------------------- David H. McCoy dmccoy@EXTRACT_THIS_mnsinc.com --------------------------------------- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: OminorTech (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: alliem@_nospam_wtjam.net 13-Oct-99 21:06:17 To: All 14-Oct-99 03:59:07 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: Hobbyist On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Tim Timmins posted : > Not just the start menu can be out of date. The whole shortcuts implementation can > point to broken links. Why MS forced this into NT is beyond me. Just to get away from > Presentation Manager ? This doesn't occur in a sensible administered system. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: alliem@_nospam_wtjam.net 13-Oct-99 21:05:18 To: All 14-Oct-99 03:59:08 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: Hobbyist On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Marty posted : > Tim Timmins wrote: > > > > This is rubbish. They already mimicked W95 in the Warp 4 initial desktop layout. > > Only they did it right. The Start menu is one of the most revolting > features IMHO of the Win9x shell. It's a fairy-land view of what's on > your computer. It could be completely out of date and inaccurate. The > pop-up menu bar in Warp 4's Warpcenter is just a menu of all of the > objects on your desktop. Always up-to-date, never a broken link. There's definitely some truth to what you say there. The shortcuts in win9x/NT4 aren't updated automatically to reflect any movements of the target executable if you so choose to move it. If, however double click on the broken shortcut, a search automatically starts for the executable and an offer is made to update it. Cranky indeed but fixed in win2K. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: alliem@_nospam_wtjam.net 13-Oct-99 21:12:13 To: All 14-Oct-99 03:59:08 Subj: Re: McCoy Digest From: Hobbyist On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Marty posted : > > That even the noble users of the mighty OS/2 are subject to the whims of the > > dreaded disease known as upgrade-itis. > > Upgrade-itis is something which is done out of perceived necessity. My > actions do not fit this description. That's great weaselling there Marty. I gotta hand it to yah. I thought David had you there with a blaring double standard. So let me get this straight: A lemming upgrades because he feels that he needs to when in reality he doesn't really need to. You who add fixpacks for no good reason and in fact doesn't really need to, is not a lemming, because you do appreciate that you are adding the FP for no good reason and that you don't really need to. Very good. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 13-Oct-99 22:41:23 To: All 14-Oct-99 03:59:08 Subj: Re: McCoy Digest From: Marty "David H. McCoy" wrote: > > In article <3805291D.BF05EEB@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > >"David H. McCoy" wrote: > >> > >> In article <38040468.152C6D12@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > >> >[various snippage] > >> > > >> >"David H. McCoy" wrote: > >> >> > >> >> > We are not discussing reliance on current fixpacks, but on future ones > >> >> > (or would you like to change the subject again?). > >> >> > >> >> We were dicussing your interests in fixpacks. Your contradictions are confusing > >> >> you. > >> > > >> >Ah, so you did want to change the subject again. Now if you'd like to > >> >point out some contradictions, I'd be glad to acknowledge them. > >> > >> As soon as the subject of fixpacks arose in the "Linux Myths" thread, the > >> subject was changed. I'm afraid I only extended what you begun. > >> > >> But it would be amusing to see you point out contradictions. Do so. > > > >Now who's confused? You were the one discussing my alleged > >contradictions (see above) but you'd like me to point them out? Sorry, > >but I can't point out my own contradictions because I don't believe > >there are any. > > And that is why I say that you are confused. People on the inside rarely see > it. Nice try at saving face, but you screwed up. Be man enough to admit that you misunderstood, "Now if you'd like to point out some contradictions, I'd be glad to acknowledge them.", without insulting me this time. So truth by declaration, I've contradicted myself because David said so. My actions may have contradicted the statements of other alleged OS/2 users in this group, but I don't see how that qualifies as me contradicting myself. You're too ready to file me off into a convenient category that suits you. > >> >> In otherwords, according to *your* words, you install fixpacks to do it. That > >> >> is a lemming according to your fellow OS/2 users. > >> > > >> >Did I ever purport to care what other OS/2 users think about my > >> >installation of fixpacks? Is this supposed to be damning evidence > >> >against my credibility? I must be drawing an incorrect conclusion by > >> >saying so, however. So what, pray tell, is the purpose of such a > >> >statement? > >> > >> I cast no judgements on your credibility based on these statements. Your other > >> posts provide all the information I need to form my opinion of your > >> credibility. > > > >Likewise. > > > >> However, it does seem evident to me that based on the opinions of > >> your fellows, you are indeed, a lemming. > > > >And if I were a true lemming, I'd care. However, I don't. > > Lemmings, generally speaking, don't care. They just do. Right. They have the crowd's mentality. I don't share the mentality (or lack thereof in some cases) of many OS/2 users posting here. > >> >> Now, I'll ask *again*. When you installed any of the following fixpacks "FP1, > >> >> FP2, FP3, FP5, FP8, FP9, FP11, FP12" did you anticipate needed its successor? > >> > > >> >And I'll answer *again*. Did I *need* any of them at the time they were > >> >installed? No. Do I currently have any problems that I need resolved, > >> >and thus rely on a future fixpack? No. Am I going to install future > >> >free fixpacks if they are available? Certainly. Is this illogical, > >> >contradictory, or inconsistent? No. > >> > >> But it is robot-like. > > > >So it's robot-like to be curious and try something out? Is it > >robot-like to climb Mt. Everest because it is there? > > Don't shoot the messenger, Marty. Your peer have said that the blindly install > software is the mark of a lemming. I'm just telling you what I've read. Would you identify the windoze using public as your peers David? The 12 year olds playing 3D games, the businessmen using their office suites, the disfunctional nerds who spend all of their lives on IRC... are they all your peers, just because they use windoze? Also, you might want to don your "I'm Presenting Someone Else's Opinion" hat when you're acting as a messenger. Your response ("But it is robot-like.") sounded like it came from you. > >> To install software solely on the basis of availability > >> instead of need is something to be view with scorn and derision based on your > >> opinions as well as those of your fellow OS/2 users. > > > >And just what are my opinions that are in conflict with this? And how > >do you know what "my fellow OS/2 users" think? Even if your perceptions > >are correct, I do not share their opinions, only their choice of > >operating system. Are you declaring me a lemming, and then forcing me > >to fit the mold by assuming my opinions are the same as those whom you > >declare are my peers? How convenient. > > I'm not declaring you a lemming. I'm just telling you what I've read on this > group. If you don't believe that this is the case, tell your fellows. If it's not your opinion then what is your purpose in presenting it? Let those that feel this way present their opinion to me, otherwise you run the risk of having to defend their arguments. I've noted that none have done so as of yet. > >> >> >Now what may I ask (), is the point of this, other than attempting > >> >> >to show what a fraud and lemming I am? > >> >> > > >> >> >- Marty > >> >> > >> >> Again, you are drawing the wrong conclusion. You seem to do this quite often. > >> > > >> >Yeah, that was a really far-fetched conclusion based on your statement > >> >to which I was responding: > >> >> > > And you, it seems, are quite the lemming. How ironic. This not the very > >> >> > > upgrade-itis that your fellow OS/2'ers subscribe to Windows users. > >> > > >> >Don't know where I could have gotten that idea from. > >> > > >> >So what is conclusion? [ie. cut to the chase, this has gone on > >> >long enough] > >> > > >> >- Marty > >> > > >> > >> That even the noble users of the mighty OS/2 are subject to the whims of the > >> dreaded disease known as upgrade-itis. > > > >Upgrade-itis is something which is done out of perceived necessity. My > >actions do not fit this description. > > > >- Marty > > > > Of course they do. Satisfying your curiosity is your perceived necessity. That's quite a stretch. If my computer blew itself up 10 minutes from now, life would go on. I'd be pissed off no doubt, but my insatiable curiousity won't so consume me that I can't resume a normal life. It's amusing in a way to see you trying to tell me what my perceptions of necessity are. Since you know so much about me, tell me what you feel my favorite color should be. - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 13-Oct-99 22:55:11 To: All 14-Oct-99 03:59:08 Subj: Re: McCoy Digest From: Marty Hobbyist wrote: > > On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Marty posted : > > > > That even the noble users of the mighty OS/2 are subject to the whims of the > > > dreaded disease known as upgrade-itis. > > > > Upgrade-itis is something which is done out of perceived necessity. My > > actions do not fit this description. > > That's great weaselling there Marty. I gotta hand it to yah. I thought > David had you there with a blaring double standard. I learned from the best. BTW, who's double-standard? Did I ever talk about upgrade-itis before this thread? You can't put the opinions of other posters in my mouth just because we use the same OS. > So let me get this straight: > > A lemming upgrades because he feels that he needs to when in reality he > doesn't really need to. He/she/it may need to, he/she/it may not. He/she/it feels he/she/it needs to. That perception may ring true and may not. > You who add fixpacks for no good reason and in fact doesn't really need > to, is not a lemming, because you do appreciate that you are adding the > FP for no good reason and that you don't really need to. I add the fixpack because I want to see what it does. Does that qualify as "no good reason"? Does it qualify as necessity? No on both counts. Why does one do anything they consider recreational or educational? For no good reason? Out of necessity? > Very good. Likewise. - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: alliem@_nospam_wtjam.net 13-Oct-99 22:29:12 To: All 14-Oct-99 03:59:08 Subj: Re: McCoy Digest From: Hobbyist On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Marty posted : > I add the fixpack because I want to see what it does. Does that qualify > as "no good reason"? Does it qualify as necessity? No on both counts. > Why does one do anything they consider recreational or educational? For > no good reason? Out of necessity? Well then, if you aren't directly involved, would you please tell your OS/2 buddies to stop telling us to leave COOA because we are here for no good reason though we post here out of fun and cyber-recreation. :-) > > Very good. > > Likewise. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jimburke@ionet.net 14-Oct-99 03:26:15 To: All 14-Oct-99 03:59:08 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: jimburke@ionet.net (Jim Burke) If you use os/2 for business, what do you use for accounting? Seems to be some sort of a gap in the market here. At least, I haven't been able to find anything in this area. rjf@yyycomasia.com (rj friedman) wrote: >On Tue, 12 Oct 1999 23:30:28, Cameron Hughes > wrote: >¯The problem is not where OS/2 is at this exact moment. The problem >¯is where it will be when IA-64 is released... >IA-64 is for huge server farm type computers. Anyone who >thinks that an IA-64 is going to be useful on the desktop >anytime in our lifetimes has no idea as to what the IA-64 is >about. >¯How will it compare after >¯Corel Corp has put some finishing touches on K... >We'll just have to wait and see what Corel brings to the >table at the time and make an evaluation on real product, >not on marketing hype. In the meantime, the sky is not >falling, and there is no logical reason to panic and run and >tell the king. >¯After Borland (Inprise) >¯has finished porting its latest development suite to Linux... >How does Borland (Inprise) porting its latest development >suite to Linux have the slightest effect on my ability to >earn my living as a small business user with OS/2? >¯How does >¯OS/2 look when a developer is trying to load it on one of those >¯snazzy HP Pavillions that SIS530, SIS630... >How does one of those snazzy HP Pavillions that SIS530, >SIS630 (whatever you meant to say by that), have the >slightest effect on my ability to earn my living as a small >business user with OS/2? >¯How does OS/2 look when one >¯is trying to run the latest Object Oriented Development Tools i.e. UML >¯tools? >From the standpoint of the small business user, it looks >just beautiful. >¯For those who don't do state of the art development or who >¯come from a user's perspective, OS/2 has about 3 years of usefulness... >Says you. Even so, a lot of changes are going to be coming >down over the next three years - I imagine that the state of >end user computing will by quite a bit beyond what most >people can even imagine, today. In the meantime, the sky is >not falling, and there is no logical reason to panic and run >and tell the king. >¯For those who require the latest RAD, Case, latest hardware, OS/2 >¯is not an option. >So, let them use whatever it is they think they need. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: ioNET Inc. (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jimburke@ionet.net 14-Oct-99 03:23:27 To: All 14-Oct-99 03:59:08 Subj: Re: I am GLAD IBM wants some money! From: jimburke@ionet.net (Jim Burke) I bought warp 3, warp connect, warp 4, a computer, a lexmark printer, and lotus smartsuite from a company pretending to be IBM. The invoices said IBM, the phone number I called was IBM, and the checks I wrote were made payable to IBM. Most, if not all of this, was presented to me directly in the form of special offers for stockholders. I got the feeling after a time they were dumping some slow-moving inventory, but I guess it is a cruel world and caveat emptor. I've written them a note lately about purchasing more than one software choice licenses, but they haven't responded to my email asking for the price breaks. But I'll learn. At least I hope I will learn. Bob Germer wrote: >On <37F3BE31.F50B56D1@isomedia.com>, on 09/30/99 at 03:46 PM, > "David T. Johnson" said: >> Oh, I don't know...You demanded payment be made on the very same day >> that IBM announced this new plan. In the business world, a one-day >> period is considered quite fast. I STILL have not received a callback >> from IBM. I doubt if IBM will even be set up to go with this for >> several more WEEKS. And the program does not actually even BEGIN until >> January 1, 2000. So yes, you rushed to judgment. Admit it. >No, it is you who rushed to judgement my dear sir. Moreover, you rushed to >judgement without having your facts straight. Your reckless disregard of >facts renders you opinion valueless. >Software choice has been around for some time. It is readily available >from IBM resellers such as Indelible Blue. It includes for $100 a year >software I otherwise would have to pay well over $200. The subscription >includes TCP/IP for OS/2 version 4.1 which costs more as a standalone >($269) than a two year subscription. >IBM isn't going to sell to you or me directly. IBM sells through >resellers, period. The PC company is a subsidiary of IBM, not the >corporation. The PC company may well be sold off, left to die, closed. IBM >sells to BUSINESSES. If individuals want to buy, use, etc. IBM products >they must go through an authorized reseller. >You cannot go to Damlier-Chrysler, General Motors, Ford, etc. and buy a >car, parts, etc. You must go through dealers if you are an individual, a >small company, a local government agency, etc. However, if you are big >enough like Avis, Hertz, etc. you can indeed deal directly with the >manufacturer. >You cannot go to Wyeth and buy their latest drug directly. You go to a >pharmacist. Your pharmacist cannot go directly to Wyeth and buy their >latest drug. He must go to a wholesaler. But if you are Eckards you CAN go >directly to Wyeth. >The B in IBM stands for Business. >-- >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------- >Bob Germer from Mount Holly, NJ - E-mail: bobg@Pics.com >Proudly running OS/2 Warp 4.0 w/ FixPack 9 >MR/2 Ice Registration Number 67 >Aut Pax Aut Bellum >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: ioNET Inc. (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: forgitaboutit@fake.com 13-Oct-99 23:56:21 To: All 14-Oct-99 03:59:08 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: David H. McCoy In article <380542EA.57D48DF7@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... >> >> In article <3805291D.BF05EEB@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... >> >"David H. McCoy" wrote: >> >> >> >> In article <38040468.152C6D12@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... >> >> >[various snippage] >> >> > >> >> >"David H. McCoy" wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> > We are not discussing reliance on current fixpacks, but on future ones >> >> >> > (or would you like to change the subject again?). >> >> >> >> >> >> We were dicussing your interests in fixpacks. Your contradictions are confusing >> >> >> you. >> >> > >> >> >Ah, so you did want to change the subject again. Now if you'd like to >> >> >point out some contradictions, I'd be glad to acknowledge them. >> >> >> >> As soon as the subject of fixpacks arose in the "Linux Myths" thread, the >> >> subject was changed. I'm afraid I only extended what you begun. >> >> >> >> But it would be amusing to see you point out contradictions. Do so. >> > >> >Now who's confused? You were the one discussing my alleged >> >contradictions (see above) but you'd like me to point them out? Sorry, >> >but I can't point out my own contradictions because I don't believe >> >there are any. >> >> And that is why I say that you are confused. People on the inside rarely see >> it. >Nice try at saving face, but you screwed up. Be man enough to admit >that you misunderstood, "Now if you'd like to point out some >contradictions, I'd be glad to acknowledge them.", without insulting me >this time. Again, you misunderstand. I changed no subject. The thread is "Linux Myths". You started talking about fixpacks. I say that you are confused by the contradiction inherent in claiming that you are not reliant on IBM, yet you install most, if not all of their fixpacks with clearly demostrates the very reliance you seek to deny. Your confusion over this inherent contradiction is why you accuse believe that I am changing the subject when in fact, you did by writing about fixpacks. >So truth by declaration, I've contradicted myself because David said >so. My actions may have contradicted the statements of other alleged >OS/2 users in this group, but I don't see how that qualifies as me >contradicting myself. You're too ready to file me off into a convenient >category that suits you. Not at all. I think that your actions fit right into the box that is OS/2 cooa advocate. You knock Windows based on incomplete knowledge. You seem to feel that most people cannot make intelligent computer hardware and software purchases, presumably based on their use of Windows, and that your selections are somehow superior, presumably because of your use of OS/2. When confront with the numerous gaps in OS/2's offerings, you claim on the one hand that such items aren't needed, but on the other that despite this lack of need, such items will be delivered in the future such as our discussion of Scitech. You are then vague on details such as when these items will arrive and what shape they will take, again, reference our Scitech dicussion. But remember, this is a big box. While you are in it, you are clearly in the center of the box, in that you are reasonable to a marvelous degree(if not prone to making wrong conclusions :-)). You are not on the fringe of the box like the more...excitable elements. >> >> However, it does seem evident to me that based on the opinions of >> >> your fellows, you are indeed, a lemming. >> > >> >And if I were a true lemming, I'd care. However, I don't. >> >> Lemmings, generally speaking, don't care. They just do. >Right. They have the crowd's mentality. I don't share the mentality >(or lack thereof in some cases) of many OS/2 users posting here. I didn't say you did. The reason I bought this up is because any Windows person said that they installed a service pack for just to do it, ten posts would follow calling this person a lemming. I'm just wondering that since your fixpack use clearly fits this definition, why these guys aren't stepping up? >> >> But it is robot-like. >> > >> >So it's robot-like to be curious and try something out? Is it >> >robot-like to climb Mt. Everest because it is there? >> >> Don't shoot the messenger, Marty. Your peer have said that the blindly install >> software is the mark of a lemming. I'm just telling you what I've read. >Would you identify the windoze using public as your peers David? The 12 >year olds playing 3D games, the businessmen using their office suites, >the disfunctional nerds who spend all of their lives on IRC... are they >all your peers, just because they use windoze? See "windoze". Perhaps you aren't as different as you may think. But to answer your question, they are fellow Windows users. >Also, you might want to don your "I'm Presenting Someone Else's Opinion" >hat when you're acting as a messenger. Your response ("But it is >robot-like.") sounded like it came from you. Cheerfully withdrawn. :-) >> >> To install software solely on the basis of availability >> >> instead of need is something to be view with scorn and derision based on your >> >> opinions as well as those of your fellow OS/2 users. >> > >> >And just what are my opinions that are in conflict with this? And how >> >do you know what "my fellow OS/2 users" think? Even if your perceptions >> >are correct, I do not share their opinions, only their choice of >> >operating system. Are you declaring me a lemming, and then forcing me >> >to fit the mold by assuming my opinions are the same as those whom you >> >declare are my peers? How convenient. >> >> I'm not declaring you a lemming. I'm just telling you what I've read on this >> group. If you don't believe that this is the case, tell your fellows. >If it's not your opinion then what is your purpose in presenting it? >Let those that feel this way present their opinion to me, otherwise you >run the risk of having to defend their arguments. I've noted that none >have done so as of yet. Why is my point? Shouts of upgrade-itis ring through these halls, but none in your direction despite actions that clearly meet the definition of "windoze lemmings" offered by some OS/2 users in this group. It's the lack of response that I find interesting, but not susprising. After all, people who teamed with John Ominor in times past now attack. As long as you use OS/2 (and are not Tim Martin) anything goes. > >> >> >Now what may I ask (), is the point of this, other than attempting > >> >> >to show what a fraud and lemming I am? > >> >> > > >> >> >- Marty > >> >> > >> >> Again, you are drawing the wrong conclusion. You seem to do this quite often. > >> > > >> >Yeah, that was a really far-fetched conclusion based on your statement > >> >to which I was responding: > >> >> > > And you, it seems, are quite the lemming. How ironic. This not the very > >> >> > > upgrade-itis that your fellow OS/2'ers subscribe to Windows users. > >> > > >> >Don't know where I could have gotten that idea from. > >> > > >> >So what is conclusion? [ie. cut to the chase, this has gone on > >> >long enough] > >> > > >> >- Marty > >> > > >> > >> That even the noble users of the mighty OS/2 are subject to the whims of the > >> dreaded disease known as upgrade-itis. >> > >> >Upgrade-itis is something which is done out of perceived necessity. My >> >actions do not fit this description. >> > >> >- Marty >> > >> >> Of course they do. Satisfying your curiosity is your perceived necessity. >That's quite a stretch. If my computer blew itself up 10 minutes from >now, life would go on. I'd be pissed off no doubt, but my insatiable >curiousity won't so consume me that I can't resume a normal life. What stretch? Your fellows seem to feel that Windows users upgrade just to do it. According to your own words, this is why you install fixpacks. You say that Windows users don't need to upgrade, but do so out of a perceived necessity. By your own admission, your machine is this smooth running beast to be patch by fixpacks to satisfy your curiousity. That is your perceived need. >It's amusing in a way to see you trying to tell me what my perceptions >of necessity are. Since you know so much about me, tell me what you >feel my favorite color should be. You tell me. Your words are all I have to go by. >- Marty -- --------------------------------------- David H. McCoy dmccoy@EXTRACT_THIS_mnsinc.com --------------------------------------- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: OminorTech (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: forgitaboutit@fake.com 14-Oct-99 00:01:13 To: All 14-Oct-99 03:59:08 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: David H. McCoy In article , forgitaboutit@fake.com says... >Your confusion over this inherent contradiction is why you accuse believe that >I am changing the subject when in fact, you did by writing about fixpacks. > ????? Let's try that again. "Your confusion over this inherent contradiction is why you *believe* that I am changing the subject when in fact, you did by writing about fixpacks. -- --------------------------------------- David H. McCoy dmccoy@EXTRACT_THIS_mnsinc.com --------------------------------------- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: OminorTech (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jglatt@spamgone-borg.com 14-Oct-99 03:37:23 To: All 14-Oct-99 03:59:08 Subj: Re: McCoy Digest From: jglatt@spamgone-borg.com (Jeff Glatt) >Hobbyist >On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Marty posted : > >> > That even the noble users of the mighty OS/2 are subject to the whims of the >> > dreaded disease known as upgrade-itis. >> >> Upgrade-itis is something which is done out of perceived necessity. My >> actions do not fit this description. > >That's great weaselling there Marty. I gotta hand it to yah. I thought >David had you there with a blaring double standard. > >So let me get this straight: > >A lemming upgrades because he feels that he needs to when in reality he >doesn't really need to. > >You who add fixpacks for no good reason and in fact doesn't really need >to, is not a lemming, because you do appreciate that you are adding the >FP for no good reason and that you don't really need to. HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! You know, *every* time one of these niche OS advocates starts to do the chest-beating thing and rambles on about how everyone else is a fool and/or a lemming, etc, the advocate makes an utter fool out of himself and often even ends up coming off as a hypocrite who can be easily esposed to be at least as guilty of whatever "crimes" he's accusing everyone else of perpetrating. You'd think that, after awhile, they'd learn not to resort to this questionable advocacy tactic. You'd think that, by now, they'd have discovered what people like Brad Wardell discovered -- the only truly good and effective thing you can do for a niche market product is to offer some sort of add-on value to it. In the case of an operating system, it would have greatly behooved OS/2 for many of the "Team OS/2" folks to have shut up, and just picked up a C compiler and learned how to actually write some code. Then, they may have actually been useful instead of ultimately harmful --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: forgitaboutit@fake.com 14-Oct-99 00:07:22 To: All 14-Oct-99 03:59:08 Subj: (1/3) Re: Time to move on From: David H. McCoy In article <37FD3014.B738AEAA@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > > In article <37FCF610.790D9FF1@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > > In article <37F8186D.42A0E5A@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > > "David H. McCoy" wrote: >> >> >And an insecure OS with excellent support is worthless as well in many > >positions. Context does matter. >> >> Not for support. For corporations, security is context driven. Support is not. >So you're saying that if Linux was well supported and had poor security >that companies would easily embrace and deploy it? Dubious. What planet are you from? Dos and Windows 9x have little or no security and have been heartily embraced. OS/2 has no security, but according to some, it has a halfway corporation presence. >> >> And that is why I said that you are in the minority. Support isn't important to >> >> you. Fine. It is important to most, hence, you are in the minority. >> >> >The minority of what? Computer users or OS/2 users? You were >> >generalizing about OS/2 users originally I believe. >> >> Since OS/2 users are within the domain of computer uses, either will suffice. >>A square is a type of rectangle, but do all rectangles have equal length >>sides? What applies to the subset does not necessarily apply to the >>superset. A droplet is not a river but both are still wet. Are do you feel that there are some OS/2 users that ARE NOT computer users? >> However, YOU, Marty, a person who claims to be independent of support, >-- further future support. Until the next fixpack. >> are in a minority, whether that minority is computer users or OS/2 users. >I disagree. Your choice. It is the right of every man to be wrong(and stubborn) despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Of course, you also think an unsecure, support operating system cannot make corporate headway despite the existence of DOS and Win9x. >> The overwhelming number of either wants support from the company that makes the >> OS. >Wanting and requiring and depending on are 2 different things. Sure, I > OS/2 to be supported in the future and I future fixpacks >and add-ons. Do I need them? No. Then you would not have installed any fixpacks, would you? Your statements are at odds with your actions, Marty. > >> >She could have bought a bottom-of-the-line system or simply inherited >> >one of my old systems, but she felt she needed a 450MHz processor. >> >Unfortunately, she is not alone in her ignorance. Far from it, in my >> >experience. >> > Did you ask her why? >She is the stereotypical person who "needs" things because they are >newer. She has no concept of what is faster or what that number means, >but she knows that if the number is higher, it must be better and she >needs it. You don't like to answer questions. Did you ask her why? Did you TRY to explain or did you just tell her in a condescending manner> My in-law was absolutely computer illiterate, yet had no problems making a decision. I'll bet your mother could do the same. >> >> But to counterpoint you, my mother-in-law has a 486DX2/66 and, despite P3 >> >> commercials, doesn't feel that she needs a new machine. >> >> >I envy you. My dad is still using my 486/33 because I told him he >> >doesn't need any more for what he does and he actually listens to me. >> >He's been happy with it for the last 5 years with no complaints. > >> See, I didn't tell my mother-in-law anything. I asked her what she wanted to >> do, explained options, mentioned things she may have wanted to do in the future >> and let her make a educated decision. In my experience, most people are quite >> capable of doing this. >Precisely what I did, only my advice was ignored. I wonder. I've yet to run into any computer illiterate person who couldn't make a wise decision based on a good explanation. EVERY person who was a computer newbie who asked my advice took my advice 100% of the time. I asked a couple of friends and they had the same hit ratio. Now, why would a mother ignore the advice of her son let alone someone more knowledgable than herself and presumably, someone she trusts? I suspect that your advice was ignored for reasons other than your mother's "cluelessness". Perhaps you noticed that you were using OS/2 decided your advice was...questionable? :-) >> >So you can "change your mind" and start dialing 911 regularly for its >> >enhanced service? I've got the option to use the G400's advanced >> >capabilities if I feel like rebooting. I'm not locked into anything. >> >I'm not pushing exclusive use of anything. >> >> But I don't have to change my phone, and I don't have to change my operating >> system. You must reboot because your OS has locked you, not in, but out. I can >> change my mind about OpenGL and just start using it. >Point is that I'm not anticipating changing my mind. If I had to use >OpenGL 90% of the time, then I wouldn't be using OS/2. Nothing is >locked anywhere. If I needed it, I'd switch. End of story. Okay. I wonder how many people anticipated the Internet or this IT job market? >> No reboot required. >So if you had no OpenGL installed on your system and needed to install >it, you wouldn't have to reboot your system? :-) Installs with the driver! :-) >> >If I change my mind, I'll just reboot. >> >> In otherwords, you must change your OS. I don't have to reboot. I can just use >> it. Whenver, and without disrupting whatever it is I am doing. >Right. And if I gave a rat's ass about hardware OpenGL, I'd view this >as very annoying. However I don't. Fine. This was just one example to show an overall problem. >> >> There is a difference between choosing not to use a thing, and being unable to >> >> use a thing. >> >> >Right. I'd choose not to use such feature if I had it. >> >> No. Since, when using OS/2, you cannot use it, you have no choice. That would >> be like someone in prison saying "I am choosing to be here". >Not really. Using OS/2 is not analogous to loosing your freedom. It's >like using an old trusted powerful truck for a towing job instead of >using a shiny new sport ute with a CD player. Sure it's nice to be able >to play CDs, but if you've got to tow a load up a hill, the CD player >isn't all that useful. Indeed. But the truck that can tow that load and play that CD is even better, isn't it? >> >Well, I laid all my options in front of me ahead of time, and decided >> >what was more important to me. 3D acceleration and other such things >> >didn't make the cut. >> >> Ditto. I also decided that perhaps my needs would change and that I wanted >> something that was as "future-proof" as possible. After all, what is not >> important to one today, may be important tomorrow. >Right, but since technologies change far more often then my needs, I >personally feel no need to keep up with them. When my needs change, >because I've held out so long, I'll wind up with better equipment than I >would have if I tried to buy a system thinking ahead. In the computer >industry you can never tell which future technologies will take off >because it changes so quickly, so you get what suits your needs at the >time the purchase is made. Once can indeed always wait for 6 months "it" will be faster and cheaper. However, eventually the plunge will be made and even you, Marty, will try to pick the most flexible solution available. It has nothing to do with trying to keep up. It has everything to do with finding the most bang for the buck. >> >It's all part of the cost. To get the good, you get the "bad" or >> >undesired as well. If it's still worth it for you to get the good at >> >the given price you get it. Otherwise you seek alternatives. Surely >> >you don't desire feature of you own. >> >> Again, there is a large difference in paying for what you CANNOT use as opposed >> to what you DO NOT use. When you CANNOT use, choice is removed and options are >> limited. When you DON NOT use, choice is intact and options are available. >Again, if I wanted to use it, I'd reboot. I don't, hence I don't. The >only thing I didn't have a choice in is whether or not the piece of >hardware had the feature that I didn't want. And you feel that rebooting to use a single features is more efficient than using the tool that gives you all under a single umbrella? >> >> >> The main issue is despite Scitech, OS/2 support for new video techologies is >> >> >> still severely lacking. >> >> >> >> >In terms of 3D gingerbread, sure. >> >> >> >> It isn't gingerbread. >> >> >It is to me, and probably many other OS/2 users. >> >> But you don't make the cards, so even if that statement is true, your opinion >> doesn't matter. If things like Direct3d support or say, TV-out(which I don't >> use, and don't have on my card), are included with the card, by definition they >> are not gingerbread. >To me they are gingerbread. Again, it is your right to go into a car dealership and tell someone that the AC is optional no matter how many times they tell you that it is standard. It doesn't make you right. Just difficult. >> They are standard features. For example, the TnT2 costs >> less than the TnT2 Ultra. Why? The Ultra clocks higher. That higher clock speed >> is gingerbread and it costs extra. But both support D3D. That is standard. >If I want it for the higher clock speed and nothing else, everything >else is extraneous. But yet, they are features that CAN be used. What you consider necessary isn't relevent in this context. What is relevent is that you are forced to pay for features you CANNOT use. >> >> These are basic features of the card. Basic. And Scitech >> >> doesn't support them. >> >> >It will. >> >> First, you have no evidence of this, so that statement is both useless and >> worthless. >Umm... yes I do. Deja News. Well, let's see it. >> Second, you contradict earlier statements. If 3d features are basic, >> but considered "gingerbread" and [un]important to many OS/2 users, why on Earth >> would Scitech waste time implemented features that are consider useless by so >> many? >Because their drivers aren't just OS/2 drivers. They have the same >codebase for of their drivers for platforms. Without looking at a line of their code I can guarantee you that if they support those advance features, they will not be the same codebase. That is not possible. Either they will bring all their other drivers down to the lowest common denominator, all they will be forced to have different code for the myriad of advanced features that OS/2 doesn't support. >> >> I find it difficult to be impressed with their software >> >> doesn't support the basic features of these new cards. >> >> >They're making great strides, but it will take time. They also >> >mentioned plans for universal sound drivers. >> >> Great strides don't matter. Plans don't matter. We don't deal in vaporware >> remember? Only what we can use here and now. Here and now, such support doesn't >> exist and universal sound drivers don't exist. >So if future developments don't matter, why try to "future-proof" your >system? Because in the hear and now, I may want to use something in the future that I don't use today. It can already exist and not be installed on my machine. >> If you need such items today, you are out of luck. >If you need these items today, then you need a different platform >today. If you don't, then you don't. And that is why OS/2's user base is shrinking. >> >> >The simplicity comes in them porting their drivers to OS/2 from other >> >> >platforms, not in porting other existing drivers that they didn't >> >> >write. It's in their interests as a company to support as many cards as >> >> >possible. Now it's also easy for them to have these cards supported on >> >> >several platforms at the same time, including OS/2. >> >> >> >> Then explain the absence of so many newer cards. >> >> >Specs have not been released to them as of yet or they are working on >> >the drivers currently. >> >> No good. The Voodoo has been unchanged for almost 3 years, >And hasn't released their specs to Scitech in this time either. Then Scitech is pretty useless unless you wish to use two year old cards or the S4. >> the TnT for more than a year. And STILL no support. >I think some forms of the TnT are supported by something in OS/2. I >don't know because I don't own the card. You would be refering to Nvidia's Gradd drivers. These are the same ones that force OS/2 users to run at 640x480 and 60mhz. >> What proof do you have that they are even working on such support? >It's in their own best interests to do so. People have also made >requests on news.scitechsoft.com and gotten positive responses about >future planned drivers. How do you figure? With hoards of people like yourself(no offense) who don't plan on using any new cards, how is it in their best interest to support them? >> >> Most people don't care if a 5 >> >> year old Tseng card is supported. >> >> >Most people that don't have such cards, sure. Many people do have 1 or >> >2 year old cards which are supported, however. >> >> And many people have 1 to 2 year old cards that are not. >Such as? Maybe the millions of people who've purchased new machines less than one year ago. >> I'm afraid that wasn't what I asked. Let's try again. This is from Scitech's >> site >> "What is SciTech GLDirect? >> SciTech GLDirect allows you to run OpenGL-based games and other applications >> using your graphics card's DirectX 6.x drivers. SciTech GLDirect even supports >> the latest applications that use OpenGL 1.2. Download the FREE trial version >> now!" >> >> They've got a Windows version. Where's their OS/2 version? You claim that >> things are coming, that "They will." do things, but I failed to find OS/2 ?> implementations despite MGL and IBM. >From the MGL source code tree: >[deleted] And what exactly does that have to do with the fact that SciTech doesn't have an OS/2 version of GLDirect dispite your proclaimations of once and future OS/2 support? >> >To reduce their porting efforts to less capable platforms. >> >> Allow me to offer an alternative suggestion. Most developers don't care about >> SOM. You are a developer. So am I. We both no that their is nothing inherit in --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: OminorTech (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: forgitaboutit@fake.com 14-Oct-99 00:07:22 To: All 14-Oct-99 03:59:08 Subj: (2/3) Re: Time to move on >> VisualAge that would force them to even attempt to port SOM to Windows, so it >> is unlikely that their would be any effort. >> >> SOM is useful only in the context of OS/2, and OS/2 is doing poorly. Therefore, >> SOM is irrelevent. Conclusion-Drop SOM. > Right. Drop SOM because other less capable platforms are more popular. Half right. Drop some because OS/2 is less popular and show the world the state of OS/2 development. >> >> Also, since there are clealy fewer programmers for OS/2 you >> >> have fewer people advancing program techniques, trying to learn OS/2, wanting >> >> to show OS/2 programming tricks, in addition to the fact that OS/2's API isn't >> >> advancing. >> >> >True, but this is less true today than it used to be last year. > >> Really? How do you figure? Unless you can offer an alternative, I consider >> EDM/2 the best OS/2 programming site. >> Certainly, the most well known and definitely a barometer. Given its current >> state and the fact that IBM has stopped supporting what may be its most >> advanced OS/2 software, SOM, and has dropped it from its premiere OS/2 >> development tool, I fail to see how "this is less true today than..." >Read Warpcast and tell me that nothing has happened on the OS/2 >development front. Every 3 days or so, there a new version of >such-and-such being released, ported, or updated. That's my barometer. I've read Warpcast. Now, we've gone from EDM/2 making a comeback to irrelevent. Interesting. And your statement still doesn't address what I said about OS/2 development, namely that it is falling off. Amiga has some developers, but no one believes that it is a hotbed of software development. In OS/2, there just isn't much happening on the development front. > >> Makes for a bleak programming experience. >> >> >Well, it takes a certain "frontiersman" feel to it. ;-) >> >> I suppose. I guess that I would rather make good software that people enjoy >> using, than showing my stones in masochistic programming displays. >You can do both in OS/2. You HAVE to in OS/2. And all the while, programming advancements will pass you by. >> >It has had a long dead period where people were using it, but no big >> >contributions occurred. That is no longer the case however. Whether or >> >not the initial damage done was enough to finish it off remains to be >> >seen, but it has had a late rally of sorts. >> >> The thing came out *monthly* and I read it *monthly*. What long dead periods? >I'm referring to the OS/2 scene in general. Well, what rally? >> >> But did those translate to 4500 downloads? >> >> >Likely not, but I still uphold that it represents a lot of interest for >> >such a small niche. >> >> Okay,but barring even soft numbers, seems to me that it only represents 4500 >> hits. >Since the end of August, right. I'm not disputing that. It just seems that we don't know what it means. >> Indeed. I agree. In fact, one of the reasons I decided to try WinNT was because >> when some asked me why I used OS/2, the only compelling reason I could give was >> the WPS. It proved easy to get along without. >I honestly gave NT a try (both 3.5 and 4.0) several times, but felt like >I was fighting my own machine for everything I wanted to do. It wasn't >a tool helping me, it was just getting in the way of my work. YMMV. Indeed for clearly mine did. You would not have found a harder sell than I. NT won me over by working better than OS/2 did, for me, on the same hardware. Even the first week, when I changed drive letters and OS/2 failed to boot with a "can't find country.sys" and NT boot successfully. For me, it simply outperformed OS/2. >> I installed SP3 because when I first tried NT, SP3 was declared a necessity >> based on my research. I installed SP4 for Y2k, switch to Win2k, but I keep an >> NT 4 maint. partition with SP5 for NTFS5 read/write capability. > >> Unworkable? No. Nor did I claim such. I did claim that you are still dependent >> on IBM and I on MS. >For the last time: If I don't touch another piece of hardware or change >my system at all, how am I dependent on IBM? Explain that to me. I don't think you are being realistic, that is how. I think that you will do something. For example, did you anticipate installing fixpack 12? Did you install earlier fixpacks? > >> >Sure. I'm reliant on the fixes that make my system work today. I'm not > >> >reliant on any further fixes at this time, however. > >> > >> Even so, you still reliant on them, which was my point. > > >I don't need any new fixes to keep my current system humming along > >smoothly. That's the bottom line. >> >> You consider a system needing workarounds smooth? I don't. Another difference, >> I guess. >Every system needs some workarounds. Nothing is perfect. With >workarounds like, "Don't jump up and down on your left foot while >whistling the national anthem backwards and double clicking this icon >while pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL," I'd say my system is operating smoothly. >In other words, it takes a good deal of effort for me to make any >problems occur. I had such thing while using OS/2. For example, until Warp 4, I couldn't play AVIs and move the mouse without locking the system. Easy to avoid? You bet. Would I consider that smooth? No, after all, I couldn't move the mouse. Currently, I don't have any "Patient: My left arm hurts when I move it. Doctor:Don't move it." problems. Now, this is not the same as problem-free. For example, I just installed an Acer 4x4x32 CD-RW. When I started using DirectCD, Win2k would crash. That's the price of mixing bleeding edge and low level software,but Adaptec is on the ball by having a patch fixes that problem. Now, to me, a workaround, would clearly be not using DirectCD, but I wouldn't considered that a smoothly running system. BTW, can OS/2 use DirectCD? [snip] >> >If I want the other features of the G400, such as more on-board RAM, >> >better performance, and higher refresh rates, I have no problem paying a >> >"premium" for these features. If another card offers the same features >> >minus OpenGL, and if it's cheaper, I'll buy it. We all pay for more >> >than we use in nearly all areas of life. >> >> But not for what we CANNOT use. That is the point. >There's nothing I cannot use if I keep an open mind to dumping OS/2 and >picking the right tool for the right job. So far nothing has pushed me >to the point of saying it was worth giving up what I already have to >have these "other" features. But we are talking about one's options when using OS/2. It would seem to me that one shouldn't have to dump and OS, to do such a thing. A more optimal solution would be an OS that allowed you to do as much as possible. >> >If I changed my mind, I'd just reboot. My hard drive is not etched in >> >stone. >> >> And if I changed mine, I would just use it. I believe my actions would be more >> efficient and less disruptive. >Right, but there's no trade-off for you. It's a neutral->win >situation. For me it would be a loss to change. What I would be giving >up (in my opinion) would far outweigh what I would be getting. Of course. But if you needed that feature and it forced you to reboot, that would be annoying, wouldn't it? >> >Currently, there's nothing I can't do with OS/2 that it's supposed to be >> >able to do. Hence, I don't need any further fixes to keep my current >> >system running. >> >> I never claimed you did. I did claim that you are reliant on IBM for fixes. You >> may or may not need them, but to get time, you look to IBM. >When I get them, I get them from IBM. Right. Umm... so what? >Do I rely on IBM? Only when I need another Fixpack. Do I need another >fixpack? No. How many fixpacks have you installed? When you installed any, did you anticipate needing another? >> >Then you'd better turn yourself around. >> >> Whatever for? That would only give me a view of OS/2. >Better than staring at the horse's ass like you are now. ;-) I'd rather view a live horse's ass than beat a dead horse. Like you. :-) >> >> Trust them. Remove the "might." They are right for themselves. >> >> >My mother isn't. Many others are clueless too. By the same token, many >> >are also right for themselves. >> >> And many know what their needs are. For some, it is a P3-450 that sends email, >> but can grow if their needs change and is safely under warranty, than someone's >> hand-me-down 486 that can play MP3s or scan the pictures of their grandchildren >> in a timely manner. >Ok, so where is this going? >If the 486 was a free hand-me-down, what cost was it to use it? It was >used for some time, while technology continued to improve and by the >time it is outgrown, a better system can ultimately be purchased, >probably for less money. This system will invariably be better than the >one that could have been purchased at the time the 486 was put back into >service. You're always better off meeting your present needs in the >computer industry. Well, my mistake for one. That "486 than can" should be "486 that CANNOT". Also, my point is that people in this group seem to feel that using OS/2 proves they are knowledgable and using Windows proves someone else is not. My point is that smart people choose fast machines and Windows and deny OS/2. >> >> There's nothing stopping IBM from improving HPFS. >> >> >They have with HPFS386. But M$ is "stopping" that. That's why they've >> >moved on to JFS. >> >> But neither were available to OS/2 client, were they? And there are probably >> more clients than servers. NTFS is available to all versions of NT. Heck, even >> the workstation versions support 2 CPUs out of the box. >And the client version of NT is quite a bit more expensive than client >versions of OS/2. Depends on where you buy it. I purchased the OS/2 Warp 4 upgrade for $129. The full blown is $189. I've seen NT for as much as $249. I purchased the full- blown for $72. If you don't shop around, your statement would be correct. >> >> NS is adding quotas and encryption, for example to NTFS. >> >> >Quotas are nice, but encryption is a bloody waste IMHO. I have no idea >> >if JFS supports either of these, but I believe quotas are supported. >> >> Sure. You can search DejaNews and find people saying that journaling is a waste >> of time, but most changed with JFS was announced. And IMHO, any feature that >> keeps my data secure is a good one. >Personally I'd prefer not to take a speed hit for the sake of >undoubtedly paltry encryption. Also, I imagine it would make file >recovery quite a bit more difficult. First, I've got a fast machine, so a small speed hit is irrelevent. Second, like compression, you can encrypt individual files or folders. For example, you can easily make a directory and an files in it would be encrypted. No need to encrypt programs, just your data. Third, since you don't know that the encryption is paltry, why make such a comment? Why not instead, make one that you can back up? Finally, there is the option create a recovery key if you so wish, but of course, a recovery key is a security risk. Any thing else you wish to add? >> >That depends. What the hell is Checkfree support? I'm not crying over >> >lack of that. >> >> It allows one to pay checks electronical from ones computer using a checkfree >> compliant program, like Quicken. Great feature, efficient, saves on stamps, >> delievers electronically or via a paper check depending on need, and can be set >> up on-demand of automatically as I see fit. You may not need it, but quite a >> few of your fellows do. >Do they need it or want it? Last time I looked, my gas company, etc. >still accepted physical checks. You seem to feel that people can't make decisions. All of my static payments go out electronically with no intervention on my part. This saves time and effort and makes tracking payments easier. Time is money. Some companies even give you a discount for electronic payments. Again, however, you show that OS/2 user characteristic of condemning what you don't have and "attacking" your fellows that do want such a feature. >> >>Which OS/2 equivalent gives you read/write protection for zipdisk? >> >> >IOMEGA is releasing new drivers. >> >> Indeed. The Windows ones now allow NT to assign drive letters and brings NT up >> to the level of 95/98 support. On the other hand, the last time OS/2 drivers >> came out was last July and they still lack the features I mentioned, not to >> mention the new ones I just listed. >Zip disks in OS/2 can be formatted HPFS and can have protection bits >associated with the filesystem. Drive letters can be reserved in OS/2 >to move the Zip drive wherever you want it. First, HPFS Zip drive support on the PP version is iffy at best. Second, protection bits is not even in the same universe as a disk that can have read/write/password protection. I cannot believe that you would even offer that as a substitute. Third, under OS/2, the zip drive takes the next available, lowest available drive letter. What this means is that the zip drive will change if you change partitions. Under Windows, I made my CDROM Z: and my ZipDrive Y. No matter what, they don't change. You cannot do this under OS/2. >> >> Or parallel-port scanner support? >> >> >Does SANE support such things? I have no idea. >> >> No. >Then the alternative is to get a faster performing SCSI scanner. Not an alternative to people who want cheaper PP and don't have SCSI cards. You, the "take my hand-me-down 486" want people do drop $100 on a SCSI card, $250 on a SCSI scanner instead of spending $70 on a PP scanner? >> >> Palmpilot syncing with PIMs? >> >> >There's Java apps for that. >> >> Which do not work with any PIMs, including the WordPro one for OS/2. >Wouldn't know. I'm not important enough to have a Palmpilot. ;-P Well, my personal was only $170 when I bought it. Very useful. >> >> Animated Gifs? >> >> >Are you joking? >> >> For people making webpages, this is no joking matter. This is what some do for >> a living. >What kind of version do you want, PM, command line, or X11? Take your >pick. I prefer the command line one myself. I suspect that someone making animated gifs wouldn't want to do so on the command-line. >> >> CD rippers ala' RealJukebox or Musicmatch? >> >> >There's at least one. Don't know what it is because I don't care, but >> >I've heard of one. >> --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: OminorTech (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: forgitaboutit@fake.com 14-Oct-99 00:07:22 To: All 14-Oct-99 03:59:08 Subj: (3/3) Re: Time to move on >> There are NONE like RealJukebox or Musicmatch. Unless I've missed that one, >> which is possible. >Wouldn't know. I don't pay too much attention to things I don't care >about. I remember hearing something mentioned. Of course. Let me help. The answer would be no. >> >> Purify? Boundchecker? >> >> >So we can write sloppy code? >> >> So you can deliver a better product or do you wish to have me believe that your >> code is perfect. It is not and cannot be. >There are simple methods that can be employed to detect and insure >against memory leaks. Memory overwrites are taken care of quite well >with GPFs. Simple methods sometimes provide simple results. Purify is an Unix and Windows standard, but I understand how OS/2 forces one to make do. >> >> OpenGL? >> >> >What about it? >> >> Hardware support. >On the way. Software support is already there. "On the way". That would be NO. >> >> Sorry, but it is definitely the inability of the platform. >> >> >>Hey... it's not for everyone. I never said it was. >> >> Then whom, by george, is it for? >People who aren't name David McCoy, among others. Indeed, people who want the widest array of software and hardware possible. >> Today. Even its Java support is behind. >Which features are OS/2 users forced to live without in their Java >implementation? My current version of Java is implemented well enough >to support the Java versions of ICQ, AIM, and Corel Office. What am I >giving up by not having the latest version? Corel Office? Right. A dog that was dropped. You are probably the only man in America using Corel Office. I suspect that you use it to say you can, instead of for real work. As for the features, new Java developing is moving towards Java2. If you want to be a Java developer who is behind practically every other OS and thus be non-competitive while making inferior Java products, by all means, stick to OS/2. >> You use it. What for? >Internet browsing, development, word processing, games, communicating, >... >I like keeping my system running 24/7 so I can access it from work, >throw some files back and forth, host a web page, etc., while it's >crackin away at RC5 keys (5% faster than NT does ;-P). Everything >except the web server and RC5 client are available right out of the box >with Warp 4 client: telnetd, ftpd, sendmail, rshd, ... >[snip] >- Marty Truly, a rich use Marty, and similar to my own. I just have more fun. :-) -- --------------------------------------- David H. McCoy dmccoy@EXTRACT_THIS_mnsinc.com --------------------------------------- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: OminorTech (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jack.troughton@nospam.videotron.ca 14-Oct-99 04:39:16 To: All 14-Oct-99 03:59:08 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: jack.troughton@nospam.videotron.ca (Jack Troughton) On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 02:06:35, Hobbyist wrote: êOn comp.os.os2.advocacy, Tim Timmins posted : Û ê> Not just the start menu can be out of date. The whole shortcuts implementation can ê> point to broken links. Why MS forced this into NT is beyond me. Just to get away from ê> Presentation Manager ? Û êThis doesn't occur in a sensible administered system. Û It doesn't occur in any warp system, sensibly administered or not. Jack Troughton ICQ:7494149 http://jakesplace.dhs.org jack.troughton at videotron.ca jake at jakesplace.dhs.org MontrÚal PQ Canada --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 14-Oct-99 02:10:21 To: All 14-Oct-99 03:59:08 Subj: Re: McCoy Digest From: Marty Hobbyist wrote: > > On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Marty posted : > > > I add the fixpack because I want to see what it does. Does that qualify > > as "no good reason"? Does it qualify as necessity? No on both counts. > > Why does one do anything they consider recreational or educational? For > > no good reason? Out of necessity? > > Well then, if you aren't directly involved, would you please tell your > OS/2 buddies to stop telling us to leave COOA because we are here for no > good reason though we post here out of fun and cyber-recreation. :-) No problem. Attention all OS/2 "buddies": Stop telling people to leave COOA because they are there for no good reason though they post here out of fun and cyber-recreation. You think it did any good? ;-) - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 14-Oct-99 02:16:07 To: All 14-Oct-99 03:59:08 Subj: Re: McCoy Digest From: Marty Jeff Glatt wrote: > > >Hobbyist > > >On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Marty posted : > > > >> > That even the noble users of the mighty OS/2 are subject to the whims of the > >> > dreaded disease known as upgrade-itis. > >> > >> Upgrade-itis is something which is done out of perceived necessity. My > >> actions do not fit this description. > > > >That's great weaselling there Marty. I gotta hand it to yah. I thought > >David had you there with a blaring double standard. > > > >So let me get this straight: > > > >A lemming upgrades because he feels that he needs to when in reality he > >doesn't really need to. > > > >You who add fixpacks for no good reason and in fact doesn't really need > >to, is not a lemming, because you do appreciate that you are adding the > >FP for no good reason and that you don't really need to. > > HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! > > You know, *every* time one of these niche OS advocates starts to do > the chest-beating thing and rambles on about how everyone else is a > fool and/or a lemming, etc, the advocate makes an utter fool out of > himself and often even ends up coming off as a hypocrite who can be > easily esposed to be at least as guilty of whatever "crimes" he's > accusing everyone else of perpetrating. Have I done this, or are you just stating in general? If so, please show me where I've accused anyone of any "crime" and I'll cheerfully retract it. > You'd think that, after awhile, they'd learn not to resort to this > questionable advocacy tactic. You'd think that, by now, they'd have > discovered what people like Brad Wardell discovered -- the only truly > good and effective thing you can do for a niche market product is to > offer some sort of add-on value to it. In the case of an operating > system, it would have greatly behooved OS/2 for many of the "Team > OS/2" folks to have shut up, and just picked up a C compiler and > learned how to actually write some code. Then, they may have actually > been useful instead of ultimately harmful I you're not talkin about me here. If you were intending to, then I suggest you do a little research before you start flappin your jaw and neatly classify someone in a convenient, yet completely incorrect category. - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 14-Oct-99 02:18:20 To: All 14-Oct-99 03:59:08 Subj: Re: Time to move on From: Marty "David H. McCoy" wrote: > > [some stuff that he wants a response to] Almost forgot about this thread. I'll get to it tomorrow. - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 14-Oct-99 02:45:09 To: All 14-Oct-99 05:36:08 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: Marty "David H. McCoy" wrote: > > In article <380542EA.57D48DF7@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > >> > >> In article <3805291D.BF05EEB@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > >> >"David H. McCoy" wrote: > >> >> > >> >> In article <38040468.152C6D12@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > >> >> >[various snippage] > >> >> > > >> >> >"David H. McCoy" wrote: > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > We are not discussing reliance on current fixpacks, but on future ones > >> >> >> > (or would you like to change the subject again?). > >> >> >> > >> >> >> We were dicussing your interests in fixpacks. Your contradictions are confusing > >> >> >> you. > >> >> > > >> >> >Ah, so you did want to change the subject again. Now if you'd like to > >> >> >point out some contradictions, I'd be glad to acknowledge them. > >> >> > >> >> As soon as the subject of fixpacks arose in the "Linux Myths" thread, the > >> >> subject was changed. I'm afraid I only extended what you begun. > >> >> > >> >> But it would be amusing to see you point out contradictions. Do so. > >> > > >> >Now who's confused? You were the one discussing my alleged > >> >contradictions (see above) but you'd like me to point them out? Sorry, > >> >but I can't point out my own contradictions because I don't believe > >> >there are any. > >> > >> And that is why I say that you are confused. People on the inside rarely see > >> it. > > >Nice try at saving face, but you screwed up. Be man enough to admit > >that you misunderstood, "Now if you'd like to point out some > >contradictions, I'd be glad to acknowledge them.", without insulting me > >this time. > > Again, you misunderstand. I changed no subject. The thread is "Linux Myths". > You started talking about fixpacks. I say that you are confused by the > contradiction inherent in claiming that you are not reliant on IBM, yet you > install most, if not all of their fixpacks with clearly demostrates the very > reliance you seek to deny. So what was the whole, "But it would be amusing to see you point out contradictions. Do so." if not a misunderstanding on your part? > Your confusion over this inherent contradiction is why you accuse believe that > I am changing the subject when in fact, you did by writing about fixpacks. Now I'm confused. ;-) > >So truth by declaration, I've contradicted myself because David said > >so. My actions may have contradicted the statements of other alleged > >OS/2 users in this group, but I don't see how that qualifies as me > >contradicting myself. You're too ready to file me off into a convenient > >category that suits you. > > Not at all. I think that your actions fit right into the box that is OS/2 cooa > advocate. So the average COOA poster writes freeware applications and assists others in porting applications to OS/2? > You knock Windows based on incomplete knowledge. I've done GUI, Netscape Plugin, and device driver programming in Windows NT. While I would never claim "complete knowledge," that ain't bad. > You seem to feel that most people cannot make intelligent computer hardware > and software purchases, I felt that my mother had not done so, and that there are potentially many like her. > presumably based on their use of Windows, Nope. Based on their perceived need for powerful computers to do some not very compute-demanding tasks. > and that your selections are somehow superior, presumably because of your > use of OS/2. My selection is superior for my use. I would not limit myself to a given tool if it didn't meet my needs well. I have no brand loyalty. > When confront with the numerous gaps in OS/2's offerings, you claim on the > one hand that such items aren't needed, Always qualified with, "for my own use." > but on the other that despite this lack of need, such items will be delivered > in the future such as our discussion of Scitech. You are then vague on details > such as when these items will arrive and what shape they will take, again, > reference our Scitech dicussion. Sorry. I don't work for Scitech. I know only what I've heard and seen. > But remember, this is a big box. While you are in it, you are clearly in the > center of the box, in that you are reasonable to a marvelous degree(if not > prone to making wrong conclusions :-)). You are not on the fringe of the box > like the more...excitable elements. I guess that's a compilment. ;-) > >> >> However, it does seem evident to me that based on the opinions of > >> >> your fellows, you are indeed, a lemming. > >> > > >> >And if I were a true lemming, I'd care. However, I don't. > >> > >> Lemmings, generally speaking, don't care. They just do. > > >Right. They have the crowd's mentality. I don't share the mentality > >(or lack thereof in some cases) of many OS/2 users posting here. > > I didn't say you did. The reason I bought this up is because any Windows person > said that they installed a service pack for just to do it, ten posts would > follow calling this person a lemming. And not one would be from me. > I'm just wondering that since your fixpack use clearly fits this definition, > why these guys aren't stepping up? Many here do have double standards. I could name a few names, but that would only summon them into this discussion which we'd both agree is undesirable. > >> >> But it is robot-like. > >> > > >> >So it's robot-like to be curious and try something out? Is it > >> >robot-like to climb Mt. Everest because it is there? > >> > >> Don't shoot the messenger, Marty. Your peer have said that the blindly install > >> software is the mark of a lemming. I'm just telling you what I've read. > > >Would you identify the windoze using public as your peers David? The 12 > >year olds playing 3D games, the businessmen using their office suites, > >the disfunctional nerds who spend all of their lives on IRC... are they > >all your peers, just because they use windoze? > > See "windoze". Force of habit. If you like, you can respond using 1/2 OS. ;-) > Perhaps you aren't as different as you may think. But to answer > your question, they are fellow Windows users. Do you feel any particular kinsmanship to them or that your thoughts and ideas line up with theirs based on their OS choice? > >> >> To install software solely on the basis of availability > >> >> instead of need is something to be view with scorn and derision based on your > >> >> opinions as well as those of your fellow OS/2 users. > >> > > >> >And just what are my opinions that are in conflict with this? And how > >> >do you know what "my fellow OS/2 users" think? Even if your perceptions > >> >are correct, I do not share their opinions, only their choice of > >> >operating system. Are you declaring me a lemming, and then forcing me > >> >to fit the mold by assuming my opinions are the same as those whom you > >> >declare are my peers? How convenient. > >> > >> I'm not declaring you a lemming. I'm just telling you what I've read on this > >> group. If you don't believe that this is the case, tell your fellows. > > >If it's not your opinion then what is your purpose in presenting it? > >Let those that feel this way present their opinion to me, otherwise you > >run the risk of having to defend their arguments. I've noted that none > >have done so as of yet. > > Why is my point? Shouts of upgrade-itis ring through these halls, but none in > your direction despite actions that clearly meet the definition of "windoze > lemmings" offered by some OS/2 users in this group. My fault. I'll try to be more blatent about it next time. ;-) > It's the lack of response that I find interesting, but not susprising. Personally, I don't even find it interesting. In fact, entirely too predictable. > After all, people who teamed with John Ominor in times past now attack. As > long as you use OS/2 (and are not Tim Martin) anything goes. You mean you didn't receive a License To Do and Say Whatever You Want and Always Be Right in the box when you bought OS/2? You must not have gotten the Purple Spine edition like the rest of us. ;-) > > >> >> >Now what may I ask (), is the point of this, other than attempting > > >> >> >to show what a fraud and lemming I am? > > >> >> > > >> >> Again, you are drawing the wrong conclusion. You seem to do this quite often. > > >> > > > >> >Yeah, that was a really far-fetched conclusion based on your statement > > >> >to which I was responding: > > >> >> > > And you, it seems, are quite the lemming. How ironic. This not the very > > >> >> > > upgrade-itis that your fellow OS/2'ers subscribe to Windows users. > > >> > > > >> >Don't know where I could have gotten that idea from. > > >> > > > >> >So what is conclusion? [ie. cut to the chase, this has gone on > > >> >long enough] > > >> > > >> That even the noble users of the mighty OS/2 are subject to the whims of the > > >> dreaded disease known as upgrade-itis. > >> > > >> >Upgrade-itis is something which is done out of perceived necessity. My > >> >actions do not fit this description. > >> > >> Of course they do. Satisfying your curiosity is your perceived necessity. > > >That's quite a stretch. If my computer blew itself up 10 minutes from > >now, life would go on. I'd be pissed off no doubt, but my insatiable > >curiousity won't so consume me that I can't resume a normal life. > > What stretch? Your fellows seem to feel that Windows users upgrade just to do > it. According to your own words, this is why you install fixpacks. Ok. > You say that Windows users don't need to upgrade, but do so out of a > perceived necessity. Have I? Are you employing the collective "you"? > By your own admission, your machine is this smooth running beast to be patch by > fixpacks to satisfy your curiousity. That is your perceived need. I still disagree that this demonstrates any "need". My world will not collapse if I'm deprived of this "joy". > >It's amusing in a way to see you trying to tell me what my perceptions > >of necessity are. Since you know so much about me, tell me what you > >feel my favorite color should be. > > You tell me. Your words are all I have to go by. No dime-shop psycho-analysis for this? Aggression would point to a red... cunning and cold wit would point to a blue... However, I anticipate you saying perhaps a brown for fairly obvious reasons. ;-) - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: tim.timmins@bcs.org.uk 14-Oct-99 08:38:08 To: All 14-Oct-99 05:36:08 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: Tim Timmins I guess you mean 'fixed' as in fixed, yeah right. Regards, Tim Hobbyist wrote: > On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Marty posted : > > > Tim Timmins wrote: > > > > > > This is rubbish. They already mimicked W95 in the Warp 4 initial desktop layout. > > > > Only they did it right. The Start menu is one of the most revolting > > features IMHO of the Win9x shell. It's a fairy-land view of what's on > > your computer. It could be completely out of date and inaccurate. The > > pop-up menu bar in Warp 4's Warpcenter is just a menu of all of the > > objects on your desktop. Always up-to-date, never a broken link. > > There's definitely some truth to what you say there. The shortcuts in > win9x/NT4 aren't updated automatically to reflect any movements of the > target executable if you so choose to move it. > > If, however double click on the broken shortcut, a search automatically > starts for the executable and an offer is made to update it. > > Cranky indeed but fixed in win2K. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net 14-Oct-99 08:50:20 To: All 14-Oct-99 10:29:21 Subj: Re: McCoy Digest From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net (Karel Jansens) On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 06:10:43, Marty wrote: > Hobbyist wrote: > > > > On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Marty posted : > > > > > I add the fixpack because I want to see what it does. Does that qualify > > > as "no good reason"? Does it qualify as necessity? No on both counts. > > > Why does one do anything they consider recreational or educational? For > > > no good reason? Out of necessity? > > > > Well then, if you aren't directly involved, would you please tell your > > OS/2 buddies to stop telling us to leave COOA because we are here for no > > good reason though we post here out of fun and cyber-recreation. :-) > > No problem. > > Attention all OS/2 "buddies": > Stop telling people to leave COOA because they are there for no good > reason though they post here out of fun and cyber-recreation. > Okelidokeli, Marty. > You think it did any good? ;-) > Duh? Karel Jansens jansens_at_ibm_dot_net |---------------------------------------------------| | NT boot options | | | | Please choose from list | | | | | |---------------------------------------------------| --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: tholenAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu 14-Oct-99 10:51:08 To: All 14-Oct-99 10:29:21 Subj: Re: Navigator 4.7 is available!! OS/2 is behind again!! From: tholenAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu Mike Timbol writes: > Joseph wrote: >> OS/2 Java 1.1.8 implements Java 1.2 functionality. Bummer, bummer. > It's also bullshit. Incorrect. OS/2 Java 1.1.8 does implement Java 1.2 functionality. > Download something like NetBeans, that requires > JDK 1.2. Try to run it on OS/2. No dice. Irrelevant, given that Joseph did not say that OS/2 Java 1.1.8 implements ALL of Java 1.2 functionality. It does implement SOME of it, however. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: IFA B111 (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: tholenAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu 14-Oct-99 11:06:17 To: All 14-Oct-99 10:29:21 Subj: Re: Advocacy's Mosquito... From: tholenAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu Jason S. writes: >>> Tholen was *twice* nominated for Usenet Kook of the Month -- the first >>> time by Roberto Alsina back in 1997, >> Alsina is the person who accused me of posting an average of 134 articles >> every day, which was ludicrous. When he pointed to his alleged evidence, >> it became obvious that he didn't even bother to check the range of dates. >> Even then, he continued to insist that he was right, until others started >> getting on his case. How ironic that he nominated me rather than himself. > None of this changes the fact that you were nominated in 1997. It does demonstrate that person responsible did not have his facts straight and wasn't interested in getting them straight. Rather coincidentally, you also relied on false information in the nomination that you prepared. >>> and the second time by me, for what turned out to be the February/March >>> 1998 KOTM contest (don't ask -- I don't know why). This second nomination >>> came in the wake of Tholen's notorious "kook and a queer" comment >> Actually, that's the wake of your notorious attempts to "get a rise" out >> of me. Put the onus where it belongs, Jason: on you, not me. > Typical Tholen attempt to obfuscate the *real* issue. Noting an important historical fact that you left out is not obfuscation. >>> There was no evidence of tampering >> Incorrect. The voting deadline was extended, > ..which is not evidence of tampering... Prove that the outcome was not affected by the deadline extension. >> and I know that at least one vote wasn't counted. > ..for a person who wasn't nominated, Which makes the fact that you received a vote even more significant. > so the alleged vote was a nullity. On the contrary, your actions earned you that vote. Too bad the significance is lost on you. >>> Tholen claimed that someone named "Wayne Strang" (who was not even >>> nominated) >> Incorrect. Consult deja.com for proof. > Dave, the ballot has been reposted repeatedly. The result showing Wayne Strang's election was reposted. > "Wayne Strang" (whoever that is) was not on it. Incorrect. > Now, it is possible that a nomination was made, More than just possible. One was indeed made. > but the rules require a second, and it appears that no second was made -- > thus, he was not properly nominated under the rules. Then how did he manage to win? >>> won the election and complained that a vote cast by some unnamed person >>> allegedly for me was not counted. >> You want actual names, Jason? > Provide it, if you think you can. I said "names", Jason, not "name", thus your use of "it" is inappropriate. >> Check the people who criticized you for >> your "campaigning" in sci.astro. > Are you alleging that these alleged people voted for me, Dave? The people are not alleged, Jason. You quickly left sci.astro after you were criticized multiple times. Consult deja.com if you can't remember their names. >> As for the person who contacted me >> privately to say that he voted for you, just what do you think the >> word "privately" means? > I imagine that it means that this alleged person allegedly sent you > an email. It means that I won't betray a confidence, Jason. >>> Tholen conveniently disregarded the fact that I was not nominated in >>> making this complaint. >> Doesn't change the fact that you received at least one vote, and quite >> possibly more, perhaps even the most. > And perhaps you were on the grassy knoll in Dallas in 1963, Dave. Non sequitur. >>> The second KOTM title that Dave won >> I haven't won any, Jason. > Incorrect. Still trying to foist your unofficial, "tongue-in-cheek", tampered results on the unsuspecting reader, eh Jason? >>> was started by someone calling himself "ZnU" who frequents >>> comp.sys.mac.advocacy. This person set up a CSMA Kook poll on one >>> of those polling websites that will run impromptu polls for anyone. >>> There were about 15 candidates (chosen arbitrarily by "ZnU") and >>> Tholen won the vote. >> Incorrect. You and Edwin both had thousands of votes that disappeared. > ..and the technical problems with the polling were straightened out > by the people who run that site. Evidence, please. >> And from Eric Bennett: >> >> ] The other poll (csma KOTM) was not well protected against vote fraud. I >> ] had an amusing evening playing with their vote counting system to see if I >> ] could get around their belatedly instituted safeguards (which I did... > ..and Eric voted for Nathan A. Hughes, not for you, Dave. Irrelevant, Jason. It demonstrates that the poll was not protected against fraud. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: IFA B111 (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: tholenAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu 14-Oct-99 11:22:21 To: All 14-Oct-99 10:29:21 Subj: Re: Advocacy's Mosquito... From: tholenAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu Roberto Alsina writes: > I wrote: >> Jason S. wrote: >>> Tholen was *twice* nominated for Usenet Kook of the Month -- the >>> first time by Roberto Alsina back in 1997, >> Alsina is the person who accused me of posting an average of 134 >> articles every day, which was ludicrous. When he pointed to his >> alleged evidence, it became obvious that he didn't even bother to >> check the range of dates. Even then, he continued to insist that >> he was right, until others started getting on his case. How >> ironic that he nominated me rather than himself. > Well, Dave, that should show you that you are not universally seen > as the beacon of pure reason and thought you apparently think you are. Illogical, given that the above historical account doesn't do anything to contradict any assumption about what people see. > BTW: you were nominated for being stupid enough to argue with Eliza. Incorrect. I wasn't stupid enough to argue with Eliza. I was responding to a real person who was inserting responses generated by an Eliza program. I realized that. Others realized that I realized that. You did not. How ironic that you should mention being "stupid enough". Exactly how do you explain your math error and the long delay in admitting to it? > Anyway, you still haven't groen out of this? Still having those reading comprehension problems, Roberto? Check the thread more carefully again. I didn't bring you up. Jason S. did. > Man, are you a grudgy old fellow! You must be referring to Jason S., given that he's the one who brought you up. > PS: they weren't 134 a day, Then why did you claim there were, and why did you persist with your claim, even after your error was clearly pointed out? > but they sure felt like it. That wasn't your argument at the time. You insisted on actual numbers back then, not feelings. > PPS: preemptive Tholen argument response: they felt like that to me, Irrelevant, given that you didn't refer to feelings back then, but instead actual numbers. > that's subjective, personal opinion, The numbers you referred to are not. > you have no way of proving I didn't feel that way, I do have a way of proving your reference to actual numbers. > so save it for the winter. I'll deal with you whenever you choose to respond, Roberto. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: IFA B111 (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: tholenAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu 14-Oct-99 11:48:05 To: All 14-Oct-99 10:29:21 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: tholenAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu Marty writes: > David H. McCoy wrote: >> These statements do nothing to address your flawed conclusion. > Thanks professor Tholen. You're responding to David McCoy, not me. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: IFA B111 (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: cahughes@cc.ysu.edu 14-Oct-99 09:04:04 To: All 14-Oct-99 14:36:08 Subj: Re: No Future From: Cameron Joseph wrote: > R Thomas wrote: > > > In stardock.os2 Brad Wardell wrote: > > > But for those of us who have stayed with OS/2 to some extent in the hopes > > > that it had a future have little reason to stay. Professionally speaking, > > >writing code for OS/2 is not much different than learning how to write code > > >for CP/M. There's no future. > > > > > > Brad Wardell > > > Product Manager: Object Desktop & The Corporate Machine > > Embedded systems use Z80 and CPM. Support a OS/2 guest operating system under VMWARE. www.vmware.com. Linux + Vmware + OS/2 is a future for OS/2 in the new world. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Youngstown State University (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: davegemini@aol.com 14-Oct-99 13:18:20 To: All 14-Oct-99 14:36:08 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: davegemini@aol.com (David Frank) In article <38045F1E.637BE057@bcs.org.uk>, Tim Timmins writes: > >This is rubbish. They already mimicked W95 in the Warp 4 initial desktop >layout. > It makes no nevermind one way or the other, desktop GUI features are NOT the reason why OS/2 is incompatible with Win9x/NT, and why OS/2 now commands a minuscule 0.2% of desktops... After all, the present NT4 GUI doesnt inhibit it from executing a Win32 application created on a Win9x system.. Dave >There is a reason why they abandoned Warp preinstalls on consumer machines. >Please remember that they were the LAST to license W95 preloads. > --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: AOL http://www.aol.com (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: cahughes@cc.ysu.edu 14-Oct-99 09:36:01 To: All 14-Oct-99 14:36:08 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Cameron pcguido@attglobal.net wrote: > In , jansens_at_ibm_dot_net (Karel Jansens) writes: > |On Fri, 8 Oct 1999 21:42:14, Cameron wrote: > | > || Most OS/2 users selected it because it was the smart and superior > || alternative to Windoze. It was a power user's play ground. Many > || engineers and programmers found it aesthetically nicer to program under > || Workplace shell and Presentation Manager. Stability and legitimate > || multithreading and multitasking made OS/2 the choice. I have been a > || OS/2 user from the beginning. But now my friends the time has come to > || jump ship. IBM has dogged us for perfectly legitimate financial reasons > || but dogged us nonetheless. In reward for the OS/2 user's loyalty IBM > || has flipped us the bird.... > || > || Now the time has come to make another OS selection. I've been > || thoroughly evaluating Linux for 3 years. Folks it is superior in every > || way. Linux + KDE + Vmware beats the socks off OS/2. > || > |I've played around with KDE. I found it looked nice, but was a system > |hog and really more on par with the Windows desktop (which it tries to > |mimick) than the WPS environment. I'm now using Xfce as my window > |manager in Linux (is much nicer towards RAM), but I'm still in OS/2 > |most of the time. > | > |GNOME is even worse than KDE. > | > |YMMV, of course. > | > |Karel Jansens > > KDE is OK; but, like most of Linux, very immature. > > Bottom line, Linux doesn't even have _one_ decent editor - 15 year old > Kedit still beats 'em all! > > Guido How do you measure immature? How do you measure very immature? To say that Linux does not have a decent editor causes me to wonder what your level of experience with Linux is. Certainly if there is an over abundance of anything in the Unix/Linux world it is editors. If you are referring to word processors try Applixware. It has a rock solid word processor. Try Wordperfect or Star Office. Sometimes users refer to the immaturity of Linux because they are unfamiliar with the open source movement and how things like device drivers are distributed and installed. Many users are unfamiliar with the whole concept of 'make'. The Linux environment is very mature for those that understand the Unix/Linux mode of software distribution and installation. For users that have grown accustomed to the 'Setup.exe' program or the 'Install.exe' program the immaturity statement is understandable. That 'Setup.exe' and 'Install.exe' work so nice because the environment they are used in is closed and predictable, and constrained. Unix/Linux runs on all kinds of hardware for all kinds of vendors. The user has the ultimate flexibility to configure a system that is tailored to their specific needs and hardware. This model is probably difficult and on the surface appears 'immature' to the users that are used to Plug N Play, 'Setup.exe' and 'Install.exe'. 'Environment X is immature ' usually means 'I don't know how to do Y in environment X therefore environment X has a long way to go. From a user's point of view it is understandable. From a software developer or software engineer's point of view it is unacceptable. Before you bash Linux, take the time to learn the Unix/Linux software distribution and installation model. Visit WWW.linux.org, or some other basic Linux websites. Linux is probably the only hope for OS/2. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Youngstown State University (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: cahughes@cc.ysu.edu 14-Oct-99 09:44:29 To: All 14-Oct-99 14:36:08 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Cameron rj friedman wrote: > On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 17:11:06, pcguido@attglobal.net wrote: > > î|I've played around with KDE. I found it looked nice, but was a system > î|hog and really more on par with the Windows desktop (which it tries to > î|mimick) than the WPS environment. I'm now using Xfce as my window > î|manager in Linux (is much nicer towards RAM), but I'm still in OS/2 > î|most of the time. > î| > î|GNOME is even worse than KDE. > > îKDE is OK; but, like most of Linux, very immature. > ¯ > îBottom line, Linux doesn't even have _one_ decent editor - 15 year old > îKedit still beats 'em all! > > I've been playing around with Linux off and on for better > than a year now. Just about two weeks ago I installed the > Mandrake version (which is KDE on Red Hat, pretty much). > It's ok - I can't really fault it all that much, but, just > like all the other times in the past, there is NOTHING there > that I would want to give up OS/2 for. And KDE - while > pretty looking enough - doesn't come within a mile of the > WPS. > > ________________________________________________________ > > [RJ] OS/2 - Live it, or live with it. > rj friedman Team ABW > Taipei, Taiwan rjf@yyycomasia.com > > To send email - remove the `yyy' > ________________________________________________________ The question is how will WPS look on IA-64? How will you be able to access SOM in an environment (IA-64) that does not have video-adapters for OS/2. What will WPS look like on a 50 gig hard drive, if OS/2 doesn't recognize 50 gig drives. What about new adapter buses that will inevitably be created for IA-64 that OS/2 will not support. In order for WPS to be miles ahead of the competition it has to be able to run on the same systems that the competion runs on. Linux will run on 64-bit, Linux will run on 128-bit. Linux will run on 256-bit machines. This is true because Linux is open source and we will be able to port it when the new machines become available. WPS is not open source it is binary. Binary code only lives as long as the processor is was defined for lives. WPS is tied to 32-bit intel machines. Sorry 32-bit intel machines are not the future of computing. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Youngstown State University (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: cahughes@cc.ysu.edu 14-Oct-99 09:55:06 To: All 14-Oct-99 14:36:08 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Cameron rj friedman wrote: > On Tue, 12 Oct 1999 23:30:28, Cameron Hughes > wrote: > > îThe problem is not where OS/2 is at this exact moment. The problem > îis where it will be when IA-64 is released... > > IA-64 is for huge server farm type computers. Anyone who > thinks that an IA-64 is going to be useful on the desktop > anytime in our lifetimes has no idea as to what the IA-64 is > about. > > îHow will it compare after > îCorel Corp has put some finishing touches on K... > > We'll just have to wait and see what Corel brings to the > table at the time and make an evaluation on real product, > not on marketing hype. In the meantime, the sky is not > falling, and there is no logical reason to panic and run and > tell the king. > > îAfter Borland (Inprise) > îhas finished porting its latest development suite to Linux... > > How does Borland (Inprise) porting its latest development > suite to Linux have the slightest effect on my ability to > earn my living as a small business user with OS/2? > > îHow does > îOS/2 look when a developer is trying to load it on one of those > îsnazzy HP Pavillions that SIS530, SIS630... > > How does one of those snazzy HP Pavillions that SIS530, > SIS630 (whatever you meant to say by that), have the > slightest effect on my ability to earn my living as a small > business user with OS/2? > > îHow does OS/2 look when one > îis trying to run the latest Object Oriented Development Tools i.e. UML > îtools? > > From the standpoint of the small business user, it looks > just beautiful. > > îFor those who don't do state of the art development or who > îcome from a user's perspective, OS/2 has about 3 years of usefulness... > > Says you. Even so, a lot of changes are going to be coming > down over the next three years - I imagine that the state of > end user computing will by quite a bit beyond what most > people can even imagine, today. In the meantime, the sky is > not falling, and there is no logical reason to panic and run > and tell the king. > > îFor those who require the latest RAD, Case, latest hardware, OS/2 > îis not an option. > > So, let them use whatever it is they think they need. I understand your point. I agree with it in many ways. However, 32-bit computing was trumpeted as server computing when it was first introduced. Now you would be hard pressed to buy a brand new 386, or 486. Think about it we have Ma and Pa Kettle buying 400 mhz Pentium machines today from Best buy. The Hubble Space Telescope doesn't not have a Pentium class processor. Therefore if you think that IA-64 will not be the basic desktop in about 2-3 years, just look back on what constituted 'desktop' and 'server' back in the days of the 8086, and 8088. The Ostrich approach although comfortable will ultimately cause your small business problems. Since you have a small business you have be even more careful about how you deploy your technology. Large businesses can F*ck multiple times and they have the capital to recover. Small business can't afford to make to many mistakes. If you have based your business and its survivability around OS/2, you have some longevity problems. That is of course unless you have access to OS/2 source code, and access to the skill required to update and maintain it for new hardware platforms. I'm sorry this is the case. But it is. OS/2 is one of my favorite environments. But due to IBM inaction it is becoming more obsolete every day. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Youngstown State University (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: cahughes@cc.ysu.edu 14-Oct-99 10:03:12 To: All 14-Oct-99 14:36:08 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Cameron Marty wrote: > Cameron Hughes wrote: > > > > The problem is not where OS/2 is at this exact moment. The problem > > is where it will be when IA-64 is released. How will it compare after > > Corel Corp has put some finishing touches on K. After Borland (Inprise) > > has finished porting its latest development suite to Linux. How does > > OS/2 look when a developer is trying to load it on one of those > > snazzy HP Pavillions that SIS530, SIS630. How does OS/2 look when one > > is trying to run the latest Object Oriented Development Tools i.e. UML > > tools? For those who don't do state of the art development or who > > come from a user's perspective, OS/2 has about 3 years of usefulness. > > For those who require the latest RAD, Case, latest hardware, OS/2 > > is not an option. > > Just a side point here. I have been employed by 3 Fortune 500 companies > as a software engineer (SIAC (who produces the software that runs the > New York Stock Exchange), Northern Telecom, and IBM), and I have yet to > encounter any CASE tools, UML tools, or any such thing. Has anyone seen > these items actually deployed in industry anywhere? From my experience, > these such tools are deployed in an academic environment only. I'm > curious if others have seen otherwise. > > - Marty Marty this is not a crticism. It's only a statement. Its very hard to generalize from 3 fortune 500 companies to the entire software develop community world wide. If you continue to move around you will encounter software development efforts that use case tools, RAD, artificial intelligence and the rest of those fancy dancy concepts. Actually the academic world tends not to deploy the latest and greatest software development technology. Although they introduce the concepts to the commercial sector they are often the last to deploy their own research. I'm sure you realize that like other kinds of engineering, software engineering can be found on a continuum. It moves from the basic paper and pencil approach on the low end to smart agent architecture recommendations on the high end. Good software engineering can be done across the entire continuum. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Youngstown State University (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jmalloy@borg.com 14-Oct-99 09:56:05 To: All 14-Oct-99 14:36:08 Subj: Re: Advocacy's Mosquito... From: "Joe Malloy" Something sorta like a tholened: > > None of this changes the fact that you were nominated in 1997. > > It does demonstrate that person responsible did not have his facts > straight and wasn't interested in getting them straight. Rather > coincidentally, you also relied on false information in the nomination > that you prepared. The facts were straight enough and you should acknowledge provable facts, viz., you were duly elected Kook Of The Month. Congratulations, Kook! --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: cahughes@cc.ysu.edu 14-Oct-99 10:18:16 To: All 14-Oct-99 14:36:09 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Cameron John Hong wrote: > Cameron Hughes (cahughes@cc.ysu.edu) wrote: > > : With Vmware under Linux you can have all the Windows 32bit/16bit and Dos > : that you want. > > At $299 a pop. > > : You don't have to choose between Linux and Windoze. When I say > : superior, I mean that it gives you everything that OS/2 gives you and > : more. Since VMWARE can run Win2000 and below and Linux > : runs VMWARE you can bring the entire Windows world into a Xwindows > : window. This cannot be done with OS/2. > > Still, at $299 a pop. > > : Linux has more Native applications than does OS/2. I realize from a > : user's perspective that Linux is a bit rough (Corel and IBM are fixing > : that right now!) but from a programmers or software engineer's > : perspective Linux rules. > > I'm curious, Camaron...why bother? Do you really think most of > us haven't *already* tried Linux or BeOS or something else? I looked > into Linux back in 1998, and it wasn't ready for me then. I tried it again > this year, and it's still no go. > In a few months time, you probably won't care anymore since the > "Golly gee everyone, look what I found" attitude will be long gone. It's > been out of my system since late 1998. The sad thing is, I'm still > *waiting* on it. Sigh. John I understand your frustration. Don't forget I am and have been a avid OS/2 user since OS2 1.3. Also I started evaluating, using, and contributing to Linux in 1992 and have participated in the Linux movement from that time. Linux is not simply a look what I found for me. My recent position on OS/2 obsolescence is simply a matter of logic and arithmetic. IA-64 or some other 64 bit technology is in the immediate future of computing. In the same fashion that 8086's and 8088s are not on the shelves at your local appliance or computer store the 386, 486, pentium 90, are effectively antiquated. I don't like it. But that's the way it is. Unless IBM makes OS/2 open source, sells to some other company, or ports it to IA-64, it will be extremely difficult to even load it on a new system in 3 years. Its a mathmatical thing. The new bus architectures, the new video adapter technologies, the new storage device technology will not be written for OS/2. Without open source we cannot maintain OS/2 indefinitely. Linux running OS/2 as a guest operating system under VMware is at least a legitimate future for OS/2. Since Linux is open source it will be ported to 64-bit, 128-bit, 256-bit computing. OS/2 is not open source. Currently it is not a cash cow for IBM and therefore how much R&D is going into porting OS/2 to any new hardware platforms? You ask the question why bother? I am a computer scientist and software engineer I have a ethical responsibility to my work not to become obsolete. My colleagues told me not to bother with OS/2 in the first place since it was proprietary. I wish I had taken their advice. I have a lot of intellectual investment in OS/2 but I simply cannot afford to put any more stock in it. I believe it was Kenny Rogers who sung 'You've got to know when to hold em, and know when to fold em' My friend, at least for me OS/2 has served its purpose, and its time to move on. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Youngstown State University (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: cahughes@cc.ysu.edu 14-Oct-99 10:25:17 To: All 14-Oct-99 14:36:09 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Cameron Karel Jansens wrote: > On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 16:37:20, Hobbyist wrote: > > [snip] > > > Remember that your primary reason for using an OS is to run apps in a > > stable, reliable, robust environment. What's with the obsession with the > > WPS vs Linux window managers vs Windows explorer? > > > This is actually a bit hard to explain to a Windows user. You see, we > OS/2 users have become accustomed to stability and robustness, so > we're looking at secundary features like ease of use. In that area, > the WPS is aeons ahead of the rest. (those who consider the WPS > unstable really should look at the kind of beating it will take before > it will start complaining) > > Linux users of course know about stability, but they have yet a long > way to go in the field of usability. > > Windows (pick any flavour of the day) really has neither, but it's > users *think* it has everything. This will one day in the future > become the archetypal example of twentieth century mass-psychosis. > Don't you feel proud you're part of history already? > > [snip] > > Karel Jansens > jansens_at_ibm_dot_net > > |---------------------------------------------------| > | Windows NT has detected that there were no errors | > | for the past 10 minutes. The system will now try | > | to restart or crash. Click the OK button to | > | continue. | > | < Ok > | > |---------------------------------------------------| > > (sigline nicked from Jayan M on comp.os.linux.misc) Open source operating systems are the future of computing. Unless OS/2 is made open source, it has a very, very, very short future. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Youngstown State University (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: cahughes@cc.ysu.edu 14-Oct-99 10:27:17 To: All 14-Oct-99 14:36:09 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Cameron Mike Trettel wrote: > On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 14:53:37 -0500, Hobbyist wrote: > >On comp.os.os2.advocacy, jansens_at_ibm_dot_net posted : > > > > >The WPS is not aeons ahead. That's a backward statement. Please remember > >that while the OS/2 WPS is being neglected by IBM, all the other OS's > >user interfaces have not been and have been being developed. > > Not looking for a fight here, but exactly what enhancements have been > done by Microsoft to the Windows GUI outside of the "integration" with > IE5? The Windows desktop looks pretty stagnant to me-the only way MS > seems to "improve" (sarcasm, of course) it is when their monopoly is > threatened. Also, simply because the WPS is not being further > developed does not equate to "no longer advanced". I can just as > easily say that the WPS was so far ahead in the first place that MS > still hasn't come close to the feature set of the WPS. Of course, this > is no longer important to MS with the removal of OS/2 as a realistic > competitor. > > If you really want to see true development in user interfaces one > should look at the KDE and Gnome projects. Both started off with > essentially *nothing*, and in two years time have come up quite usable > interfaces that are still in the exponential stage of development. > > -- > =========== > Mike Trettel trettel (Shift 2) fred (dinky little round thing) net > > I don't buy from spammers. No exceptions. Fix the reply line to mail me. Ditto, Look at the enlightenment window manager under X Windows. Awesome. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Youngstown State University (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: rerbert@wxs.nl 14-Oct-99 16:32:09 To: All 14-Oct-99 14:36:09 Subj: Re: McCoy Digest From: Gerben Bergman I am jansens_at_ibm_dot_net of Borg. You will be assimilated. > |---------------------------------------------------| > | NT boot options | > | | > | Please choose from list | > | | > | | > |---------------------------------------------------| Now isn't that a cute signature. Have you ever tried NT, Karel? --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Chaos & Disorder, Inc. (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: b.l.nelson@larc.nasa.gov 14-Oct-99 10:35:02 To: All 14-Oct-99 14:36:09 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: Bennie Nelson David Frank wrote: > > In article <38045F1E.637BE057@bcs.org.uk>, Tim Timmins > writes: > > > > >This is rubbish. They already mimicked W95 in the Warp 4 initial desktop > >layout. > > > > It makes no nevermind one way or the other, > desktop GUI features are NOT the reason why OS/2 is > incompatible with Win9x/NT, > and why OS/2 now commands a minuscule 0.2% of desktops... > > After all, the present NT4 GUI doesnt inhibit it from executing > a Win32 application created on a Win9x system.. Win9x and NT are not cut from the same cloth. They are two different architectures. NT provides some backwards compatibility for older programs. Furthermore, the Win32 specifications have at least one major dichotomy: if a Win 32 executable requires a VxD driver, then it will not execute on NT. > > Dave > > >There is a reason why they abandoned Warp preinstalls on consumer machines. > >Please remember that they were the LAST to license W95 preloads. There was a reason for that. Microsoft withheld the Win 95 license until the day of Win 95's release. Why? MS was stipulating that IBM stop preloads of OS/2 as a precondition for receiving the Win 95 preload agreement. IBM would not cave on that point. Bennie Nelson --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: rjf@yyycomasia.com 14-Oct-99 15:13:25 To: All 14-Oct-99 14:36:09 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: rjf@yyycomasia.com (rj friedman) On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 03:26:30, jimburke@ionet.net (Jim Burke) wrote: îIf you use os/2 for business, what do you use for accounting? Lotus 123 îSeems to be some sort of a gap in the market here. Not that I've noticied. îAt least, I haven't been able to find anything in this area. What kind of program are you looking for (specifically speaking)? ________________________________________________________ [RJ] OS/2 - Live it, or live with it. rj friedman Team ABW Taipei, Taiwan rjf@yyycomasia.com To send email - remove the `yyy' ________________________________________________________ --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: SEEDNet News Service (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: rjf@yyycomasia.com 14-Oct-99 15:16:29 To: All 14-Oct-99 14:36:09 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: rjf@yyycomasia.com (rj friedman) On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 16:55:12, Cameron wrote: î I understand your point. I agree with it in many ways. However, 32-bit îcomputing was trumpeted as server computing when it was first introduced. îNow you would be hard pressed to buy a brand new 386, or 486. There was a blurb in The Register citing an Intel assessment that it would be 10 years before 64 bit computing would make any kind of impact on the desktop. 10 years from now I don't expect that any of us will be doing the kind of desktop computing that we do today - so basically the whole concept is moot as far as I'm concerned. ________________________________________________________ [RJ] OS/2 - Live it, or live with it. rj friedman Team ABW Taipei, Taiwan rjf@yyycomasia.com To send email - remove the `yyy' ________________________________________________________ --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: SEEDNet News Service (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: pcguido@attglobal.net 14-Oct-99 15:24:27 To: All 14-Oct-99 14:36:09 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: pcguido@attglobal.net In , Hobbyist writes: |On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Marty posted : | || Hobbyist wrote: || > || > Now this is where windows comes in. OS/2 is left in a cloud of smoke || > where application support is concerned. There's always better on the || > windows side. This OS/2 apps is better than any other OS's anthem is as || > outdated as hell. || || That's a remarkably close-minded and completely unsupportable statement. | |How so? | || > > OS/2 users aren't exactly unknowledgeble people who don't try out || > > alternatives. || > || > They are however largely closed minded and stubbornly loyal to || > their obsolete cause. That's a generalisation of course. || || Remove obsolete and now you have a "generalization" of the windoze || advocate. Is it a correct one? | |Agreed. At least they aren't stubbornly loyal to an obsolete cause.;-) | |Personally, I advocate the best OS for whatever purpose. I'm not a |windows advocate per se though NT happens to work best for me. |-- |-=Ali=- With MS products, obsolete is what you get the day you take delivery. How many upgrades have you been forced through for your 'up-to-date' OS? As a developer, MS's dizzying replacement, renaming and repositioning of their products is a major pain. Guido --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: ralsina@my-deja.com 14-Oct-99 15:25:01 To: All 14-Oct-99 14:36:09 Subj: Re: Advocacy's Mosquito... From: Roberto Alsina In article <7u4ee2$8v6$1@news.hawaii.edu>, tholenAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu wrote: > Roberto Alsina writes: > > > I wrote: > > >> Jason S. wrote: > > >>> Tholen was *twice* nominated for Usenet Kook of the Month -- the > >>> first time by Roberto Alsina back in 1997, > > >> Alsina is the person who accused me of posting an average of 134 > >> articles every day, which was ludicrous. When he pointed to his > >> alleged evidence, it became obvious that he didn't even bother to > >> check the range of dates. Even then, he continued to insist that > >> he was right, until others started getting on his case. How > >> ironic that he nominated me rather than himself. > > > Well, Dave, that should show you that you are not universally seen > > as the beacon of pure reason and thought you apparently think you are. > > Illogical, given that the above historical account doesn't do > anything to contradict any assumption about what people see. As long as you claim I am not people, what you just said may make sense. > > BTW: you were nominated for being stupid enough to argue with Eliza. > > Incorrect. I wasn't stupid enough to argue with Eliza. I was > responding to a real person who was inserting responses generated > by an Eliza program. I realized that. Others realized that I > realized that. You did not. How ironic that you should mention > being "stupid enough". Exactly how do you explain your math error > and the long delay in admitting to it? I need not explain anything to you. That you are still pissed about it 2 years after the fact shows you are indeed a grudgy old fellow, and that you have indeed not grown out of it. > > Anyway, you still haven't groen out of this? > > Still having those reading comprehension problems, Roberto? Check > the thread more carefully again. I didn't bring you up. Jason S. > did. But you did bring up that specific incident, didn't you Dave? Of course your response needs not have any connection to what you are replying to, as per your usual "discussion" methodology. > > Man, are you a grudgy old fellow! > > You must be referring to Jason S., given that he's the one who brought > you up. No, I meant you, who still have a grudge about that ancient story. > > PS: they weren't 134 a day, > > Then why did you claim there were, Because I was wrong, Dave, just as I admitted years ago. > and why did you persist with your > claim, even after your error was clearly pointed out? For the reasons I gave in 1997. > > but they sure felt like it. > > That wasn't your argument at the time. You insisted on actual > numbers back then, not feelings. It is my argument of today. You obviously still live in 1997. > > PPS: preemptive Tholen argument response: they felt like that to me, > > Irrelevant, given that you didn't refer to feelings back then, but > instead actual numbers. In case you haven't noticed, the date of this thread is 1999. I expected a response about the events of this thread. What are you, some sort of librarian of ancient anger? > > that's subjective, personal opinion, > > The numbers you referred to are not. Who's talking about that? > > you have no way of proving I didn't feel that way, > > I do have a way of proving your reference to actual numbers. And who's talking about that? > > so save it for the winter. > > I'll deal with you whenever you choose to respond, Roberto. I'll deal with you whenever I have no need to be useful to society. -- Roberto Alsina (KDE developer, MFCH) Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Deja.com - Before you buy. (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: pcguido@attglobal.net 14-Oct-99 15:39:02 To: All 14-Oct-99 14:36:09 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: pcguido@attglobal.net In , David H. McCoy writes: |In article , |brentdaviesNOSPAM@home.com says... || ||Hobbyist wrote in message ||news:ruUAOIvwB786cZbETXoOja4DNuXg@4ax.com... ||| On comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy, pcguido@attglobal.net posted : ||| ||| > You miss the point (hobbyists often do): OS/2 has numerous fixpacks for ||| > two major reasons: ||| > ||| > 1) IBM does not force OS/2 users thru the annual upgrade blood-letting ||| ||| What annual upgrade blood-letting? Please stop exaggerating. When was ||| NT4 released. Is it's next major upgrade yet released. || ||[snip] || ||I find Guido's argument interesting. While most people accuse NT of falling ||behind, he is exaggerating the upgrade path of Windows. It can't be both ||ways. || ||-B || || || | |It can be here where revisionism and distortion are tools of the OS/2 advocacy |trade. | |David H. McCoy Revisionism and distortion? Oh yeah, like people who post from an alter-ego omnipotent userid? Or maybe, people who 'fake' their domain names? Ain't cooa grand? regards, Guido --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: ralsina@my-deja.com 14-Oct-99 15:30:07 To: All 14-Oct-99 14:36:09 Subj: Re: Advocacy's Mosquito... From: Roberto Alsina In article <7u4dfq$89c$1@news.hawaii.edu>, tholenAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu wrote: > Jason S. writes: > > >>> Tholen was *twice* nominated for Usenet Kook of the Month -- the first > >>> time by Roberto Alsina back in 1997, > > >> Alsina is the person who accused me of posting an average of 134 articles > >> every day, which was ludicrous. When he pointed to his alleged evidence, > >> it became obvious that he didn't even bother to check the range of dates. > >> Even then, he continued to insist that he was right, until others started > >> getting on his case. How ironic that he nominated me rather than himself. > > > None of this changes the fact that you were nominated in 1997. > > It does demonstrate that person responsible did not have his facts > straight and wasn't interested in getting them straight. Rather > coincidentally, you also relied on false information in the nomination > that you prepared. Your lack of logic is astounding. You were not nominated because of the fact you present, but because of another. That I was wrong in A doesn't prove I was wrong in B, much less that you are not a kook, which everyone who has read your drivel already knows you are. The award would have been just a cherry on the cake, a "official" acknowledgement of your nuttiness. Fear not, you're still a kook in my heart. -- Roberto Alsina (KDE developer, MFCH) Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Deja.com - Before you buy. (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: pcguido@attglobal.net 14-Oct-99 15:58:11 To: All 14-Oct-99 14:36:09 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: pcguido@attglobal.net In <19991012075506.26572.00000008@ngol08.aol.com>, davegemini@aol.com (David Frank) writes: |In article <3800c661_1@news1.prserv.net>, pcguido@attglobal.net writes: | || ||In the last 6-7 yrs, the IBM PC Co has lost billions for IBM by pursuing ||a 'Microsoft' first strategy - their demise is overdue. || | |At the time MS released what turned out to be the warp-killer OS. |that is... Win95 in aug 95, |IBM was offering OS/2 pre-loads and was a little tardy offering Win95 |pre-load option to buyers, but immediately IBM's win95 sales so |swamped OS/2 buyer preload sales, that by '97? IBM had dropped |offering warp pre-loaded.. | |It seems you are suggesting IBM PC company should have gone |down the drain with OS/2 rather than give buyers what they wanted? | |Dave Get serious. IBM PC Company fought OS/2 pre-load tooth & nail after their poor experience with 2.1. Fact is, they were trying to use Gateway's model of 'parts du-jour' (read cheap) and it just wasn't working. BTW if PC Co's strategy was "give buyers what they wanted", how did they lose those $$ billions? Sorry if you (especially if you worked there) don't like it; but, PC Co did themselves in. Big Louie has given them far more rope than was rolled out for OS/2; and, PC Co climbed up the tree and hung themselves. You can hardly blame Lou for wanting to cut down the swinging corpse. Say what you like; but, OS/2 makes money. So, OS/2 has out lived another of its major detractors. Where do you want to go today, Guido --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: pcguido@attglobal.net 14-Oct-99 16:09:29 To: All 14-Oct-99 16:31:18 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: pcguido@attglobal.net Most likely it means 'fixed' as in 'changed, no longer applies'. After all, something like 70% of W2K is new code, eh? I'm sure we won't find any bugs in any of that, now that Balmer is their quality champion. How preposterous, the man weasled out of eating that floppy... ;) Guido In <38058868.6592C9EC@bcs.org.uk>, Tim Timmins writes: |I guess you mean 'fixed' as in fixed, yeah right. | |Regards, |Tim | |Hobbyist wrote: | || On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Marty posted : || || > Tim Timmins wrote: || > > || > > This is rubbish. They already mimicked W95 in the Warp 4 initial desktop layout. || > || > Only they did it right. The Start menu is one of the most revolting || > features IMHO of the Win9x shell. It's a fairy-land view of what's on || > your computer. It could be completely out of date and inaccurate. The || > pop-up menu bar in Warp 4's Warpcenter is just a menu of all of the || > objects on your desktop. Always up-to-date, never a broken link. || || There's definitely some truth to what you say there. The shortcuts in || win9x/NT4 aren't updated automatically to reflect any movements of the || target executable if you so choose to move it. || || If, however double click on the broken shortcut, a search automatically || starts for the executable and an offer is made to update it. || || Cranky indeed but fixed in win2K. | --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: lewiscm@wfu.edu 14-Oct-99 15:47:18 To: All 14-Oct-99 16:31:18 Subj: FP for Warp 3.0 From: lewiscm@wfu.edu (Charles M Lewis) What is the current FPO for Warp 3 and where I can get it? --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Wake Forest University (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: cbass2112@my-deja.com 14-Oct-99 16:34:15 To: All 14-Oct-99 16:31:18 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: cbass2112@my-deja.com In article , alliem@_nospam_ wtjam.net wrote: > On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Tim Timmins posted : > > > Not just the start menu can be out of date. The whole shortcuts > > implementation can point to broken links. Why MS forced this into > > NT is beyond me. Just to get away from Presentation Manager ? > > This doesn't occur in a sensible administered system. But, with all due respect, what does "sensibly administered" really mean? In the context of the currect discussion, it seems to me that it can only mean "kow-towing to the shortcomings of the interface's implementation." Granted, we all kow-tow to whichever interface/environment/OS we decide to use, at least on some level, and at least to a degree. I guess I just have a hard time with euphamisms. Curtis Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Deja.com - Before you buy. (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: alliem@_nospam_wtjam.net 14-Oct-99 12:55:11 To: All 14-Oct-99 16:31:18 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: Hobbyist On comp.os.os2.advocacy, cbass2112@my-deja.com posted : > > > Not just the start menu can be out of date. The whole shortcuts > > > implementation can point to broken links. Why MS forced this into > > > NT is beyond me. Just to get away from Presentation Manager ? > > > > This doesn't occur in a sensible administered system. > > But, with all due respect, what does "sensibly administered" really > mean? In the context of the currect discussion, it seems to me that it > can only mean "kow-towing to the shortcomings of the interface's > implementation." Yes? > Granted, we all kow-tow to whichever interface/environment/OS we decide > to use, at least on some level, and at least to a degree. I guess I > just have a hard time with euphamisms. Thank you very much sir. That's exactly the point behind my comment. There are quite a few things about the Windows explorer that is nagging that I *cannot* fix or make better. Now those unchangeable or not remediable shortcomings are things to really whine about. Broken shortcut links in Windows Explorer are rather uncommon (users generally don't go moving their program executables from where they were originally installed) and easily fixable if they do occur. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: alliem@_nospam_wtjam.net 14-Oct-99 12:57:10 To: All 14-Oct-99 16:31:18 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: Hobbyist On comp.os.os2.advocacy, pcguido@attglobal.net posted : > Most likely it means 'fixed' as in 'changed, no longer applies'. After > all, something like 70% of W2K is new code, eh? I'm sure we won't find > any bugs in any of that, now that Balmer is their quality champion. > How preposterous, the man weasled out of eating that floppy... Jesus man, I'm only speaking about the fixing of the problem with broken shortcut links in explorer. I'm not speaking about win2k being perfect in general. Sheesh. You are being so half-cocked. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jglatt@spamgone-borg.com 14-Oct-99 18:19:23 To: All 14-Oct-99 16:31:18 Subj: Re: Advocacy's Mosquito... From: jglatt@spamgone-borg.com (Jeff Glatt) >>Jason S. >>This second nomination >>came in the wake of Tholen's notorious "kook and a queer" comment >Ian Tholen >Actually, that's the wake of your notorious attempts to "get a rise" out >of me. Put the onus where it belongs, Jason: on you, not me. Typical bigot. Tholen is blaming Jason for the fact that Tholen is a homophobe who equates "queers" (as he calls them) to kooks. (Indeed, he's such a deluded homophobe that he actually accused a straight guy of being a queer. That's a hallmark of a juvenile mind. But then, we all know by now that Tholen is *not* an intelligent person. He lacks even minimal common sense as is readily apparent to anyone who reads his bigotted tripe) --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jglatt@spamgone-borg.com 14-Oct-99 18:24:11 To: All 14-Oct-99 20:03:12 Subj: Re: McCoy Digest From: jglatt@spamgone-borg.com (Jeff Glatt) >Gerben Bergman >I am jansens_at_ibm_dot_net of Borg. You will be assimilated. > >> |---------------------------------------------------| >> | NT boot options | >> | | >> | Please choose from list | >> | | >> | | >> |---------------------------------------------------| > >Now isn't that a cute signature. Have you ever tried NT, Karel? I'm sure that his "experience" with it is on a par with his "buddy" Tholen's "experience" with NT -- woefully inadequate to have anything but the obviously naive, uninformed "opinions" (typically based upon heresay) that people like Karel and Tholen routinely spout. And that's why he often comes off as seeming so naive and misguided --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jglatt@spamgone-borg.com 14-Oct-99 18:31:07 To: All 14-Oct-99 20:03:12 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: jglatt@spamgone-borg.com (Jeff Glatt) >Bennie Nelson >the Win32 specifications have at >least one major dichotomy: if a Win 32 executable requires a VxD >driver, then it will not execute on NT. Huh?? What Win32 executables require a VxD driver? You don't link Win32 apps with drivers. you know. It's not like a DLL. Oh christ, I'm talking programming issues with a typical OS/2 enduser. It's hopeless, I know. They *never* learn any of this stuff. They just spout half-baked nonsense based upon other uninformed hearsay. >MS was stipulating that IBM stop preloads of OS/2 >as a precondition for receiving the Win 95 preload agreement. IBM would not >cave on that point. No, what *really* happened was that IBM withheld payment for the Windows 95 licenses until the last minute. IBM wasn't sure that it was going to license Win95 until after IBM saw that a number of its competitors had already signed up for it. It was only then that IBM agreed to MS's asking price --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net 14-Oct-99 18:32:07 To: All 14-Oct-99 20:03:12 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net (Karel Jansens) On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 17:25:34, Cameron wrote: > > Open source operating systems are the future of computing. Unless OS/2 is > made open source, it has a very, very, very short future. > You're sort of preaching to the pope here. Unfortunately, the chances of OS/2 ever getting open source are very dim. Bummer. Karel Jansens jansens_at_ibm_dot_net |---------------------------------------------------| | NT boot options | | | | Please choose from list | | | | | |---------------------------------------------------| --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net 14-Oct-99 18:32:06 To: All 14-Oct-99 20:03:12 Subj: Re: McCoy Digest From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net (Karel Jansens) On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 14:32:18, Gerben Bergman wrote: > I am jansens_at_ibm_dot_net of Borg. You will be assimilated. > > > |---------------------------------------------------| > > | NT boot options | > > | | > > | Please choose from list | > > | | > > | | > > |---------------------------------------------------| > > Now isn't that a cute signature. Have you ever tried NT, Karel? > I pushed the first button once. Guess what: it did exactly what it promised. I'll give that to NT: the buttons do what they say. Karel Jansens jansens_at_ibm_dot_net Incidentally, this is the screen you get after pressing . |---------------------------------------------------| | | | Welcome to Windows NTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT| |TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT| |TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT| |TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT| |-------------------------------------------| --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: cahughes@cc.ysu.edu 14-Oct-99 14:39:27 To: All 14-Oct-99 20:03:12 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Cameron rj friedman wrote: > On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 16:55:12, Cameron > wrote: > > î I understand your point. I agree with it in many ways. However, 32-bit > îcomputing was trumpeted as server computing when it was first introduced. > îNow you would be hard pressed to buy a brand new 386, or 486. > > There was a blurb in The Register citing an Intel assessment > that it would be 10 years before 64 bit computing would make > any kind of impact on the desktop. 10 years from now I don't > expect that any of us will be doing the kind of desktop > computing that we do today - so basically the whole concept > is moot as far as I'm concerned. > This is not meant as a criticism. But think about it. Think about the advancement of microprocessors since 1989 (basically the last 10 years) from 16-bit to 64-bit. from 64k as base memory to 64mb as base memory. Do you really believe that it will take 10 years from now before 64bit computing is adopted on the desktop? Do you really believe that? In ten years we will have 128-bit maybe 256-bit technology. For the group of folks in OS2.advocacy who don't develop software my apologies, my post is not really directed toward you. For the goup of folks in OS/2.advocacy who do develop software: Open source operating systems are the future (regardless to the hardware platform) Support open source Join the penguin stampede Install a Current Linux Installation Take control over your operating system > ________________________________________________________ > > [RJ] OS/2 - Live it, or live with it. > rj friedman Team ABW > Taipei, Taiwan rjf@yyycomasia.com > > To send email - remove the `yyy' > ________________________________________________________ --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Youngstown State University (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: b.l.nelson@larc.nasa.gov 14-Oct-99 14:37:19 To: All 14-Oct-99 20:03:12 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: Bennie Nelson Jeff Glatt wrote: > > >Bennie Nelson > >the Win32 specifications have at > >least one major dichotomy: if a Win 32 executable requires a VxD > >driver, then it will not execute on NT. > > Huh?? What Win32 executables require a VxD driver? You don't link > Win32 apps with drivers. you know. It's not like a DLL. > > Oh christ, I'm talking programming issues with a typical OS/2 enduser. > It's hopeless, I know. They *never* learn any of this stuff. They just > spout half-baked nonsense based upon other uninformed hearsay. Win32 software written for hardware that is supported by VxD drivers will not work in NT. > > >MS was stipulating that IBM stop preloads of OS/2 > >as a precondition for receiving the Win 95 preload agreement. IBM would not > >cave on that point. > > No, what *really* happened was that IBM withheld payment for the > Windows 95 licenses until the last minute. IBM wasn't sure that it was > going to license Win95 until after IBM saw that a number of its > competitors had already signed up for it. It was only then that IBM > agreed to MS's asking price Nope. Not according to the testimony in DOJ vs MS trial. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: tim.timmins@bcs.org.uk 14-Oct-99 20:19:09 To: All 14-Oct-99 20:03:12 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: Tim Timmins You said: 'They just spout half-baked nonsense based upon other uninformed hearsay.' And then you went and did the same: Jeff Glatt wrote: > No, what *really* happened was that IBM withheld payment for the > Windows 95 licenses until the last minute. IBM wasn't sure that it was > going to license Win95 until after IBM saw that a number of its > competitors had already signed up for it. It was only then that IBM > agreed to MS's asking price I guess you meant 'really', as in really, yeah right. Regards, Tim --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jhsterne@mindspring.com.NOSPAM 14-Oct-99 16:14:25 To: All 14-Oct-99 20:03:12 Subj: Re: Advocacy's Mosquito... From: jhsterne@mindspring.com.NOSPAM (Jason S.) Tholen tholened the following first-level quoted material to comp.os.os2.advocacy: >I wrote: >>>> Tholen was *twice* nominated for Usenet Kook of the Month -- the first >>>> time by Roberto Alsina back in 1997, >>> Alsina is the person who accused me of posting an average of 134 articles >>> every day, which was ludicrous. When he pointed to his alleged evidence, >>> it became obvious that he didn't even bother to check the range of dates. >>> Even then, he continued to insist that he was right, until others started >>> getting on his case. How ironic that he nominated me rather than himself. >> None of this changes the fact that you were nominated in 1997. >It does demonstrate that person responsible did not have his facts >straight and wasn't interested in getting them straight. The critical fact -- your kookiness -- was correctly noted, Dave. >Rather >coincidentally, you also relied on false information in the nomination >that you prepared. I relied on actual posts of yours, for the most part. Is that "false information," Dave? >>>> and the second time by me, for what turned out to be the February/March >>>> 1998 KOTM contest (don't ask -- I don't know why). This second nomination >>>> came in the wake of Tholen's notorious "kook and a queer" comment >>> Actually, that's the wake of your notorious attempts to "get a rise" out >>> of me. Put the onus where it belongs, Jason: on you, not me. >> Typical Tholen attempt to obfuscate the *real* issue. >Noting an important historical fact that you left out is not >obfuscation. Dave, the issue is your kookiness. >>>> There was no evidence of tampering >>> Incorrect. The voting deadline was extended, >> ..which is not evidence of tampering... >Prove that the outcome was not affected by the deadline extension. The burden to prove that the extension affected the outcome lies on your shoulders, Dave. You made a claim: back it up. >>> and I know that at least one vote wasn't counted. >> ..for a person who wasn't nominated, >Which makes the fact that you received a vote even more significant. Which explains why it wasn't counted. >> so the alleged vote was a nullity. >On the contrary, your actions earned you that vote. Too bad the >significance is lost on you. Even assuming arguendo that someone did vote for me, you got more than enough votes to win. >>>> Tholen claimed that someone named "Wayne Strang" (who was not even >>>> nominated) >>> Incorrect. Consult deja.com for proof. >> Dave, the ballot has been reposted repeatedly. >The result showing Wayne Strang's election was reposted. Do you mean the post by the December 1997 Kook of the Month that declared "Wayne Strang" to be the unanimous winner? Odd, since you claim that I got a vote, and I know that you got at least one vote yourself. >> "Wayne Strang" (whoever that is) was not on it. >Incorrect. Reference? >> Now, it is possible that a nomination was made, >More than just possible. One was indeed made. Prove it, if you think you can. >> but the rules require a second, and it appears that no second was made -- >> thus, he was not properly nominated under the rules. >Then how did he manage to win? He didn't, Dave. >>>> won the election and complained that a vote cast by some unnamed person >>>> allegedly for me was not counted. >>> You want actual names, Jason? >> Provide it, if you think you can. >I said "names", Jason, not "name", thus your use of "it" is >inappropriate. Provide them, if you think you can. >>> Check the people who criticized you for >>> your "campaigning" in sci.astro. >> Are you alleging that these alleged people voted for me, Dave? >The people are not alleged, Jason. You quickly left sci.astro after >you were criticized multiple times. Consult deja.com if you can't >remember their names. I was never subscribed to sci.astro, Dave, so it is illogical to claim that I "left" that group. >>> As for the person who contacted me >>> privately to say that he voted for you, just what do you think the >>> word "privately" means? >> I imagine that it means that this alleged person allegedly sent you >> an email. >It means that I won't betray a confidence, Jason. ..preferring to make typical Tholen unsubstantiated claims. >>>> Tholen conveniently disregarded the fact that I was not nominated in >>>> making this complaint. >>> Doesn't change the fact that you received at least one vote, and quite >>> possibly more, perhaps even the most. >> And perhaps you were on the grassy knoll in Dallas in 1963, Dave. >Non sequitur. Whatever. >>>> The second KOTM title that Dave won >>> I haven't won any, Jason. >> Incorrect. >Still trying to foist your unofficial, "tongue-in-cheek", tampered >results on the unsuspecting reader, eh Jason? I simply refer to the poll that was taken by someone other than me in CSMA earlier this year. They're not "my" results. >>>> was started by someone calling himself "ZnU" who frequents >>>> comp.sys.mac.advocacy. This person set up a CSMA Kook poll on one >>>> of those polling websites that will run impromptu polls for anyone. >>>> There were about 15 candidates (chosen arbitrarily by "ZnU") and >>>> Tholen won the vote. >>> Incorrect. You and Edwin both had thousands of votes that disappeared. >> ..and the technical problems with the polling were straightened out >> by the people who run that site. >Evidence, please. The fact that the persons who were tampering with the vote (running up thousands of votes for me and Edwin) apparently could no longer run up the vote to such an extent speaks for itself. >>> And from Eric Bennett: >>> ] The other poll (csma KOTM) was not well protected against vote fraud. I >>> ] had an amusing evening playing with their vote counting system to see if I >>> ] could get around their belatedly instituted safeguards (which I did... >> ..and Eric voted for Nathan A. Hughes, not for you, Dave. >Irrelevant, Jason. It demonstrates that the poll was not protected >against fraud. No vote is completely protected against fraud, Dave. -- Check out the comp.sys.mac.advocacy FAQ http://www.pobox.com/~ericb/csmafaq/ muahahahahahahaha!!!snap!snap!!snap!!photoshop!! -- Ho You Kong --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: MindSpring Enterprises (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: tholenbot@x3066.resnet.cornell.edu 14-Oct-99 16:21:24 To: All 14-Oct-99 20:03:13 Subj: Re: Advocacy's Mosquito... From: tholenbot@x3066.resnet.cornell.edu (tholenbot) In article <7tmf1m$45b$1@news.hawaii.edu>, tholenantispam@hawaii.edu wrote: > Impossible, given that deja.com does prove that I am correct. Prove it, if you think you can. > That's not the "actual ballot". Incorrect. > Incorrect. Taking reading comprehension lessons from Eric Bennett again, Dave? -- I do not "approve" phrases. -Dave Tholen --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: IFA BS 1 (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: workingaway@blackstar.tzo.com.no... 14-Oct-99 16:42:04 To: All 14-Oct-99 20:03:13 Subj: Re: McCoy Digest Message sender: workingaway@blackstar.tzo.com.nospam From: "Drestin Black" gee, guess at least you have a choice, Linux just crashes as soon as you press the power on button. (I mean, if we are going to believe your pathetic silliness, then we gotta believe mine too right?) Incidentally, this is the screen you get after pressing power button: Loading Linu............ click, machine off. wrote in message news:L9BY9tzSDwrQ-pn2-1bxH2gZZY6yB@localhost... > On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 14:32:18, Gerben Bergman wrote: > > > I am jansens_at_ibm_dot_net of Borg. You will be assimilated. > > > > > |---------------------------------------------------| > > > | NT boot options | > > > | | > > > | Please choose from list | > > > | | > > > | | > > > |---------------------------------------------------| > > > > Now isn't that a cute signature. Have you ever tried NT, Karel? > > > > I pushed the first button once. > Guess what: it did exactly what it promised. I'll give that to NT: the > buttons do what they say. > > Karel Jansens > jansens_at_ibm_dot_net > > Incidentally, this is the screen you get after pressing . > |---------------------------------------------------| > | | > | Welcome to Windows NTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT| > |TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT| > |TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT| > |TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT| > |-------------------------------------------| > --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mirage@iae.nl 14-Oct-99 22:51:26 To: All 14-Oct-99 20:03:13 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Mirage Media Jim Burke wrote: > > If you use os/2 for business, what do you use for accounting? > Seems to be some sort of a gap in the market here. > At least, I haven't been able to find anything in this area. > Hmmm. My wife just opened the European office of a Taiwanese computer company doing about $25,000,000US in annual sales (in Europe). Her all OS/2 office runs Star Office 5.1a. She finally switched over after her Winboze system crashed taking all her data along with it. Corey Mirage Media Eindhoven, The Netherlands Fine Art Nudes Kyoto http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/people/photos/gallery/C_SHADOW/index.html Polaroid Transfer Art http://www.frii.com/~uliasz/photoart/polaroid/t_gallery/corey.htm --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Internet Access Eindhoven, the Netherlands (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: rerbert@wxs.nl 14-Oct-99 22:50:03 To: All 14-Oct-99 20:03:13 Subj: Re: McCoy Digest From: Gerben Bergman On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 18:24:23 GMT, Jeff Glatt's evil twin Skippy wrote: | >Now isn't that a cute signature. Have you ever tried NT, Karel? | | I'm sure that his "experience" with it is on a par with his "buddy" | Tholen's "experience" with NT -- woefully inadequate to have anything | but the obviously naive, uninformed "opinions" (typically based upon | hearsay) that people like Karel and Tholen routinely spout. I have no problem with people being uninformed -- nobody knows everything. What I do have a problem with is people being so proud of their ignorance that they choose to broadcast it to the world, even going so far as to put it in their signatures. Karel, what's your experience with NT? Have you used it for any length of time? How often did it crash on you? To put things in perspective: I've used OS/2 for 2.5 years (Jan 1996-May 1998), I've used NT for 1.5 years (May 1998-present), and I can tell you that NT has crashed/hung/frozen an order of magnitude less often than OS/2. With this kind of first-hand experience, what do you expect me to think when some self-righteous OS/2 advocate tells me that NT crashes by merely looking at it? That it's synonymous with BSOD? That it's a toy OS nobody should take seriously? Yup, I think he's full of it. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Chaos & Disorder, Inc. (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jdc0014@InfoNET.st-johns.nf.ca 14-Oct-99 20:59:20 To: All 14-Oct-99 20:03:13 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: jdc0014@InfoNET.st-johns.nf.ca (John Hong) Cameron (cahughes@cc.ysu.edu) wrote: : obsolescence is simply a matter of logic and arithmetic. IA-64 or some other : 64 bit technology is in the immediate future of computing. In the same fashion Define 'immediate'. 3 years? 5 years? IA-64 certainly won't be making much headway in the consumer desktop arena next year, and not even the year after. Besides, for IA-64 to take off it will, ironically enough, need a Microsoft operating system. Does anyone even know if Microsoft will be putting anything on Merced? If IA-64 does not have a Microsoft consumer operating system, IA-64 will not be going anywhere in the consumer desktop arena (as much as I hate to admit it). : I don't like it. But that's the way it is. Unless IBM makes OS/2 open : source, sells to some other company, or ports it to IA-64, it will be : extremely difficult to even load it on a new system in 3 years. What makes you so certain that IA-64 will be a factor for the consumer market in 3 years? : computing. OS/2 is not open source. Currently it is not a cash cow for IBM : and therefore how much R&D is going into porting OS/2 to any new hardware : platforms? I gather that OS/2 is making enough money for IBM, enough to in exceed their own expectations. : You ask the question why bother? I am a computer scientist and software : engineer I have a ethical responsibility to my work not to become obsolete. Ok. Now what does that have to do with me? : 'You've got to know when to hold em, and know when to fold : em' : My friend, at least for me OS/2 has served its purpose, and its time to move : on. Ok. Good bye, now. I'll expect to see your attentions shift from the OS/2 newsgroups to the Linux related ones. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: St. John's InfoNET (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jglatt@spamgone-borg.com 14-Oct-99 22:05:20 To: All 14-Oct-99 20:03:13 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: jglatt@spamgone-borg.com (Jeff Glatt) >> >Bennie Nelson >> >the Win32 specifications have at >> >least one major dichotomy: if a Win 32 executable requires a VxD >> >driver, then it will not execute on NT. >> Huh?? What Win32 executables require a VxD driver? You don't link >> Win32 apps with drivers. you know. It's not like a DLL. >> Oh christ, I'm talking programming issues with a typical OS/2 enduser. >> It's hopeless, I know. They *never* learn any of this stuff. They just >> spout half-baked nonsense based upon other uninformed hearsay. >Win32 software written for hardware that is supported by VxD drivers >will not work in NT. It is not part of the "Win32 specifications" to produce "software [specifically] written for hardware [drivers]". (Not that I believe that you even have the slightest idea what you're talking about. I'm sure that you're simply tossing around some buzz phrases that you once heard some other OS/2 nutcase rambling about Windows, and thought that it made for lovely sounding FUD). Indeed, it is part of the "Win32 specifications" to produce software that is hardware independent. The reason why there are things called "drivers" is to make that so. Obviously, this most basic programming concept has gone completely over your head. As a person who has written both Win32 application software as well as drivers, I could explain to you how this all works, but I have absolutely no confidence that you'd be able to understand much of it, and worse, I strongly believe that your somewhat-unnatural "love" for OS/2 will blind you into believing nothing but the worst possible, least realistic FUD about Windows, some of which you're spewing right now. By all means, feel free to get as technical as you'd like on the subject of Win32 applications interfacing to VxD's. I have absolutely no doubt that I'll be able to debunk any specific statements you make (not that I expect you to get any more specific than your laughably nebulous, unsubstantiated claim that there is something "eerie" about the "Win32 specification" regarding VxDs). And I'll likely make you look like the technically illiterate fool that so many OS/2 zealots are nowadays >>>MS was stipulating that IBM stop preloads of OS/2 >>>as a precondition for receiving the Win 95 preload agreement. IBM would not >>>cave on that point. >>No, what *really* happened was that IBM withheld payment for the >>Windows 95 licenses until the last minute. IBM wasn't sure that it was >>going to license Win95 until after IBM saw that a number of its >>competitors had already signed up for it. It was only then that IBM >>agreed to MS's asking price >Nope. Not according to the testimony in DOJ vs MS trial. I never heard any MS spokesman testify before the DOJ that "MS stipulated IBM stop preloads of OS/2 as a precondition for receiving the Win95 preload agreement". In fact, MS denied any such "demand", despite your indication otherwise --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jglatt@spamgone-borg.com 14-Oct-99 22:11:26 To: All 14-Oct-99 20:03:13 Subj: Re: McCoy Digest From: jglatt@spamgone-borg.com (Jeff Glatt) >>>Gerben Bergman >| >Now isn't that a cute signature. Have you ever tried NT, Karel? >>jglatt >| I'm sure that his "experience" with it is on a par with his "buddy" >| Tholen's "experience" with NT -- woefully inadequate to have anything >| but the obviously naive, uninformed "opinions" (typically based upon >| hearsay) that people like Karel and Tholen routinely spout. >I have no problem with people being uninformed -- nobody knows everything. >What I do have a problem with is people being so proud of their ignorance >that they choose to broadcast it to the world, even going so far as to put >it in their signatures. I agree 100%. Take Bennie Nelson in another thread, claiming that the Win32 specification is about applications that are written only to work with particular drivers. Now that is typical OS/2 zealot technical ignorance. >Karel, what's your experience with NT? Have you used it for any length of >time? How often did it crash on you? >To put things in perspective: I've used OS/2 for 2.5 years (Jan 1996-May >1998), I've used NT for 1.5 years (May 1998-present), and I can tell you >that NT has crashed/hung/frozen an order of magnitude less often than OS/2. >With this kind of first-hand experience, what do you expect me to think when >some self-righteous OS/2 advocate tells me that NT crashes by merely looking >at it? That it's synonymous with BSOD? That it's a toy OS nobody should take >seriously? >Yup, I think he's full of it. And that is indeed the problem with OS/2 Advocacy circa 1999. It's full of self-righteous, religiously zealous endusers who don't know much about not only technical issues (and yet display their ignorance at the drop of a hat when spreading FUD), but also who have inadequate experience to make the claims that they're making about various products/issues. And nobody takes them seriously any more, as a result --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: josco@sea.monterey.edu 14-Oct-99 15:21:09 To: All 14-Oct-99 20:03:13 Subj: Communicator 4.7 vs Communicator/2 From: josco http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,2352372,00.html What's new in Communicator 4.7? Well, it's officially Y2K compliant and there are a few security fixes. Netscape has also added a new version of AOL Instant Messenger and a Shop@Netscape button, .... Communicator 4.6 is notoriously buggy and widely considered less stable than previous versions. Does 4.7 fix this? In a week and a half of tests on several different Windows systems, Communicator 4.7 crashed or froze several times. Netscape has also had to release a workaround to solve a bug that was preventing the browser from launching at all. The browser didn't crash on Unix and Mac OS, but we didn't work it as hard as we did in Windows. -- joseph --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: CSUnet (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: alliem@_nospam_wtjam.net 14-Oct-99 17:17:25 To: All 14-Oct-99 21:38:24 Subj: Re: McCoy Digest From: Hobbyist On comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy, Gerben Bergman posted : > On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 18:24:23 GMT, Jeff Glatt's evil twin Skippy wrote: > > | >Now isn't that a cute signature. Have you ever tried NT, Karel? > | > | I'm sure that his "experience" with it is on a par with his "buddy" > | Tholen's "experience" with NT -- woefully inadequate to have anything > | but the obviously naive, uninformed "opinions" (typically based upon > | hearsay) that people like Karel and Tholen routinely spout. > > I have no problem with people being uninformed -- nobody knows everything. > What I do have a problem with is people being so proud of their ignorance > that they choose to broadcast it to the world, even going so far as to put > it in their signatures. > > Karel, what's your experience with NT? Have you used it for any length of > time? How often did it crash on you? > > To put things in perspective: I've used OS/2 for 2.5 years (Jan 1996-May > 1998), I've used NT for 1.5 years (May 1998-present), and I can tell you > that NT has crashed/hung/frozen an order of magnitude less often than OS/2. > With this kind of first-hand experience, what do you expect me to think when > some self-righteous OS/2 advocate tells me that NT crashes by merely looking > at it? That it's synonymous with BSOD? That it's a toy OS nobody should take > seriously? > > Yup, I think he's full of it. I saw the signature and made a lot of similar inferences about the user of the signature and decided that it wasn't really worth a comment. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 14-Oct-99 18:39:21 To: All 14-Oct-99 21:38:24 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Marty Cameron wrote: > > My friend, at least for me OS/2 has served its purpose, and its time to move > on. Are you also ready to move on from OS/2 advocacy or is your evangelism going to continue? - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 14-Oct-99 18:48:29 To: All 14-Oct-99 21:38:24 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Marty Karel Jansens wrote: > > On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 17:25:34, Cameron wrote: > > > > > Open source operating systems are the future of computing. Unless OS/2 is > > made open source, it has a very, very, very short future. > > > You're sort of preaching to the pope here. > Unfortunately, the chances of OS/2 ever getting open source are very > dim. > Bummer. IMHO, OS/2 going open source would be the worst thing that could ever happen to it. It would mean IBM dropping all support of it, industry dropping what remains of its support, and the maintenance of code put in the hands of unpaid hobbyists who are completely unfamiliar with it. It would also decentralize fixpacks and device drivers, and probably do some significant financial damage to Scitech who now has a pretty significant stake in OS/2. How is this the future of OS/2? - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 14-Oct-99 19:07:26 To: All 14-Oct-99 21:38:24 Subj: Re: Communicator 4.7 vs Communicator/2 From: Marty josco wrote: > > http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,2352372,00.html > > What's new in Communicator 4.7? Well, it's > officially Y2K compliant and there are a few > security fixes. Netscape has also added a new > version of AOL Instant Messenger and a > Shop@Netscape button, .... > > Communicator 4.6 is notoriously buggy and > widely considered less stable than previous > versions. Does 4.7 fix this? In a week and a > half of tests on several different Windows > systems, Communicator 4.7 crashed or froze > several times. Netscape has also had to > release a workaround to solve a bug that was > preventing the browser from launching at all. > The browser didn't crash on Unix and Mac OS, > but we didn't work it as hard as we did in > Windows. > > -- joseph Personally, I've worked 4.61 for OS/2 very hard and I use it every day for browsing as well as e-mail and newsgroups. It doesn't crash or misbehave for me in the slightest. - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 14-Oct-99 19:15:08 To: All 14-Oct-99 21:38:24 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: Marty Jeff Glatt wrote: > > >Win32 software written for hardware that is supported by VxD drivers > >will not work in NT. > > It is not part of the "Win32 specifications" to produce "software > [specifically] written for hardware [drivers]". (Not that I believe > that you even have the slightest idea what you're talking about. I'm > sure that you're simply tossing around some buzz phrases that you once > heard some other OS/2 nutcase rambling about Windows, and thought that > it made for lovely sounding FUD). Indeed, it is part of the "Win32 > specifications" to produce software that is hardware independent. The > reason why there are things called "drivers" is to make that so. > Obviously, this most basic programming concept has gone completely > over your head. I think what he was trying to get at was the fact that there were historically, if not currently, several device drivers that existed only in VxD form and therefore would not work in NT. Until recently, USB support was in this category among other things. Of course, with the new WDM this is no longer an issue. - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jdc0014@InfoNET.st-johns.nf.ca 14-Oct-99 23:13:13 To: All 14-Oct-99 21:38:24 Subj: Re: Communicator 4.7 vs Communicator/2 From: jdc0014@InfoNET.st-johns.nf.ca (John Hong) Marty (mamodeo@stny.rr.com) wrote: : Personally, I've worked 4.61 for OS/2 very hard and I use it every day : for browsing as well as e-mail and newsgroups. It doesn't crash or : misbehave for me in the slightest. Another point to mention is that IBM doesn't really change the version number with this. Netscape 2.02 for OS/2 was in actuality 3.0 with the -3 switch. It's quite possible that IBM will make a fixpak or re-release of 4.61 containing those 4.7 fixes, only still keeping the version number 4.61. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: St. John's InfoNET (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: lclark@carroll.com 12-Oct-99 17:22:22 To: All 14-Oct-99 21:38:24 Subj: Re: The ultimate hacker OS... From: lclark@carroll.com In , on 10/05/99 at 07:23 AM, mcbrides@erols.com (Jerry McBride) said: >Geezz... even copies of Wseb GA are turning up for free FTP over seas... That sounds interesting. Could you give more detail? les clark / edgewater, new jersey / usa ----------------------------------------------------------- lclark@carroll.com ----------------------------------------------------------- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Carroll-Net (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: lucien@metrowerks.com 14-Oct-99 23:49:26 To: All 14-Oct-99 21:38:24 Subj: Re: Navigator 4.7 is available!! OS/2 is behind again!! From: lucien@metrowerks.com In article <7u4cj4$7eb$1@news.hawaii.edu>, tholenAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu wrote: > Mike Timbol writes: > > > Joseph wrote: > > >> OS/2 Java 1.1.8 implements Java 1.2 functionality. Bummer, bummer. > > > It's also bullshit. > > Incorrect. OS/2 Java 1.1.8 does implement Java 1.2 functionality. > > > Download something like NetBeans, that requires > > JDK 1.2. Try to run it on OS/2. No dice. > > Irrelevant, given that Joseph did not say that OS/2 Java 1.1.8 > implements ALL of Java 1.2 functionality. It does implement SOME > of it, however. On the contrary, your very own logic proves that he said exactly that (Re your argument from the "costly mistakes" thread of some years ago which you've conveniently forgotten here). Lucien S. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Deja.com - Before you buy. (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 14-Oct-99 20:12:26 To: All 14-Oct-99 21:38:24 Subj: Re: Communicator 4.7 vs Communicator/2 From: Marty John Hong wrote: > > Marty (mamodeo@stny.rr.com) wrote: > > : Personally, I've worked 4.61 for OS/2 very hard and I use it every day > : for browsing as well as e-mail and newsgroups. It doesn't crash or > : misbehave for me in the slightest. > > Another point to mention is that IBM doesn't really change the > version number with this. Netscape 2.02 for OS/2 was in actuality 3.0 > with the -3 switch. Not entirely correct. It had some 3.0 fixes and functionality, but not all. With the -3 switch it reported itself as version 3.0, but that is just a fascade. - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: josco@sea.monterey.edu 14-Oct-99 17:19:17 To: All 14-Oct-99 21:38:24 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: josco On 14 Oct 1999, John Hong wrote: > Cameron (cahughes@cc.ysu.edu) wrote: > > : obsolescence is simply a matter of logic and arithmetic. IA-64 or some other > : 64 bit technology is in the immediate future of computing. In the same fashion > > Define 'immediate'. 3 years? 5 years? IA-64 certainly won't be > making much headway in the consumer desktop arena next year, and not even > the year after. Besides, for IA-64 to take off it will, ironically > enough, need a Microsoft operating system. What does a home or desktop PC need to with a 64-bit address space? Quicken data files exceeding 10's and 1000's of gigabytes? SGI IRIX jumped to a pseudo 64-bit and my codes doubled in memory requrements, my data files doubled. 64-bit integers, 64-bit floats. I saw no improvment. More RAM need to do the same work. Graphics processing and fast I/O are things that the desktop needs and these things require a different kind of bitness. Go see a Dreamcast -- if you can find one since they are all sold out in CA. That kind of 128-bit system is the future of the desktop and it costs $200 with networkable 56kb modem. Sony's 128/64 bit console due in March/April will support DVD, fast I/O and run around 400 mhz. It will cost < 500. IA-64 is irrelevant. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: CSUnet (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: forgitaboutit@fake.com 14-Oct-99 20:36:00 To: All 15-Oct-99 02:48:15 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: David H. McCoy In article <38057BFF.B0461397@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... >> >Nice try at saving face, but you screwed up. Be man enough to admit >> >that you misunderstood, "Now if you'd like to point out some >> >contradictions, I'd be glad to acknowledge them.", without insulting me >> >this time. >> >> Again, you misunderstand. I changed no subject. The thread is "Linux Myths". >> You started talking about fixpacks. I say that you are confused by the >> contradiction inherent in claiming that you are not reliant on IBM, yet you >> install most, if not all of their fixpacks with clearly demostrates the very >> reliance you seek to deny. >So what was the whole, "But it would be amusing to see you point out >contradictions. Do so." if not a misunderstanding on your part? Sometimes a rose is just a rose. I think it would be interesting to see you point out contradictions. >> Your confusion over this inherent contradiction is why you accuse believe that >> I am changing the subject when in fact, you did by writing about fixpacks. >Now I'm confused. ;-) And let THAT be a lesson to you. >> >So truth by declaration, I've contradicted myself because David said >> >so. My actions may have contradicted the statements of other alleged >> >OS/2 users in this group, but I don't see how that qualifies as me >> >contradicting myself. You're too ready to file me off into a convenient >> >category that suits you. >> >> Not at all. I think that your actions fit right into the box that is OS/2 cooa >> advocate. >So the average COOA poster writes freeware applications and assists >others in porting applications to OS/2? Big box, remember? >> You knock Windows based on incomplete knowledge. >I've done GUI, Netscape Plugin, and device driver programming in Windows >NT. While I would never claim "complete knowledge," that ain't bad. I may be mistaken here, but weren't you the guy talking about Windows 3.5? >> You seem to feel that most people cannot make intelligent computer hardware >> and software purchases, >I felt that my mother had not done so, and that there are potentially >many like her. I'm still wondering about that. You explained here options to her. She consider them and made her decision. Are you sure that you are not just disagreeing with her decision? >> presumably based on their use of Windows, >Nope. Based on their perceived need for powerful computers to do some >not very compute-demanding tasks. They only make powerful computers. Perhaps people don't want old, waranty-less computers or low end eMachines. >> and that your selections are somehow superior, presumably because of your >> use of OS/2. >My selection is superior for my use. I would not limit myself to a >given tool if it didn't meet my needs well. I have no brand loyalty. Okay. >> When confront with the numerous gaps in OS/2's offerings, you claim on the >> one hand that such items aren't needed, >Always qualified with, "for my own use." That is true, but the "you" means "OS/2 users" not Marty specifically and in all cases. >> but on the other that despite this lack of need, such items will be delivered >> in the future such as our discussion of Scitech. You are then vague on details >> such as when these items will arrive and what shape they will take, again, >> reference our Scitech dicussion. >Sorry. I don't work for Scitech. I know only what I've heard and seen. Ditto, and so far, I haven't seen much to give me confidence. I shared what I did see with you, namely that list of old supported video chipsets(except for the S4), and the fact that their OpenGL support is for Windows, not OS/2(or any other OS, AKAIK). >> But remember, this is a big box. While you are in it, you are clearly in the >> center of the box, in that you are reasonable to a marvelous degree(if not >> prone to making wrong conclusions :-)). You are not on the fringe of the box >> like the more...excitable elements. >I guess that's a compilment. ;-) Please do! >> I didn't say you did. The reason I bought this up is because any Windows person >> said that they installed a service pack for just to do it, ten posts would >> follow calling this person a lemming. >And not one would be from me. Fair enough. >> I'm just wondering that since your fixpack use clearly fits this definition, >> why these guys aren't stepping up? >Many here do have double standards. I could name a few names, but that >would only summon them into this discussion which we'd both agree is >undesirable. Stop it!! We are agreeing, forming a gestalt being...We are Windows. We *are* OS/2. WE. ARE.....Win-OS/2?!?! Nah...that's been taken. Never mind. >> >Would you identify the windoze using public as your peers David? The 12 >> >year olds playing 3D games, the businessmen using their office suites, >> >the disfunctional nerds who spend all of their lives on IRC... are they >> >all your peers, just because they use windoze? >> >> See "windoze". >Force of habit. If you like, you can respond using 1/2 OS. ;-) Nah... >> Perhaps you aren't as different as you may think. But to answer >> your question, they are fellow Windows users. >Do you feel any particular kinsmanship to them or that your thoughts and >ideas line up with theirs based on their OS choice? I'm sure some ideas and thoughts do line up. Just as I'm sure I share the same ideas about Unix with Unix guys. >> >If it's not your opinion then what is your purpose in presenting it? >> >Let those that feel this way present their opinion to me, otherwise you >> >run the risk of having to defend their arguments. I've noted that none >> >have done so as of yet. >> >> Why is my point? Shouts of upgrade-itis ring through these halls, but none in >> your direction despite actions that clearly meet the definition of "windoze >> lemmings" offered by some OS/2 users in this group. >My fault. I'll try to be more blatent about it next time. ;-) >> It's the lack of response that I find interesting, but not susprising. >Personally, I don't even find it interesting. In fact, entirely too >predictable. Well, not interesting in the "great book plot" sort of way, more like the "I can't believe he punched his hand through that window!" sort of way. >> After all, people who teamed with John Ominor in times past now attack. As >> long as you use OS/2 (and are not Tim Martin) anything goes. >You mean you didn't receive a License To Do and Say Whatever You Want >and Always Be Right in the box when you bought OS/2? You must not have >gotten the Purple Spine edition like the rest of us. ;-) Well, I did get Warp 4 when it was first released. The license to which you refer was in fixpack 2. >> >That's quite a stretch. If my computer blew itself up 10 minutes from >> >now, life would go on. I'd be pissed off no doubt, but my insatiable >> >curiousity won't so consume me that I can't resume a normal life. >> >> What stretch? Your fellows seem to feel that Windows users upgrade just to do >> it. According to your own words, this is why you install fixpacks. >Ok. >> You say that Windows users don't need to upgrade, but do so out of a >> perceived necessity. >Have I? Are you employing the collective "you"? Didn't you say ugrade-itis was from a perceived necessity? Perhaps I misundestood(and do want to be a man) :-). >> By your own admission, your machine is this smooth running beast to be patch by >> fixpacks to satisfy your curiousity. That is your perceived need. >I still disagree that this demonstrates any "need". My world will not >collapse if I'm deprived of this "joy". Need doesn't have to be life or death. Sometimes I "need" some Ruby Red juice, but I'll live without it. >> >It's amusing in a way to see you trying to tell me what my perceptions >> >of necessity are. Since you know so much about me, tell me what you >> >feel my favorite color should be. >> >> You tell me. Your words are all I have to go by. >No dime-shop psycho-analysis for this? Aggression would point to a >red... cunning and cold wit would point to a blue... However, I >anticipate you saying perhaps a brown for fairly obvious reasons. ;-) ????????? I must be tired. Brown? >- Marty -- --------------------------------------- David H. McCoy dmccoy@EXTRACT_THIS_mnsinc.com --------------------------------------- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: OminorTech (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: forgitaboutit@fake.com 14-Oct-99 20:38:12 To: All 15-Oct-99 02:48:15 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: David H. McCoy In article <3805f919_4@news1.prserv.net>, pcguido@attglobal.net says... >In , David H. McCoy writes: >|In article , >|brentdaviesNOSPAM@home.com says... >|| >||Hobbyist wrote in message >||news:ruUAOIvwB786cZbETXoOja4DNuXg@4ax.com... >||| On comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy, pcguido@attglobal.net posted : >||| >||| > You miss the point (hobbyists often do): OS/2 has numerous fixpacks for >||| > two major reasons: >||| > >||| > 1) IBM does not force OS/2 users thru the annual upgrade blood-letting >||| >||| What annual upgrade blood-letting? Please stop exaggerating. When was >||| NT4 released. Is it's next major upgrade yet released. >|| >||[snip] >|| >||I find Guido's argument interesting. While most people accuse NT of falling >||behind, he is exaggerating the upgrade path of Windows. It can't be both >||ways. >|| >||-B >|| >|| >|| >| >|It can be here where revisionism and distortion are tools of the OS/2 advocacy >|trade. >| >|David H. McCoy > >Revisionism and distortion? > >Oh yeah, like people who post from an alter-ego omnipotent userid? >Or maybe, people who 'fake' their domain names? Poor, said Guido. Fine one instance where Ominor, your hero who hurt you so badly, ever claimed to be omnipotent. As for the domain name, clearly its fake and it keeps me from getting even more spam. Anyone who wants the real one only need ask. >Ain't cooa grand? Nope. You're a bore. >regards, > >Guido > > -- --------------------------------------- David H. McCoy dmccoy@EXTRACT_THIS_mnsinc.com --------------------------------------- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: OminorTech (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: forgitaboutit@fake.com 14-Oct-99 20:41:02 To: All 15-Oct-99 02:48:15 Subj: Re: Time to move on From: David H. McCoy In article <380575C0.2D53E85D@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... >"David H. McCoy" wrote: >> >> [some stuff that he wants a response to] > >Almost forgot about this thread. I'll get to it tomorrow. > >- Marty > I was wondering why you didn't until I checked my outbox and found that it didn't go out. Actually, I would have dropped it because it had been so long, but geez, you know how much time it takes to respond to something that long. I didn't want to waste the effort. -- --------------------------------------- David H. McCoy dmccoy@EXTRACT_THIS_mnsinc.com --------------------------------------- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: OminorTech (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: josco@sea.monterey.edu 14-Oct-99 17:37:04 To: All 15-Oct-99 02:48:15 Subj: Re: Navigator 4.7 is available!! OS/2 is behind again!! From: josco On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 lucien@metrowerks.com wrote: > In article <7u4cj4$7eb$1@news.hawaii.edu>, > tholenAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu wrote: > > Mike Timbol writes: > > > > > Joseph wrote: > > > > >> OS/2 Java 1.1.8 implements Java 1.2 functionality. Bummer, > bummer. > > > > > It's also bullshit. > > > > Incorrect. OS/2 Java 1.1.8 does implement Java 1.2 functionality. > > > > > Download something like NetBeans, that requires > > > JDK 1.2. Try to run it on OS/2. No dice. > > > > Irrelevant, given that Joseph did not say that OS/2 Java 1.1.8 > > implements ALL of Java 1.2 functionality. It does implement SOME > > of it, however. > > On the contrary, your very own logic proves that he said exactly that > (Re your argument from the "costly mistakes" thread of some years ago > which you've conveniently forgotten here). Semantics and syntax. What I said had a different meaning than what was edited and argued against. Tholen's comment was consistent with what was meant and said. BTW a person's logic, as I understand logic, argues possibilities. Logic could show something is possible. Mike's interpretation is possible. It was not relevant to what I meant nor in context with what I wrote. It is not as plausible an interpretation given the context of the post to which he replied. I consider it to be irrlevant. Too bad since there are many interesting things to say which could have been relevant. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: CSUnet (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: hunters@thunder.indstate.edu 15-Oct-99 00:34:22 To: All 15-Oct-99 02:48:15 Subj: Hey Mr. WarpCity... From: hunters@thunder.indstate.edu Howdy Tim! Warpstock is this Saturday, and I've still got that $50 that says you won't be there. Feel free to prove me wrong! See you there everybody! -- -Steven Hunter *OS/2 Warp 4 * |Warpstock '99 | Oct 16-17| hunters@thunder.indstate.edu *AMD K6-2 400* | Atlanta GA | Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Deja.com - Before you buy. (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: blnelson@visi.net 15-Oct-99 00:47:20 To: All 15-Oct-99 02:48:15 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: Bennie Nelson Marty wrote: > > Jeff Glatt wrote: > > > > >Win32 software written for hardware that is supported by VxD drivers > > >will not work in NT. > > > > It is not part of the "Win32 specifications" to produce "software > > [specifically] written for hardware [drivers]". (Not that I believe > > that you even have the slightest idea what you're talking about. I'm > > sure that you're simply tossing around some buzz phrases that you once > > heard some other OS/2 nutcase rambling about Windows, and thought that > > it made for lovely sounding FUD). Indeed, it is part of the "Win32 > > specifications" to produce software that is hardware independent. The > > reason why there are things called "drivers" is to make that so. > > Obviously, this most basic programming concept has gone completely > > over your head. > > I think what he was trying to get at was the fact that there were > historically, if not currently, several device drivers that existed only > in VxD form and therefore would not work in NT. Until recently, USB > support was in this category among other things. Of course, with the > new WDM this is no longer an issue. > > - Marty Marty, Thanks for the post. You are quite correct. I may not have stated it as well as you have, but that is the point I was trying to get across. Regards, Bennie Nelson --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: blnelson@visi.net 15-Oct-99 00:58:12 To: All 15-Oct-99 02:48:15 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: Bennie Nelson Jeff Glatt wrote: > > >> >Bennie Nelson > >> >the Win32 specifications have at > >> >least one major dichotomy: if a Win 32 executable requires a VxD > >> >driver, then it will not execute on NT. > > >> Huh?? What Win32 executables require a VxD driver? You don't link > >> Win32 apps with drivers. you know. It's not like a DLL. > > >> Oh christ, I'm talking programming issues with a typical OS/2 enduser. > >> It's hopeless, I know. They *never* learn any of this stuff. They just > >> spout half-baked nonsense based upon other uninformed hearsay. > > >Win32 software written for hardware that is supported by VxD drivers > >will not work in NT. > > It is not part of the "Win32 specifications" to produce "software > [specifically] written for hardware [drivers]". (Not that I believe > that you even have the slightest idea what you're talking about. I'm > sure that you're simply tossing around some buzz phrases that you once > heard some other OS/2 nutcase rambling about Windows, and thought that > it made for lovely sounding FUD). Indeed, it is part of the "Win32 > specifications" to produce software that is hardware independent. The > reason why there are things called "drivers" is to make that so. > Obviously, this most basic programming concept has gone completely > over your head. Are you saying that you are unaware of the restrictions placed upon developers by MS? VxDs, which are supported by Win 9x, are not supported in NT, period. > > As a person who has written both Win32 application software as well as > drivers, I could explain to you how this all works, but I have > absolutely no confidence that you'd be able to understand much of it, > and worse, I strongly believe that your somewhat-unnatural "love" for > OS/2 will blind you into believing nothing but the worst possible, > least realistic FUD about Windows, some of which you're spewing right > now. > > By all means, feel free to get as technical as you'd like on the > subject of Win32 applications interfacing to VxD's. I have absolutely > no doubt that I'll be able to debunk any specific statements you make You have yet to disprove anything I have said. Submit a URL that shows how one goes about installing in NT any Win32 software requiring one or more VxDs. > (not that I expect you to get any more specific than your laughably > nebulous, unsubstantiated claim that there is something "eerie" about > the "Win32 specification" regarding VxDs). And I'll likely make you > look like the technically illiterate fool that so many OS/2 zealots > are nowadays Actually, I'll give MS credit for NOT supporting VxDs in NT. They are a source of instability and numerous "blue screen" crashes in Win 9x. But, on the other hand, this situation does cause some confusion for those who want to use Win 32 software. Not all Win32 software that runs in Win 9x will run in NT. > > >>>MS was stipulating that IBM stop preloads of OS/2 > >>>as a precondition for receiving the Win 95 preload agreement. IBM would not > >>>cave on that point. > > >>No, what *really* happened was that IBM withheld payment for the > >>Windows 95 licenses until the last minute. IBM wasn't sure that it was > >>going to license Win95 until after IBM saw that a number of its > >>competitors had already signed up for it. It was only then that IBM > >>agreed to MS's asking price > > >Nope. Not according to the testimony in DOJ vs MS trial. > > I never heard any MS spokesman testify before the DOJ that "MS > stipulated IBM stop preloads of OS/2 as a precondition for receiving > the Win95 preload agreement". In fact, MS denied any such "demand", > despite your indication otherwise The court records for the trial contain testimony that disproves your statement. Bennie Nelson --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 14-Oct-99 21:29:28 To: All 15-Oct-99 02:48:15 Subj: Re: Linux Myths From: Marty "David H. McCoy" wrote: > > In article <38057BFF.B0461397@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > >> >Nice try at saving face, but you screwed up. Be man enough to admit > >> >that you misunderstood, "Now if you'd like to point out some > >> >contradictions, I'd be glad to acknowledge them.", without insulting me > >> >this time. > >> > >> Again, you misunderstand. I changed no subject. The thread is "Linux Myths". > >> You started talking about fixpacks. I say that you are confused by the > >> contradiction inherent in claiming that you are not reliant on IBM, yet you > >> install most, if not all of their fixpacks with clearly demostrates the very > >> reliance you seek to deny. > > >So what was the whole, "But it would be amusing to see you point out > >contradictions. Do so." if not a misunderstanding on your part? > > Sometimes a rose is just a rose. I think it would be interesting to see you > point out contradictions. Of course it would be amusing to see me point out contradictions, especially when I don't see any. That'd be like me pointing out a dancing elephant with wings standing next to me. Possibly fun to watch ("What?? You mean you can't see him?!?! He's right there!"), but in the long run doesn't make a whole lot of sense. > >> >So truth by declaration, I've contradicted myself because David said > >> >so. My actions may have contradicted the statements of other alleged > >> >OS/2 users in this group, but I don't see how that qualifies as me > >> >contradicting myself. You're too ready to file me off into a convenient > >> >category that suits you. > >> > >> Not at all. I think that your actions fit right into the box that is OS/2 cooa > >> advocate. > > >So the average COOA poster writes freeware applications and assists > >others in porting applications to OS/2? > > Big box, remember? I'm starting to feel like a mime trying to feel my way out of an invisible box. > >> You knock Windows based on incomplete knowledge. > > >I've done GUI, Netscape Plugin, and device driver programming in Windows > >NT. While I would never claim "complete knowledge," that ain't bad. > > I may be mistaken here, but weren't you the guy talking about Windows 3.5? Possibly at some point, but not for the above mentioned development. That was all NT 4.0. > >> You seem to feel that most people cannot make intelligent computer hardware > >> and software purchases, > > >I felt that my mother had not done so, and that there are potentially > >many like her. > > I'm still wondering about that. You explained here options to her. She > consider them and made her decision. Are you sure that you are not just > disagreeing with her decision? Well, I do disagree with her decision, but she couldn't justify it to me (or it seemed, even herself). > >> presumably based on their use of Windows, > > >Nope. Based on their perceived need for powerful computers to do some > >not very compute-demanding tasks. > > They only make powerful computers. Perhaps people don't want old, waranty-less > computers or low end eMachines. But if they're free and supported (by family, for example) what's the down side? > >> When confront with the numerous gaps in OS/2's offerings, you claim on the > >> one hand that such items aren't needed, > > >Always qualified with, "for my own use." > > That is true, but the "you" means "OS/2 users" not Marty specifically and in > all cases. Well, I can't and won't speak for others here, so you'll have to take issue with them. My answers are regarding myself only. > >> but on the other that despite this lack of need, such items will be delivered > >> in the future such as our discussion of Scitech. You are then vague on details > >> such as when these items will arrive and what shape they will take, again, > >> reference our Scitech dicussion. > > >Sorry. I don't work for Scitech. I know only what I've heard and seen. > > Ditto, and so far, I haven't seen much to give me confidence. I shared what I > did see with you, namely that list of old supported video chipsets(except for > the S4), and the fact that their OpenGL support is for Windows, not OS/2(or any > other OS, AKAIK). I posted the directory structure of MGL showing the OpenGL components. They compile and build under OS/2 and Linux. They are software OpenGL support at present. DirectGL is an entirely different issue and is win32 specific. > >> But remember, this is a big box. While you are in it, you are clearly in the > >> center of the box, in that you are reasonable to a marvelous degree(if not > >> prone to making wrong conclusions :-)). You are not on the fringe of the box > >> like the more...excitable elements. > > >I guess that's a compilment. ;-) > > Please do! Thx. > >> I'm just wondering that since your fixpack use clearly fits this definition, > >> why these guys aren't stepping up? > > >Many here do have double standards. I could name a few names, but that > >would only summon them into this discussion which we'd both agree is > >undesirable. > > Stop it!! We are agreeing, forming a gestalt being...We are Windows. We *are* > OS/2. WE. ARE.....Win-OS/2?!?! I don't thunk so. [Ah... somebody stop me!] > >> >Would you identify the windoze using public as your peers David? The 12 > >> >year olds playing 3D games, the businessmen using their office suites, > >> >the disfunctional nerds who spend all of their lives on IRC... are they > >> >all your peers, just because they use windoze? > >> > >> See "windoze". > > >Force of habit. If you like, you can respond using 1/2 OS. ;-) > > Nah... > > >> Perhaps you aren't as different as you may think. But to answer > >> your question, they are fellow Windows users. > > >Do you feel any particular kinsmanship to them or that your thoughts and > >ideas line up with theirs based on their OS choice? > > I'm sure some ideas and thoughts do line up. Just as I'm sure I share the same > ideas about Unix with Unix guys. Right, but if one of them makes a statement, I would not necessarily identify it with you. > >> >If it's not your opinion then what is your purpose in presenting it? > >> >Let those that feel this way present their opinion to me, otherwise you > >> >run the risk of having to defend their arguments. I've noted that none > >> >have done so as of yet. > >> > >> Why is my point? Shouts of upgrade-itis ring through these halls, but none in > >> your direction despite actions that clearly meet the definition of "windoze > >> lemmings" offered by some OS/2 users in this group. > > >My fault. I'll try to be more blatent about it next time. ;-) > > >> It's the lack of response that I find interesting, but not susprising. > > >Personally, I don't even find it interesting. In fact, entirely too > >predictable. > > Well, not interesting in the "great book plot" sort of way, more like the "I > can't believe he punched his hand through that window!" sort of way. I find it to be more of an "I can't believe it's not butter" sort of way. > >> After all, people who teamed with John Ominor in times past now attack. As > >> long as you use OS/2 (and are not Tim Martin) anything goes. > > >You mean you didn't receive a License To Do and Say Whatever You Want > >and Always Be Right in the box when you bought OS/2? You must not have > >gotten the Purple Spine edition like the rest of us. ;-) > > Well, I did get Warp 4 when it was first released. The license to which you > refer was in fixpack 2. Well that explains it. And since you felt no compulsory need to upgrade to FP2, you never received it. > >> >That's quite a stretch. If my computer blew itself up 10 minutes from > >> >now, life would go on. I'd be pissed off no doubt, but my insatiable > >> >curiousity won't so consume me that I can't resume a normal life. > >> > >> What stretch? Your fellows seem to feel that Windows users upgrade just to do > >> it. According to your own words, this is why you install fixpacks. > > >Ok. > > >> You say that Windows users don't need to upgrade, but do so out of a > >> perceived necessity. > > >Have I? Are you employing the collective "you"? > > Didn't you say ugrade-itis was from a perceived necessity? Perhaps I > misundestood(and do want to be a man) :-). I don't think I said that unqualified as such. If I did, then add a qualification of "many" or "some" and recompile. > >> By your own admission, your machine is this smooth running beast to be patch by > >> fixpacks to satisfy your curiousity. That is your perceived need. > > >I still disagree that this demonstrates any "need". My world will not > >collapse if I'm deprived of this "joy". > > Need doesn't have to be life or death. Sometimes I "need" some Ruby Red juice, > but I'll live without it. "Need" and "strong desire" are two different things. You say you need Ruby Red juice as an exaggeration to show how strong your desire for it is. I told you a million times not to exaggerate! > >> >It's amusing in a way to see you trying to tell me what my perceptions > >> >of necessity are. Since you know so much about me, tell me what you > >> >feel my favorite color should be. > >> > >> You tell me. Your words are all I have to go by. > > >No dime-shop psycho-analysis for this? Aggression would point to a > >red... cunning and cold wit would point to a blue... However, I > >anticipate you saying perhaps a brown for fairly obvious reasons. ;-) > > ????????? I must be tired. Brown? What's the first thing you can think of that's brown? - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: lucien@metrowerks.com 15-Oct-99 01:31:27 To: All 15-Oct-99 02:48:15 Subj: Re: Navigator 4.7 is available!! OS/2 is behind again!! From: lucien@metrowerks.com In article , josco wrote: > On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 lucien@metrowerks.com wrote: > > > In article <7u4cj4$7eb$1@news.hawaii.edu>, > > tholenAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu wrote: > > > Mike Timbol writes: > > > > > > > Joseph wrote: > > > > > > >> OS/2 Java 1.1.8 implements Java 1.2 functionality. Bummer, > > bummer. > > > > > > > It's also bullshit. > > > > > > Incorrect. OS/2 Java 1.1.8 does implement Java 1.2 functionality. > > > > > > > Download something like NetBeans, that requires > > > > JDK 1.2. Try to run it on OS/2. No dice. > > > > > > Irrelevant, given that Joseph did not say that OS/2 Java 1.1.8 > > > implements ALL of Java 1.2 functionality. It does implement SOME > > > of it, however. > > > > On the contrary, your very own logic proves that he said exactly that > > (Re your argument from the "costly mistakes" thread of some years ago > > which you've conveniently forgotten here). > > Semantics and syntax. > > What I said had a different meaning than what was edited and argued > against. Tholen's comment was consistent with what was meant and said. ... and it directly contradicts the logic he proffered in the "costly mistakes" thread years ago. I've already copied and saved this little screwup. We'll see if he figures it out. > BTW a person's logic, as I understand logic, argues possibilities. Logic As I recall, your skills with logic (as well as OS's and computers in general) are anemic at best. Last 4 years havn't witnessed much improvement on this score for you or Tholen. Lucien S. > could show something is possible. Mike's interpretation is possible. It > was not relevant to what I meant nor in context with what I wrote. It is > not as plausible an interpretation given the context of the post to which > he replied. I consider it to be irrlevant. > > Too bad since there are many interesting things to say which could have > been relevant. > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Deja.com - Before you buy. (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: djohnson@isomedia.com 14-Oct-99 18:59:16 To: All 15-Oct-99 02:48:15 Subj: Re: Hey Mr. WarpCity... From: "David T. Johnson" hunters@thunder.indstate.edu wrote: > > Howdy Tim! Warpstock is this Saturday, and I've still got that $50 that > says you won't be there. Feel free to prove me wrong! > > See you there everybody! > Tim has been seriously injured in an accident. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: dmcbride@no.tower.spam.to.org 15-Oct-99 02:19:21 To: All 15-Oct-99 02:48:15 Subj: Re: Software Choice = Warp 5? From: "Darin McBride" On Mon, 04 Oct 1999 11:56:42 -0400, Brad BARCLAY wrote: > I would never think of you as someone who would be in favour of >offering "less" (well, except maybe in those cases where less is more... >:). Less Tim Martin! :-) --- Disclaimer: unless explicitly mentioned otherwise, I do not speak for the company I work for. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: @Home Network Canada (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jglatt@spamgone-borg.com 15-Oct-99 02:58:10 To: All 15-Oct-99 02:48:15 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: jglatt@spamgone-borg.com (Jeff Glatt) >>>Bennie Nelson >>>Win32 software written for hardware that is supported by VxD drivers >>>will not work in NT. >>jglatt >> It is not part of the "Win32 specifications" to produce "software >> [specifically] written for hardware [drivers]". (Not that I believe >> that you even have the slightest idea what you're talking about. I'm >> sure that you're simply tossing around some buzz phrases that you once >> heard some other OS/2 nutcase rambling about Windows, and thought that >> it made for lovely sounding FUD). Indeed, it is part of the "Win32 >> specifications" to produce software that is hardware independent. The >> reason why there are things called "drivers" is to make that so. >> Obviously, this most basic programming concept has gone completely >> over your head. >Marty >I think what he was trying to get at was the fact that there were >historically, if not currently, several device drivers that existed only >in VxD form and therefore would not work in NT. That's a driver issue, and has nothing whatsoever to do with Win32 applications. For example, the Win32 program that I just wrote will do MIDI output upon both NT as well as Win95. But, it will use entirely different drivers upon both platforms. For that matter, it will use entirely different drivers for different MIDI interfaces even under the same operating system. That's because a properly written Windows application is hardware independent. Bennie doesn't know this. Obviously, Bennie really doesn't know what he's talking about when he uttered the quote about "Win32 software written for hardware that is supported by VxD drivers", nor the technical considerations of such issues. If someone were to fling around buzzwords as indiscrimately and erroneously as Bennie does (and other OS/2 Advocates tend to do), someone could derive all sorts of crazy, nebulous, buzzword-plagued condemnations about OS/2's design. >Until recently, USB >support was in this category among other things. Of course, with the >new WDM this is no longer an issue. Drivers are ALWAYS an issue on any platform. It's a fundamental "layer" of any operating system, and if you don't have the driver support you need, you're in trouble. For example, with my program above, it may even exhibit different levels of support and performance, depending upon the particular drivers that are used with the app. That's the way that things always are with drivers... anywhere they are. But that's a support issue, not some alleged "design issue" about the "Win32 specification" and some sort of supposed "software written for hardware that is supported by VxD drivers". And frankly, an OS/2 user should be the last person to start trying to denigrate the driver support of Windows. Historically, OS/2 driver support has been as dismal as any operating system has ever seen. But you know, you can't tell these things to OS/2 zealots like Bennie. They buy that esoteric IBM oddball product, and then they think that makes them so "special" and "smart" that they can indiscriminately grab a fistful of buzzwords and go around talking about issues of which they know absolutely nothing. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 14-Oct-99 23:14:22 To: All 15-Oct-99 02:48:15 Subj: (1/3) Re: Time to move on From: Marty "David H. McCoy" wrote: > > In article <37FD3014.B738AEAA@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > > > > In article <37FCF610.790D9FF1@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > > > In article <37F8186D.42A0E5A@stny.rr.com>, mamodeo@stny.rr.com says... > > > "David H. McCoy" wrote: > >> > >> >And an insecure OS with excellent support is worthless as well in many > > >positions. Context does matter. > >> > >> Not for support. For corporations, security is context driven. Support is not. > > >So you're saying that if Linux was well supported and had poor security > >that companies would easily embrace and deploy it? Dubious. > > What planet are you from? We come from France. > Dos and Windows 9x have little or no security and have been heartily embraced. > OS/2 has no security, but according to some, it has a halfway corporation > presence. They are deployed for desktop software where security is unimportant. Are you saying Linux could be gainfully employed on the business desktop? > >> >> And that is why I said that you are in the minority. Support isn't important to > >> >> you. Fine. It is important to most, hence, you are in the minority. > >> > >> >The minority of what? Computer users or OS/2 users? You were > >> >generalizing about OS/2 users originally I believe. > >> > >> Since OS/2 users are within the domain of computer uses, either will suffice. > > >>A square is a type of rectangle, but do all rectangles have equal length > >>sides? What applies to the subset does not necessarily apply to the > >>superset. > > A droplet is not a river but both are still wet. Are do you feel that there are > some OS/2 users that ARE NOT computer users? A square is not a rectangle, but both have 4 sides. That doesn't change the fact that a square is a specific kind of rectangle and an OS/2 user is a specific kind of computer user. > >> However, YOU, Marty, a person who claims to be independent of support, > > >-- further future support. > > Until the next fixpack. Back to needs and wants again. > >> are in a minority, whether that minority is computer users or OS/2 users. > > >I disagree. > > Your choice. It is the right of every man to be wrong(and stubborn) despite > overwhelming evidence to the contrary. That should cover your thoughts. >;-) > Of course, you also think an unsecure, support operating system cannot > make corporate headway despite the existence of DOS and Win9x. No, I think Linux cannot. > >> The overwhelming number of either wants support from the company that makes the > >> OS. > > >Wanting and requiring and depending on are 2 different things. Sure, I > > OS/2 to be supported in the future and I future fixpacks > >and add-ons. Do I need them? No. > > Then you would not have installed any fixpacks, would you? Your statements are > at odds with your actions, Marty. Absolutely not. Do I need to eat chocolate chip cookies to survive? In this case no. Does that stop me from eating them? > >> >She could have bought a bottom-of-the-line system or simply inherited > >> >one of my old systems, but she felt she needed a 450MHz processor. > >> >Unfortunately, she is not alone in her ignorance. Far from it, in my > >> >experience. > >> > > Did you ask her why? > > >She is the stereotypical person who "needs" things because they are > >newer. She has no concept of what is faster or what that number means, > >but she knows that if the number is higher, it must be better and she > >needs it. > > You don't like to answer questions. Did you ask her why? Did you TRY to explain > or did you just tell her in a condescending manner> My in-law was absolutely > computer illiterate, yet had no problems making a decision. I'll bet your > mother could do the same. With the patience of several saints, I tried explaining to her the benefits and drawbacks of several possibilities (not one of which was an OS/2 system, I might add). She failed to comprehend and all that was left was her preconceived notions and propaganda she had heard. To put things in perspective, she also has a large fear of the year 2000. Is there a -phobia word for that yet? There should be. Milleniphobia just doesn't flow too well. > >> >> But to counterpoint you, my mother-in-law has a 486DX2/66 and, despite P3 > >> >> commercials, doesn't feel that she needs a new machine. > >> > >> >I envy you. My dad is still using my 486/33 because I told him he > >> >doesn't need any more for what he does and he actually listens to me. > >> >He's been happy with it for the last 5 years with no complaints. > > > >> See, I didn't tell my mother-in-law anything. I asked her what she wanted to > >> do, explained options, mentioned things she may have wanted to do in the future > >> and let her make a educated decision. In my experience, most people are quite > >> capable of doing this. > > >Precisely what I did, only my advice was ignored. > > I wonder. I've yet to run into any computer illiterate person who couldn't make > a wise decision based on a good explanation. EVERY person who was a computer > newbie who asked my advice took my advice 100% of the time. I asked a couple of > friends and they had the same hit ratio. > Now, why would a mother ignore the advice of her son let alone someone more > knowledgable than herself and presumably, someone she trusts? That's a personal issue, but is precisely the case. > I suspect that your advice was ignored for reasons other than your mother's > "cluelessness". Perhaps you noticed that you were using OS/2 decided your > advice was...questionable? :-) Well she always hears how I leave my computer on all the time and don't reboot. That must have turned her off to the whole thing. > >> >So you can "change your mind" and start dialing 911 regularly for its > >> >enhanced service? I've got the option to use the G400's advanced > >> >capabilities if I feel like rebooting. I'm not locked into anything. > >> >I'm not pushing exclusive use of anything. > >> > >> But I don't have to change my phone, and I don't have to change my operating > >> system. You must reboot because your OS has locked you, not in, but out. I can > >> change my mind about OpenGL and just start using it. > > >Point is that I'm not anticipating changing my mind. If I had to use > >OpenGL 90% of the time, then I wouldn't be using OS/2. Nothing is > >locked anywhere. If I needed it, I'd switch. End of story. > > Okay. I wonder how many people anticipated the Internet or this IT job market? Anyone that had prior interest in such topics probably could have seen it coming. > >> No reboot required. > > >So if you had no OpenGL installed on your system and needed to install > >it, you wouldn't have to reboot your system? :-) > > Installs with the driver! :-) Right, so in order to meet my precondition for having "no OpenGL installed on your system" you'd have to start from the VGA driver, hence you'd have to reboot to install it. > >> >If I change my mind, I'll just reboot. > >> > >> In otherwords, you must change your OS. I don't have to reboot. I can just use > >> it. Whenver, and without disrupting whatever it is I am doing. > > >Right. And if I gave a rat's ass about hardware OpenGL, I'd view this > >as very annoying. However I don't. > > Fine. This was just one example to show an overall problem. It's only a problem for those who want to use such things, and they should have had the sense not to use the wrong tool for their job in the first place. > >> >> There is a difference between choosing not to use a thing, and being unable to > >> >> use a thing. > >> > >> >Right. I'd choose not to use such feature if I had it. > >> > >> No. Since, when using OS/2, you cannot use it, you have no choice. That would > >> be like someone in prison saying "I am choosing to be here". > > >Not really. Using OS/2 is not analogous to loosing your freedom. It's > >like using an old trusted powerful truck for a towing job instead of > >using a shiny new sport ute with a CD player. Sure it's nice to be able > >to play CDs, but if you've got to tow a load up a hill, the CD player > >isn't all that useful. > > Indeed. But the truck that can tow that load and play that CD is even better, > isn't it? Sure, but you can't have your cake and eat it too. There are always tradeoffs. > >> >Well, I laid all my options in front of me ahead of time, and decided > >> >what was more important to me. 3D acceleration and other such things > >> >didn't make the cut. > >> > >> Ditto. I also decided that perhaps my needs would change and that I wanted > >> something that was as "future-proof" as possible. After all, what is not > >> important to one today, may be important tomorrow. > > >Right, but since technologies change far more often then my needs, I > >personally feel no need to keep up with them. When my needs change, > >because I've held out so long, I'll wind up with better equipment than I > >would have if I tried to buy a system thinking ahead. In the computer > >industry you can never tell which future technologies will take off > >because it changes so quickly, so you get what suits your needs at the > >time the purchase is made. > > Once can indeed always wait for 6 months "it" will be faster and cheaper. > However, eventually the plunge will be made and even you, Marty, will try to > pick the most flexible solution available. It has nothing to do with trying to > keep up. It has everything to do with finding the most bang for the buck. And the most bang for my buck has invariably been the one that meets my present needs at the time my needs are assessed -- not the one that might meet my future needs. I have found this to be true in my own case as far as technology is concerned. > >> >It's all part of the cost. To get the good, you get the "bad" or > >> >undesired as well. If it's still worth it for you to get the good at > >> >the given price you get it. Otherwise you seek alternatives. Surely > >> >you don't desire feature of you own. > >> > >> Again, there is a large difference in paying for what you CANNOT use as opposed > >> to what you DO NOT use. When you CANNOT use, choice is removed and options are > >> limited. When you DON NOT use, choice is intact and options are available. > > >Again, if I wanted to use it, I'd reboot. I don't, hence I don't. The > >only thing I didn't have a choice in is whether or not the piece of > >hardware had the feature that I didn't want. > > And you feel that rebooting to use a single features is more efficient than > using the tool that gives you all under a single umbrella? For me, booting to win is a tradeoff. I'm giving up my favorite applications, my comfortable user interface, and a good deal of pep the way my system is configured (pep being a subjective evaluation of responsiveness). > >> >> >> The main issue is despite Scitech, OS/2 support for new video techologies is > >> >> >> still severely lacking. > >> >> > >> >> >In terms of 3D gingerbread, sure. > >> >> > >> >> It isn't gingerbread. > >> > >> >It is to me, and probably many other OS/2 users. > >> > >> But you don't make the cards, so even if that statement is true, your opinion > >> doesn't matter. If things like Direct3d support or say, TV-out(which I don't > >> use, and don't have on my card), are included with the card, by definition they > >> are not gingerbread. > > >To me they are gingerbread. > > Again, it is your right to go into a car dealership and tell someone that the > AC is optional no matter how many times they tell you that it is standard. It > doesn't make you right. Just difficult. I'm not saying it's optional or gingerbread for everyone. I'm saying it is for me. > >> They are standard features. For example, the TnT2 costs > >> less than the TnT2 Ultra. Why? The Ultra clocks higher. That higher clock speed > >> is gingerbread and it costs extra. But both support D3D. That is standard. > > >If I want it for the higher clock speed and nothing else, everything > >else is extraneous. > > But yet, they are features that CAN be used. What you consider necessary isn't > relevent in this context. What is relevent is that you are forced to pay for > features you CANNOT use. I can use them if I want to reboot. What I consider necessary is very relevant to the context of my statement: If I want it for the higher clock speed and nothing else, everything else is extraneous. > >> >> These are basic features of the card. Basic. And Scitech > >> >> doesn't support them. > >> > >> >It will. > >> > >> First, you have no evidence of this, so that statement is both useless and > >> worthless. > > >Umm... yes I do. Deja News. > > Well, let's see it. Here's a good one, straight from the horse's mouth, posted directly to this newsgroup, no less: http://x29.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=451059199&CONTEXT=939953176.408551516&hitnum=3 > >> Second, you contradict earlier statements. If 3d features are basic, > >> but considered "gingerbread" and [un]important to many OS/2 users, why on Earth > >> would Scitech waste time implemented features that are consider useless by so > >> many? > > >Because their drivers aren't just OS/2 drivers. They have the same > >codebase for of their drivers for platforms. > > Without looking at a line of their code I can guarantee you that if they > support those advance features, they will not be the same codebase. The interfaces to the operating systems are obviously OS specific, but the driving code is in fact, the same. All OS's have to be able to change video hardware registers and manipulate video memory. How that is done is specific to the OS. However, telling a card to draw a polygon or change into a given graphics mode can be done from a common code base. This is what is known as "abstraction." The low-level interface to OS/2 is almost completely ironed out without the need to touch the higher level code. > That is not possible. Incorrect. It has already been done. > Either they will bring all their other drivers down to > the lowest common denominator, all they will be forced to have different code > for the myriad of advanced features that OS/2 doesn't support. All video cards have similar access through whichever bus they use. As long as the OS can write to port and registers and memory addresses --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 14-Oct-99 23:14:22 To: All 15-Oct-99 02:48:15 Subj: (2/3) Re: Time to move on (which any OS can) full support is possible for anything. > >> >> I find it difficult to be impressed with their software > >> >> doesn't support the basic features of these new cards. > >> > >> >They're making great strides, but it will take time. They also > >> >mentioned plans for universal sound drivers. > >> > >> Great strides don't matter. Plans don't matter. We don't deal in vaporware > >> remember? Only what we can use here and now. Here and now, such support doesn't > >> exist and universal sound drivers don't exist. > > >So if future developments don't matter, why try to "future-proof" your > >system? > > Because in the hear and now, I may want to use something in the future that I > don't use today. It can already exist and not be installed on my machine. "Great strides don't matter. Plans don't matter. We don't deal in vaporware remember?" > >> If you need such items today, you are out of luck. > > >If you need these items today, then you need a different platform > >today. If you don't, then you don't. > > And that is why OS/2's user base is shrinking. > > >> >> >The simplicity comes in them porting their drivers to OS/2 from other > >> >> >platforms, not in porting other existing drivers that they didn't > >> >> >write. It's in their interests as a company to support as many cards as > >> >> >possible. Now it's also easy for them to have these cards supported on > >> >> >several platforms at the same time, including OS/2. > >> >> > >> >> Then explain the absence of so many newer cards. > >> > >> >Specs have not been released to them as of yet or they are working on > >> >the drivers currently. > >> > >> No good. The Voodoo has been unchanged for almost 3 years, > > >And hasn't released their specs to Scitech in this time either. > > Then Scitech is pretty useless unless you wish to use two year old cards or the > S4. Many OS/2 users fall into a category such that Scitech is in fact, useful. So many, in fact, that IBM licensed SDD for OS/2. > >> the TnT for more than a year. And STILL no support. > > >I think some forms of the TnT are supported by something in OS/2. I > >don't know because I don't own the card. > > You would be refering to Nvidia's Gradd drivers. These are the same ones that > force OS/2 users to run at 640x480 and 60mhz. So other alternatives can be sought that don't have this limitation. > >> What proof do you have that they are even working on such support? > > >It's in their own best interests to do so. People have also made > >requests on news.scitechsoft.com and gotten positive responses about > >future planned drivers. > > How do you figure? With hoards of people like yourself(no offense) who don't > plan on using any new cards, how is it in their best interest to support them? It is their product which they have invested countless man-hours in. They are simply protecting their investment. > >> >> Most people don't care if a 5 > >> >> year old Tseng card is supported. > >> > >> >Most people that don't have such cards, sure. Many people do have 1 or > >> >2 year old cards which are supported, however. > >> > >> And many people have 1 to 2 year old cards that are not. > > >Such as? > > Maybe the millions of people who've purchased new machines less than one year > ago. How would they wind up with 1 or 2 year old cards, specifically ones which are not supported by OS/2 or SDD? > >> I'm afraid that wasn't what I asked. Let's try again. This is from Scitech's > >> site > >> "What is SciTech GLDirect? > >> SciTech GLDirect allows you to run OpenGL-based games and other applications > >> using your graphics card's DirectX 6.x drivers. SciTech GLDirect even supports > >> the latest applications that use OpenGL 1.2. Download the FREE trial version > >> now!" > >> > >> They've got a Windows version. Where's their OS/2 version? You claim that > >> things are coming, that "They will." do things, but I failed to find OS/2 > ?> implementations despite MGL and IBM. > > >From the MGL source code tree: > >[deleted] > > And what exactly does that have to do with the fact that SciTech doesn't have > an OS/2 version of GLDirect dispite your proclaimations of once and future OS/2 > support? GLDirect is a Win32 specific interface. OpenGL is a multiplatform interface which I have shown it does support and implement. > >> >To reduce their porting efforts to less capable platforms. > >> > >> Allow me to offer an alternative suggestion. Most developers don't care about > >> SOM. You are a developer. So am I. We both no that their is nothing inherit in > >> VisualAge that would force them to even attempt to port SOM to Windows, so it > >> is unlikely that their would be any effort. > >> > >> SOM is useful only in the context of OS/2, and OS/2 is doing poorly. Therefore, > >> SOM is irrelevent. Conclusion-Drop SOM. > > > Right. Drop SOM because other less capable platforms are more popular. > > Half right. Drop some because OS/2 is less popular and show the world the state > of OS/2 development. You said it yourself, they're just sticking to the lowest common denominator. > >> >> Also, since there are clealy fewer programmers for OS/2 you > >> >> have fewer people advancing program techniques, trying to learn OS/2, wanting > >> >> to show OS/2 programming tricks, in addition to the fact that OS/2's API isn't > >> >> advancing. > >> > >> >True, but this is less true today than it used to be last year. > > > >> Really? How do you figure? Unless you can offer an alternative, I consider > >> EDM/2 the best OS/2 programming site. > >> Certainly, the most well known and definitely a barometer. Given its current > >> state and the fact that IBM has stopped supporting what may be its most > >> advanced OS/2 software, SOM, and has dropped it from its premiere OS/2 > >> development tool, I fail to see how "this is less true today than..." > > >Read Warpcast and tell me that nothing has happened on the OS/2 > >development front. Every 3 days or so, there a new version of > >such-and-such being released, ported, or updated. That's my barometer. > > I've read Warpcast. Now, we've gone from EDM/2 making a comeback to irrelevent. > Interesting. And your statement still doesn't address what I said about OS/2 > development, namely that it is falling off. How does Warpcast not refute your claim that OS/2 development is falling off? > Amiga has some developers, but no one believes that it is a hotbed of software > development. In OS/2, there just isn't much happening on the development front. Again I defer to Warpcast. > > >> Makes for a bleak programming experience. > >> > >> >Well, it takes a certain "frontiersman" feel to it. ;-) > >> > >> I suppose. I guess that I would rather make good software that people enjoy > >> using, than showing my stones in masochistic programming displays. > > >You can do both in OS/2. > > You HAVE to in OS/2. And all the while, programming advancements will pass you > by. Coding for OS/2 is not any more difficult than coding for win32 for most tasks. > >> >It has had a long dead period where people were using it, but no big > >> >contributions occurred. That is no longer the case however. Whether or > >> >not the initial damage done was enough to finish it off remains to be > >> >seen, but it has had a late rally of sorts. > >> > >> The thing came out *monthly* and I read it *monthly*. What long dead periods? > > >I'm referring to the OS/2 scene in general. > > Well, what rally? Again I defer to Warpcast. > >> >> But did those translate to 4500 downloads? > >> > >> >Likely not, but I still uphold that it represents a lot of interest for > >> >such a small niche. > >> > >> Okay,but barring even soft numbers, seems to me that it only represents 4500 > >> hits. > > >Since the end of August, right. > > I'm not disputing that. It just seems that we don't know what it means. This doesn't seem like a large amount of interest for such a narrow subject to you? > >> Indeed. I agree. In fact, one of the reasons I decided to try WinNT was because > >> when some asked me why I used OS/2, the only compelling reason I could give was > >> the WPS. It proved easy to get along without. > > >I honestly gave NT a try (both 3.5 and 4.0) several times, but felt like > >I was fighting my own machine for everything I wanted to do. It wasn't > >a tool helping me, it was just getting in the way of my work. YMMV. > > Indeed for clearly mine did. You would not have found a harder sell than I. NT > won me over by working better than OS/2 did, for me, on the same hardware. Even > the first week, when I changed drive letters and OS/2 failed to boot with a > "can't find country.sys" and NT boot successfully. For me, it simply > outperformed OS/2. Clearly subjective and we disagree. > >> I installed SP3 because when I first tried NT, SP3 was declared a necessity > >> based on my research. I installed SP4 for Y2k, switch to Win2k, but I keep an > >> NT 4 maint. partition with SP5 for NTFS5 read/write capability. > > > >> Unworkable? No. Nor did I claim such. I did claim that you are still dependent > >> on IBM and I on MS. > > >For the last time: If I don't touch another piece of hardware or change > >my system at all, how am I dependent on IBM? Explain that to me. > > I don't think you are being realistic, that is how. I think that you will do > something. You must be an astrologer too, just like the other dave in this group. ;-) > For example, did you anticipate installing fixpack 12? Did you > install earlier fixpacks? We've been through this. > > >> >Sure. I'm reliant on the fixes that make my system work today. I'm not > > >> >reliant on any further fixes at this time, however. > > >> > > >> Even so, you still reliant on them, which was my point. > > > > >I don't need any new fixes to keep my current system humming along > > >smoothly. That's the bottom line. > >> > >> You consider a system needing workarounds smooth? I don't. Another difference, > >> I guess. > > >Every system needs some workarounds. Nothing is perfect. With > >workarounds like, "Don't jump up and down on your left foot while > >whistling the national anthem backwards and double clicking this icon > >while pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL," I'd say my system is operating smoothly. > >In other words, it takes a good deal of effort for me to make any > >problems occur. > > I had such thing while using OS/2. For example, until Warp 4, I couldn't play > AVIs and move the mouse without locking the system. Easy to avoid? You bet. > Would I consider that smooth? No, after all, I couldn't move the mouse. I have no such similar circumstances. > Currently, I don't have any "Patient: My left arm hurts when I move it. > Doctor:Don't move it." problems. Now, this is not the same as problem-free. And not what I have described, either. A left arm is an important part of the body. I have no major, important, or critical parts of my system malfunctioning. In fact, I don't know of anything in my system malfunctioning. That's how I perceive it to be running smoothly. > For example, I just installed an Acer 4x4x32 CD-RW. When I started using > DirectCD, Win2k would crash. That's the price of mixing bleeding edge and low > level software,but Adaptec is on the ball by having a patch fixes that problem. > Now, to me, a workaround, would clearly be not using DirectCD, but I wouldn't > considered that a smoothly running system. Nor would I. > BTW, can OS/2 use DirectCD? That's like asking, can WinNT use SOM? How about DIVE or DART? It's specific to the given platform. > [snip] > > >> >If I want the other features of the G400, such as more on-board RAM, > >> >better performance, and higher refresh rates, I have no problem paying a > >> >"premium" for these features. If another card offers the same features > >> >minus OpenGL, and if it's cheaper, I'll buy it. We all pay for more > >> >than we use in nearly all areas of life. > >> > >> But not for what we CANNOT use. That is the point. > > >There's nothing I cannot use if I keep an open mind to dumping OS/2 and > >picking the right tool for the right job. So far nothing has pushed me > >to the point of saying it was worth giving up what I already have to > >have these "other" features. > > But we are talking about one's options when using OS/2. It would seem to me > that one shouldn't have to dump and OS, to do such a thing. A more optimal > solution would be an OS that allowed you to do as much as possible. I don't see any one OS that meets all of my needs wants. OS/2 meets all of my needs and most of my wants, so it is my choice. > >> >If I changed my mind, I'd just reboot. My hard drive is not etched in > >> >stone. > >> > >> And if I changed mine, I would just use it. I believe my actions would be more > >> efficient and less disruptive. > > >Right, but there's no trade-off for you. It's a neutral->win > >situation. For me it would be a loss to change. What I would be giving > >up (in my opinion) would far outweigh what I would be getting. > > Of course. But if you needed that feature and it forced you to reboot, that > would be annoying, wouldn't it? But I don't, so it's not. > >> >Currently, there's nothing I can't do with OS/2 that it's supposed to be > >> >able to do. Hence, I don't need any further fixes to keep my current > >> >system running. > >> > >> I never claimed you did. I did claim that you are reliant on IBM for fixes. You > >> may or may not need them, but to get time, you look to IBM. > > >When I get them, I get them from IBM. Right. Umm... so what? > > >Do I rely on IBM? Only when I need another Fixpack. Do I need another > >fixpack? No. > > How many fixpacks have you installed? When you installed any, did you > anticipate needing another? We visited this elsewhere. > >> >Then you'd better turn yourself around. > >> > >> Whatever for? That would only give me a view of OS/2. > > >Better than staring at the horse's ass like you are now. ;-) > > I'd rather view a live horse's ass than beat a dead horse. Like you. :-) I'm no dead horse! :-P (and you're not beating me) > >> >> Trust them. Remove the "might." They are right for themselves. > >> > >> >My mother isn't. Many others are clueless too. By the same token, many > >> >are also right for themselves. > >> --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 14-Oct-99 23:14:22 To: All 15-Oct-99 02:48:15 Subj: (3/3) Re: Time to move on > >> And many know what their needs are. For some, it is a P3-450 that sends email, > >> but can grow if their needs change and is safely under warranty, than someone's > >> hand-me-down 486 that can play MP3s or scan the pictures of their grandchildren > >> in a timely manner. > > >Ok, so where is this going? > > >If the 486 was a free hand-me-down, what cost was it to use it? It was > >used for some time, while technology continued to improve and by the > >time it is outgrown, a better system can ultimately be purchased, > >probably for less money. This system will invariably be better than the > >one that could have been purchased at the time the 486 was put back into > >service. You're always better off meeting your present needs in the > >computer industry. > > Well, my mistake for one. That "486 than can" should be "486 that CANNOT". > Also, my point is that people in this group seem to feel that using OS/2 proves > they are knowledgable and using Windows proves someone else is not. My point is > that smart people choose fast machines and Windows and deny OS/2. Smart people also choose fast machines and OS/2. Smart people also choose slow machines and OS/2. Not so sure if smart people choose slow machines and winxx... ;-) > >> >> There's nothing stopping IBM from improving HPFS. > >> > >> >They have with HPFS386. But M$ is "stopping" that. That's why they've > >> >moved on to JFS. > >> > >> But neither were available to OS/2 client, were they? And there are probably > >> more clients than servers. NTFS is available to all versions of NT. Heck, even > >> the workstation versions support 2 CPUs out of the box. > > >And the client version of NT is quite a bit more expensive than client > >versions of OS/2. > > Depends on where you buy it. I purchased the OS/2 Warp 4 upgrade for $129. The > full blown is $189. I've seen NT for as much as $249. I purchased the full- > blown for $72. If you don't shop around, your statement would be correct. Ok. > >> >> NS is adding quotas and encryption, for example to NTFS. > >> > >> >Quotas are nice, but encryption is a bloody waste IMHO. I have no idea > >> >if JFS supports either of these, but I believe quotas are supported. > >> > >> Sure. You can search DejaNews and find people saying that journaling is a waste > >> of time, but most changed with JFS was announced. And IMHO, any feature that > >> keeps my data secure is a good one. > > >Personally I'd prefer not to take a speed hit for the sake of > >undoubtedly paltry encryption. Also, I imagine it would make file > >recovery quite a bit more difficult. > > First, I've got a fast machine, so a small speed hit is irrelevent. I'm not so tolerant of inefficiency. > Second, like compression, you can encrypt individual files or folders. For > example, you can easily make a directory and an files in it would be encrypted. > No need to encrypt programs, just your data. So just your data might be difficult to recover and be slower to access. > Third, since you don't know that the encryption is paltry, why make such a > comment? Why not instead, make one that you can back up? Because I've seen first-hand how paltry their front-door security is. I had a PIII crack a 24 character long administrator password in a lab at school as part of an experiment. It did so with a commonly available program using brute-force techniques (no dictionaries were employed), and common standard user-level access. It came up with the password in under 4 hours. That's pretty paltry IMHO. > Finally, there is the option create a recovery key if you so > wish, but of course, a recovery key is a security risk. Understood. > Any thing else you wish to add? Nope. That about covers it. > >> >That depends. What the hell is Checkfree support? I'm not crying over > >> >lack of that. > >> > >> It allows one to pay checks electronical from ones computer using a checkfree > >> compliant program, like Quicken. Great feature, efficient, saves on stamps, > >> delievers electronically or via a paper check depending on need, and can be set > >> up on-demand of automatically as I see fit. You may not need it, but quite a > >> few of your fellows do. > > >Do they need it or want it? Last time I looked, my gas company, etc. > >still accepted physical checks. > > You seem to feel that people can't make decisions. Incorrect. You seem to feel that alternatives are inferior. > All of my static payments go out electronically with no intervention on my > part. This saves time and effort and makes tracking payments easier. Time > is money. Some companies even give you a discount for electronic payments. > Again, however, you show that OS/2 user characteristic of condemning what > you don't have and "attacking" your fellows that do want such a feature. Where is my condemnation or attack? I asked if it was needed or desired? It is not needed, since there are alternatives available. It is desired by some. > >> >>Which OS/2 equivalent gives you read/write protection for zipdisk? > >> > >> >IOMEGA is releasing new drivers. > >> > >> Indeed. The Windows ones now allow NT to assign drive letters and brings NT up > >> to the level of 95/98 support. On the other hand, the last time OS/2 drivers > >> came out was last July and they still lack the features I mentioned, not to > >> mention the new ones I just listed. > > >Zip disks in OS/2 can be formatted HPFS and can have protection bits > >associated with the filesystem. Drive letters can be reserved in OS/2 > >to move the Zip drive wherever you want it. > > First, HPFS Zip drive support on the PP version is iffy at best. In what way(s)? > Second, protection bits is not even in the same universe as a disk that can > have read/write/password protection. I cannot believe that you would even offer > that as a substitute. My misconception. What are "protection bits"? > Third, under OS/2, the zip drive takes the next available, lowest available > drive letter. What this means is that the zip drive will change if you change > partitions. Under Windows, I made my CDROM Z: and my ZipDrive Y. No matter > what, they don't change. > > You cannot do this under OS/2. I don't swap around partitions too often, so I'm not sensitized to these issues. My only opinion of drive handling and MS operating systems is one that leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth, since DOS, NT, and Win9x actually have 3 concepts of how my drive letters should be mapped. What is C: in DOS is D: in NT. What is C: in 95 is E: in DOS and F: in NT. And so forth. I don't know how I managed to do such a thing, but I was less than impressed with the consistency. This also made installation extremely difficult using a DOS-based install. > >> >> Or parallel-port scanner support? > >> > >> >Does SANE support such things? I have no idea. > >> > >> No. > > >Then the alternative is to get a faster performing SCSI scanner. > > Not an alternative to people who want cheaper PP and don't have SCSI cards. > You, the "take my hand-me-down 486" want people do drop $100 on a SCSI card, > $250 on a SCSI scanner instead of spending $70 on a PP scanner? Right tool for the right job. Whatever that means to whomever. > >> >> Animated Gifs? > >> > >> >Are you joking? > >> > >> For people making webpages, this is no joking matter. This is what some do for > >> a living. > > >What kind of version do you want, PM, command line, or X11? Take your > >pick. I prefer the command line one myself. > > I suspect that someone making animated gifs wouldn't want to do so on the > command-line. Then PM or X11? I found it was quite easy to batch-process the GIFs using the command line version for my application. > >> >> CD rippers ala' RealJukebox or Musicmatch? > >> > >> >There's at least one. Don't know what it is because I don't care, but > >> >I've heard of one. > >> > >> There are NONE like RealJukebox or Musicmatch. Unless I've missed that one, > >> which is possible. > > >Wouldn't know. I don't pay too much attention to things I don't care > >about. I remember hearing something mentioned. > > Of course. Let me help. The answer would be no. There are commercial CD rippers available for OS/2 which are fairly full-featured. Neither of us is qualified to compared the features of both products since neither of us has used both products. This seems to be part of your, "if it exists for win32, then any other equivalent apps on other platforms must be inferior" attitude. > >> >> Purify? Boundchecker? > >> > >> >So we can write sloppy code? > >> > >> So you can deliver a better product or do you wish to have me believe that your > >> code is perfect. It is not and cannot be. > > >There are simple methods that can be employed to detect and insure > >against memory leaks. Memory overwrites are taken care of quite well > >with GPFs. > > Simple methods sometimes provide simple results. Simple results are often correct results. > Purify is an Unix and Windows standard, but I understand how OS/2 forces > one to make do. Yes, working in OS/2 does tend to make one write better code. Must be an osmosis effect from working with a well structured, well designed system. > >> >> OpenGL? > >> > >> >What about it? > >> > >> Hardware support. > > >On the way. Software support is already there. > > "On the way". That would be NO. That would be a "NO" for now and a "YES" for later. > >> >> Sorry, but it is definitely the inability of the platform. > >> > >> >>Hey... it's not for everyone. I never said it was. > >> > >> Then whom, by george, is it for? > > >People who aren't name David McCoy, among others. > > Indeed, people who want the widest array of software and hardware possible. And the point being? > >> Today. Even its Java support is behind. > > >Which features are OS/2 users forced to live without in their Java > >implementation? My current version of Java is implemented well enough > >to support the Java versions of ICQ, AIM, and Corel Office. What am I > >giving up by not having the latest version? > > Corel Office? Right. A dog that was dropped. You are probably the only man in > America using Corel Office. I suspect that you use it to say you can, instead > of for real work. It impressed me. It was the first real Java (not applet) I've ever seen in action. I much prefer using native SmartSuite, but I think it adequately illustrates the robustness and possibilities of Java apps. Specifically apps that run on the currently supported version of Java for OS/2. > As for the features, new Java developing is moving towards Java2. You mean it's not there yet? Why do I care where it is moving? > If you want to be a Java developer who is behind practically every other > OS and thus be non-competitive while making inferior Java products, by all > means, stick to OS/2. Or if you want to have write once, run anywhere applications, you conform to what is standard, thoroughly tested, and available anywhere. I think the apps I pointed out show the current OS/2 version of Java to be more than capable of doing complex, useful tasks. > >> You use it. What for? > > >Internet browsing, development, word processing, games, communicating, > >... > > >I like keeping my system running 24/7 so I can access it from work, > >throw some files back and forth, host a web page, etc., while it's > >crackin away at RC5 keys (5% faster than NT does ;-P). Everything > >except the web server and RC5 client are available right out of the box > >with Warp 4 client: telnetd, ftpd, sendmail, rshd, ... > > >[snip] > > >- Marty > > Truly, a rich use Marty, and similar to my own. I just have more fun. :-) Dubious. My form of debugging my programs is playing arcade games. What's more fun than that? :-) - Marty PS: If we're gonna keep this thread up, can we shorten it a bit? It's getting to be a real chore... --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Time Warner Road Runner - Binghamton NY (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jglatt@spamgone-borg.com 15-Oct-99 03:29:08 To: All 15-Oct-99 02:48:15 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: jglatt@spamgone-borg.com (Jeff Glatt) >>>>>Bennie Nelson >>>>>the Win32 specifications have at >>>>>least one major dichotomy: if a Win 32 executable requires a VxD >>>>>driver, then it will not execute on NT. >>>> Huh?? What Win32 executables require a VxD driver? You don't link >>>> Win32 apps with drivers. you know. It's not like a DLL. >> >> Oh christ, I'm talking programming issues with a typical OS/2 enduser. >> >> It's hopeless, I know. They *never* learn any of this stuff. They just >> >> spout half-baked nonsense based upon other uninformed hearsay. >> >Win32 software written for hardware that is supported by VxD drivers >> >will not work in NT. >> It is not part of the "Win32 specifications" to produce "software >> [specifically] written for hardware [drivers]". (Not that I believe >> that you even have the slightest idea what you're talking about. I'm >> sure that you're simply tossing around some buzz phrases that you once >> heard some other OS/2 nutcase rambling about Windows, and thought that >> it made for lovely sounding FUD). Indeed, it is part of the "Win32 >> specifications" to produce software that is hardware independent. The >> reason why there are things called "drivers" is to make that so. >> Obviously, this most basic programming concept has gone completely >> over your head. >Are you saying that you are unaware of the restrictions placed upon >developers by MS? Oh this is precious. A technically-illiterate OS/2 *enduser* attempting to lecture programmers upon what MS does and doesn't provide to developers. >VxDs, which are supported by Win 9x, are not >supported in NT, period. And this has exactly what to do with your statements such as "if a Win 32 executable requires a VxD driver, then it will not execute on NT." or "Win32 software written for hardware that is supported by VxD drivers will not work on NT"?? Win32 executables are *not* VxDs. (Do you even know what a VxD is? For laughs, we should hear you explain to us what it is, and what it does. I'm sure that would be a riot!) And Win32 executables are hardware independent (unless you're talking about some specialized vertical app that is specifically written to work with only one, particular driver, for whatever reason. But that isn't even close to being a typical Win32 app. Indeed, that's the sort of app that not only DOESN'T MS "restrict" developers to writing, as you apparently misbelieve, but actually recommends strongly against). Nevertheless, like so many other typical OS/2 Zealots, your FUD is as behind the times as the aging niche product you seek to promote. You've apparently never even heard of the Windows Driver Model. Typical. The only real "dichotomy" here is between reality and your idea of what reality is. >> As a person who has written both Win32 application software as well as >> drivers, I could explain to you how this all works, but I have >> absolutely no confidence that you'd be able to understand much of it, >> and worse, I strongly believe that your somewhat-unnatural "love" for >> OS/2 will blind you into believing nothing but the worst possible, >> least realistic FUD about Windows, some of which you're spewing right >> now. >> >> By all means, feel free to get as technical as you'd like on the >> subject of Win32 applications interfacing to VxD's. I have absolutely >> no doubt that I'll be able to debunk any specific statements you make >You have yet to disprove anything I have said. Submit a URL that >shows how one goes about installing in NT any Win32 software requiring >one or more VxDs. Again. You don't know what you're talking about. Win32 software doesn't require "one or more VxDs". Win32 software is platform independent. Go to my web site and you can download plenty of programs that I've personally written which run under both NT and 95/98. Not only that, they work with a WIDE VARIETY OF DRIVERS AND HARDWARE. These are programs which do extensive I/O through drivers. (Do you know what I/O is, Bennie?) And yet, they are still hardware dependent. Fortunately, I know how to write Win32 programs which you appear to erroneously believe are impossible to write, or exceptions to the rule, or which programmers are restricted from writing by MS, and any of the other technically-illiterate FUD you OS/2 zealots like to toss around indiscriminately and blindly. My own software disproves your allegations about NT and Win32 and Windows drivers, etc. And I'm hardly the only programmer who writes Win32 stuff that runs on both NT and Win95/98. There are *lots* of such Win32 programmers and programs. You just don't know about them because you're hopelessly out of touch with the reality of Win32. You apparently live in this nightmare dreamworld where you can't install a Win32 application unless you have some sort of VxD mysteriously written for that specific application. You're loony. Your FUD is loony. The mere fact that you think such ridiculous claims of yours need to be disproven is testament to how far out of touch you are with reality. >> (not that I expect you to get any more specific than your laughably >> nebulous, unsubstantiated claim that there is something "eerie" about >> the "Win32 specification" regarding VxDs). And I'll likely make you >> look like the technically illiterate fool that so many OS/2 zealots >> are nowadays >Actually, I'll give MS credit for NOT supporting VxDs in NT. They >are a source of instability and numerous "blue screen" crashes in >Win 9x. But, on the other hand, this situation does cause some >confusion for those who want to use Win 32 software. Not all Win32 >software that runs in Win 9x will run in NT. Hahahahah! Actually that is true. And by "explaining" why you think that's so, you reveal how technically ignorant you truly are. The reason why some (actually, few -- mostly game software that uses DirectX versions higher than 3.0 -- and that will change with NT 5) Win32 software that runs in Win9X doesn't run in NT has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH DRIVERS. As I said before, I *could* explain all of this to you, but I doubt that you'd understand much of it, and worse, I believe that, due to your zealous "love" for OS/2, you would deliberately choose not to believe anything but the worst possible FUD about Windows, regardless of how little resemblance to reality it bears (such as your above statements about Win32 executables. Out to lunch, you are). >The court records for the trial contain testimony that disproves >your statement. So you erroneously assume. But then, that appears to be how you "determined" what causes a particular Win32 program not to run under NT. You sure as hell didn't arrive at your deduction by gleaning it from proper, technical documentation. And now, you're just looking more and more silly and uninformed as you pursue a technical discussion that is clearly over your head --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jglatt@spamgone-borg.com 15-Oct-99 03:34:10 To: All 15-Oct-99 02:48:15 Subj: Re: McCoy Digest From: jglatt@spamgone-borg.com (Jeff Glatt) >> | >Now isn't that a cute signature. Have you ever tried NT, Karel? >> | I'm sure that his "experience" with it is on a par with his "buddy" >> | Tholen's "experience" with NT -- woefully inadequate to have anything >> | but the obviously naive, uninformed "opinions" (typically based upon >> | hearsay) that people like Karel and Tholen routinely spout. >> What I do have a problem with is people being so proud of their ignorance >> that they choose to broadcast it to the world, even going so far as to put >> it in their signatures. >> Karel, what's your experience with NT? Have you used it for any length of >> time? How often did it crash on you? >> Yup, I think he's full of it. >I saw the signature and made a lot of similar inferences about the user >of the signature and decided that it wasn't really worth a comment. I think that's how, historically, a lot of mainstream users (especially programmers and journalists, who have been frequent targets of naive, overzealous OS/2 fanatics) regard OS/2 "advocates". Ultimately, I think that OS/2 advocates have done about as "effective" a job of promoting their pet product as Amiga True Believers did, which is not surprising being that both pursued the same tactics and made the same mistakes. As Kurt Vonnegut would say.. "And so it goes" --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: josco@ibm.net 14-Oct-99 21:28:20 To: All 15-Oct-99 02:48:15 Subj: Re: Navigator 4.7 is available!! OS/2 is behind again!! From: Joseph lucien@metrowerks.com wrote: > In article , > josco wrote: > > On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 lucien@metrowerks.com wrote: > > > > > In article <7u4cj4$7eb$1@news.hawaii.edu>, > > > tholenAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu wrote: > > > > Mike Timbol writes: > > > > > > > > > Joseph wrote: > > > > > > > > >> OS/2 Java 1.1.8 implements Java 1.2 functionality. Bummer, > > > bummer. > > > > > > > > > It's also bullshit. > > > > > > > > Incorrect. OS/2 Java 1.1.8 does implement Java 1.2 functionality. > > > > > > > > > Download something like NetBeans, that requires > > > > > JDK 1.2. Try to run it on OS/2. No dice. > > > > > > > > Irrelevant, given that Joseph did not say that OS/2 Java 1.1.8 > > > > implements ALL of Java 1.2 functionality. It does implement SOME > > > > of it, however. > > > > > > On the contrary, your very own logic proves that he said exactly > that > > > (Re your argument from the "costly mistakes" thread of some years > ago > > > which you've conveniently forgotten here). > > > > Semantics and syntax. > > > > What I said had a different meaning than what was edited and argued > > against. Tholen's comment was consistent with what was meant and > said. > > ... and it directly contradicts the logic he proffered in the "costly > mistakes" thread years ago. Logic: The science or art of exact reasoning, or of pure and formal thought, or of the laws according to which the processes of pure thinking should be conducted; the science of the formation and application of general notions; the science of generalization, judgment, classification, reasoning, and systematic arrangement; correct reasoning. I think you are misusing the word "logic". > I've already copied and saved this little screwup. We'll see if he > figures it out. > > > BTW a person's logic, as I understand logic, argues possibilities. > Logic > > As I recall, your skills with logic (as well as OS's and computers in > general) are anemic at best. > > Last 4 years havn't witnessed much improvement on this score for you or > Tholen. Look up the word logic. You might mean "argument" then again you might be very sensitive and have a long memory. In that case you're mind is made up. Attack argument \Ar"gu*ment\, n. [F. argument, L. argumentum, fr. arguere to argue.] 1. Proof; evidence. [Obs.] 2. A reason or reasons offered in proof, to induce belief, or convince the mind; reasoning expressed in words; as, an argument about, concerning, or regarding a proposition, for or in favor of it, or against it. 3. A process of reasoning, or a controversy made up of rational proofs; argumentation; discussion; disputation. The argument is about things, but names. --Locke. 4. The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem. You and love are still my argument. --Shak. The abstract or argument of the piece. --Jeffrey. [Shields] with boastful argument portrayed. --Milton. 5. Matter for question; business in hand. [Obs.] Sheathed their swords for lack of argument. --Shak. 6. (Astron.) The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends; as, the altitude is the argument of the refraction. 7. (Math.) The independent variable upon whose value that of a function depends. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: josco@ibm.net 14-Oct-99 21:34:27 To: All 15-Oct-99 02:48:15 Subj: Re: Communicator 4.7 vs Communicator/2 From: Joseph John Hong wrote: > Marty (mamodeo@stny.rr.com) wrote: > > : Personally, I've worked 4.61 for OS/2 very hard and I use it every day > : for browsing as well as e-mail and newsgroups. It doesn't crash or > : misbehave for me in the slightest. > > Another point to mention is that IBM doesn't really change the > version number with this. Netscape 2.02 for OS/2 was in actuality 3.0 > with the -3 switch. It's quite possible that IBM will make a fixpak or > re-release of 4.61 containing those 4.7 fixes, only still keeping the > version number 4.61. yes, IBM's use of versions numbers is conservative. Netscape 2.02 for OS/2 wasn't a complete implementation of all v3.0 functionality just like OS/2 JDK 1.1.8 adds some but not all JDK 1.2 functionality. With that said, I also use the most recent edition of 2.02 with "-3" and have not found a site which supports V3.0 and does not work with V2.02. IBM has it's own policies and priorities. More reliable software, fewer changes and strategic additions of technology to "older" versions of software. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mcbrides@erols.com 14-Oct-99 21:31:04 To: All 15-Oct-99 02:48:15 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: mcbrides@erols.com (Jerry McBride) In article <7u50mm$rgk$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, cbass2112@my-deja.com wrote: >In article , > alliem@_nospam_ wtjam.net wrote: >> On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Tim Timmins posted : >> >> > Not just the start menu can be out of date. The whole shortcuts >> > implementation can point to broken links. Why MS forced this into >> > NT is beyond me. Just to get away from Presentation Manager ? >> >> This doesn't occur in a sensible administered system. > >But, with all due respect, what does "sensibly administered" really >mean? In the context of the currect discussion, it seems to me that it >can only mean "kow-towing to the shortcomings of the interface's >implementation." > It means, "it's a feature" and when things reall get lost call support and reboot the box... By the time support gets on the line, the NT box is up and uh... running... >Granted, we all kow-tow to whichever interface/environment/OS we decide >to use, at least on some level, and at least to a degree. I guess I >just have a hard time with euphamisms. > > >Curtis > > >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ >Before you buy. -- ******************************************************************************* * Sometimes, the BEST things in life really ARE free... * * Get a FREE copy of NetRexx 1.151 for your next java project at: * * * * GET IT NOW! WHILE IT'S STILL FREE! * * * * http://www2.hursley.ibm.com/netrexx * ******************************************************************************* /----------------------------------------\ | From the desktop of: Jerome D. McBride | | mcbrides@erols.com | \----------------------------------------/ -- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: TEAM-NETREXX (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mike@lionsgate.com 15-Oct-99 06:53:09 To: All 15-Oct-99 05:27:03 Subj: IBM's Marketing Skills From: mike@lionsgate.com As I was driving home today, I was thinking about all the technology that IBM has done that the marketing department has really screwed up. I came up with these 4 examples.... Do any of you out there know of others? Microchannel Far ahead of the ISA buss, as well as the EISA buss, and only matched today with the PCI Buss. MWave Really an engineering and software marvel. Actead as a sound card, and a Modeom at 33600 Token Ring Lan Adapter Only today with switching hubs can Ethernet match what Token ring did 10 years ago! OS/2. Far ahead of Windows even today. How long will it take Gerstner to realise that IBM's technical prowess is second to none? The IBM marketing dept has screwed up more times than any other company in any industry. It is only the inertia of such a large company that they can continue, blind to the fact that they cannot market their way out of a wet paper bag! Now IBM is considering slicing off all desktop PC production to Dell and Acer..... however it is not the hardware division of IBM that is at fault but rather the marketing dept. In a few years IBM will be strictly a service company and no longer an innovative computer company. Has anyone ever sent a message like this to Gerstner? No other company in the computer business has blown the marketing sooo badly. Surely this must be on the minds of a few IBMers? Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Deja.com - Before you buy. (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net 15-Oct-99 08:42:18 To: All 15-Oct-99 10:27:10 Subj: Re: McCoy Digest From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net (Karel Jansens) On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 20:42:09, "Drestin Black" wrote: > gee, guess at least you have a choice, Linux just crashes as soon as you > press the power on button. > > (I mean, if we are going to believe your pathetic silliness, then we gotta > believe mine too right?) > > Incidentally, this is the screen you get after pressing power button: > > Loading Linu............ click, machine off. > You can't run the sources, dummy. BTW, does it say on the license agreement of NT somewhere: "Remove sense of humour before attempting to run this operating system?" I mean, it ain't funny if I have to put 's in everywhere. Oh, , of course. Karel Jansens jansens_at_ibm_dot_net |---------------------------------------------------| | boot options | | | | Please choose from list | | | | | |---------------------------------------------------| So is this more PC to you dudes? --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net 15-Oct-99 08:42:18 To: All 15-Oct-99 10:27:10 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net (Karel Jansens) On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 22:48:58, Marty wrote: > Karel Jansens wrote: > > > > On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 17:25:34, Cameron wrote: > > > > > > > > Open source operating systems are the future of computing. Unless OS/2 is > > > made open source, it has a very, very, very short future. > > > > > You're sort of preaching to the pope here. > > Unfortunately, the chances of OS/2 ever getting open source are very > > dim. > > Bummer. > > IMHO, OS/2 going open source would be the worst thing that could ever > happen to it. It would mean IBM dropping all support of it, industry > dropping what remains of its support, and the maintenance of code put in > the hands of unpaid hobbyists who are completely unfamiliar with it. It > would also decentralize fixpacks and device drivers, and probably do > some significant financial damage to Scitech who now has a pretty > significant stake in OS/2. > > How is this the future of OS/2? > Well, that's what "they" said about Linux (and some are *still* saying it). You could be right, though. How about a BSD-like approach? I know many manufacturers ans ISV's would love to have seen the BSD's take off instead of Linux, because of the central guidance issue. Karel Jansens jansens_at_ibm_dot_net |---------------------------------------------------| | boot options | | | | Please choose from list | | | | | |---------------------------------------------------| NT-vocates made trouble, so here's the first P. C. sig-line. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net 15-Oct-99 08:42:21 To: All 15-Oct-99 10:27:10 Subj: Re: Hey Mr. WarpCity... From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net (Karel Jansens) On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 22:59:32, "David T. Johnson" wrote: > hunters@thunder.indstate.edu wrote: > > > > Howdy Tim! Warpstock is this Saturday, and I've still got that $50 that > > says you won't be there. Feel free to prove me wrong! > > > > See you there everybody! > > > Tim has been seriously injured in an accident. I'm sorry to hear that. If you get in touch, could you give my best wishes to him? Although I'm always picking on him here in COOA, I do think he's an okay dude. Karel Jansens jansens_at_attglobal_dot_net --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: tholenAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu 15-Oct-99 10:06:14 To: All 15-Oct-99 10:27:10 Subj: Re: Navigator 4.7 is available!! OS/2 is behind again!! From: tholenAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu Lucien writes: >> Mike Timbol writes: >>> Joseph wrote: >>>> OS/2 Java 1.1.8 implements Java 1.2 functionality. Bummer, >>>> bummer. >>> It's also bullshit. >> Incorrect. OS/2 Java 1.1.8 does implement Java 1.2 functionality. >>> Download something like NetBeans, that requires >>> JDK 1.2. Try to run it on OS/2. No dice. >> Irrelevant, given that Joseph did not say that OS/2 Java 1.1.8 >> implements ALL of Java 1.2 functionality. It does implement SOME >> of it, however. > On the contrary, your very own logic proves that he said exactly that > (Re your argument from the "costly mistakes" thread of some years ago > which you've conveniently forgotten here). I've not forgotten anything here. Ironically, you've forgotten something, namely that my "very own logic" involved the usage of "prevent", as in "prevent costly mistakes" or "prevent wild fires", which you insisted was ambiguous. The quotation above does not involve anything analogous to "prevent", which is why Timbol's interpretation is incorrect, and also why your "on the contrary" is incorrect. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: IFA B111 (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: tim.timmins@bcs.org.uk 15-Oct-99 11:25:05 To: All 15-Oct-99 10:27:10 Subj: Re: IBM's Marketing Skills From: Tim Timmins How about person to person, and of course the Repository. I don't think Mwave got screwed, it just got overtaken by the rapid growth of music and graphics on the internet. Regards, Tim mike@lionsgate.com wrote: > As I was driving home today, I was thinking about all the > technology that IBM has done that the marketing department has > really screwed up. I came up with these 4 examples.... > > Do any of you out there know of others? > > Microchannel Far ahead of the ISA buss, as well as the EISA > buss, and only matched today with the PCI Buss. > > MWave Really an engineering and software marvel. Actead > as a sound card, and a Modeom at 33600 > > Token Ring Lan Adapter Only today with switching hubs can > Ethernet match what Token ring did 10 years ago! > > OS/2. Far ahead of Windows even today. > > How long will it take Gerstner to realise that IBM's technical > prowess is second to none? The IBM marketing dept has screwed > up more times than any other company in any industry. It is > only the inertia of such a large company that they can continue, > blind to the fact that they cannot market their way out of a wet > paper bag! Now IBM is considering slicing off all desktop PC > production to Dell and Acer..... however it is not the hardware > division of IBM that is at fault but rather the marketing dept. > In a few years IBM will be strictly a service company and no > longer an innovative computer company. Has anyone ever sent a > message like this to Gerstner? > > No other company in the computer business has blown the > marketing sooo badly. Surely this must be on the minds of a few > IBMers? > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: tholenAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu 15-Oct-99 10:34:12 To: All 15-Oct-99 10:27:10 Subj: Re: Advocacy's Mosquito... From: tholenAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu Roberto Alsina writes: >>> I wrote: >>>> Jason S. wrote: >>>>> Tholen was *twice* nominated for Usenet Kook of the Month -- the >>>>> first time by Roberto Alsina back in 1997, >>>> Alsina is the person who accused me of posting an average of 134 >>>> articles every day, which was ludicrous. When he pointed to his >>>> alleged evidence, it became obvious that he didn't even bother to >>>> check the range of dates. Even then, he continued to insist that >>>> he was right, until others started getting on his case. How >>>> ironic that he nominated me rather than himself. >>> Well, Dave, that should show you that you are not universally seen >>> as the beacon of pure reason and thought you apparently think you >>> are. >> Illogical, given that the above historical account doesn't do >> anything to contradict any assumption about what people see. > As long as you claim I am not people, what you just said may make sense. What I said makes sense regardless of whether I claim you are people or not. Nevertheless, given that you are not plural, you are not people. >>> BTW: you were nominated for being stupid enough to argue with Eliza. >> Incorrect. I wasn't stupid enough to argue with Eliza. I was >> responding to a real person who was inserting responses generated >> by an Eliza program. I realized that. Others realized that I >> realized that. You did not. How ironic that you should mention >> being "stupid enough". Exactly how do you explain your math error >> and the long delay in admitting to it? > I need not explain anything to you. Then explain it to the readers. Just how did you manage to get the math so terribly wrong? And why did you take so long to admit the error, even after the source of the error was clearly pointed out? > That you are still pissed about it 2 years after the fact shows you > are indeed a grudgy old fellow, and that you have indeed not grown > out of it. Same old Alsina. Even after I explained to you that Jason S. brought you up, not me, here you are, still trying to put the onus on me. Just like last time, you're unwilling to admit your error. One can only wonder how long it will take this time before you finally admit it. >>> Anyway, you still haven't groen out of this? >> Still having those reading comprehension problems, Roberto? Check >> the thread more carefully again. I didn't bring you up. Jason S. >> did. > But you did bring up that specific incident, didn't you Dave? I'm simply noting the irony of the situation, Roberto. Your error and your failure to admit it when the source of the error was identified qualified you for the award much more than it did me. > Of course your response needs not have any connection to what you > are replying to, as per your usual "discussion" methodology. Irrelevant, given that my response does have a connection to what I'm replied to. >>> Man, are you a grudgy old fellow! >> You must be referring to Jason S., given that he's the one who brought >> you up. > No, I meant you, Illogical, given that Jason S. brought you up, not me. > who still have a grudge about that ancient story. Incorrect. The fact that I still remember it only indicates that I have a sufficiently good memory and says absolutely nothing about "a grudge". The fact that you're here, responding to me, raises interesting questions about your own motivations. Just how did you manage to stumble across a reference to you in this newsgroup? >>> PS: they weren't 134 a day, >> Then why did you claim there were, > Because I was wrong, Dave, just as I admitted years ago. Not right away. Indeed, even after the source of the error was pointed out to you, you continued to insist that you were right. >> and why did you persist with your >> claim, even after your error was clearly pointed out? > For the reasons I gave in 1997. Do you really think those so-called reasons are any less illogical now than they were back then? >>> but they sure felt like it. >> That wasn't your argument at the time. You insisted on actual >> numbers back then, not feelings. > It is my argument of today. Ah, your argument du jour. Interesting that your "feeling" has a precision of 134. Others tend to use "dozens", or "umpteen", or some other non-specific term when referring to such feelings. You were specific down to the single posting, and used flawed mathematics, not feelings, to try and substantiate it. You dug yourself into a hole back then, and I see you're doing it again, in a feeble attempt to save face. > You obviously still live in 1997. Illogical; knowledge of history is not equivalent to living in the past. >>> PPS: preemptive Tholen argument response: they felt like that to me, >> Irrelevant, given that you didn't refer to feelings back then, but >> instead actual numbers. > In case you haven't noticed, the date of this thread is 1999. I have noticed. Of what relevence is it? You made your error back then. > I expected a response about the events of this thread. And that's exactly what you got: an indication of the irony that you nominated me rather than yourself. > What are you, some sort of librarian of ancient anger? What makes you ask that? What are you, someone who seeks out any reference to you in any newsgroup? Exactly what drew your attention to this newsgroup after so long a silence? >>> that's subjective, personal opinion, >> The numbers you referred to are not. > Who's talking about that? I am. That's how to be accurate about the history. >>> you have no way of proving I didn't feel that way, >> I do have a way of proving your reference to actual numbers. > And who's talking about that? I am. That's how to be accurate about the history. >>> so save it for the winter. >> I'll deal with you whenever you choose to respond, Roberto. > I'll deal with you whenever I have no need to be useful to society. Exactly how does changing your argument (your argument du jour) benefit society, Roberto? Give it up, Roberto. You looked bad back then, and there's no way you can make yourself look any better now. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: IFA B111 (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: tholaneAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu 15-Oct-99 10:49:28 To: All 15-Oct-99 10:27:10 Subj: Re: Advocacy's Mosquito... From: tholaneAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu Roberto Alsina writes: >> Jason S. writes: >>>>> Tholen was *twice* nominated for Usenet Kook of the Month -- the >>>>> first time by Roberto Alsina back in 1997, >>>> Alsina is the person who accused me of posting an average of 134 >>>> articles every day, which was ludicrous. When he pointed to his >>>> alleged evidence, it became obvious that he didn't even bother to >>>> check the range of dates. Even then, he continued to insist that >>>> he was right, until others started getting on his case. How ironic >>>> that he nominated me rather than himself. >>> None of this changes the fact that you were nominated in 1997. >> It does demonstrate that person responsible did not have his facts >> straight and wasn't interested in getting them straight. Rather >> coincidentally, you also relied on false information in the nomination >> that you prepared. > Your lack of logic is astounding. Your lack of substantiation for the claim you just made is astounding. > You were not nominated because of the fact you present, but because > of another. Irrelevant, given that I didn't say anything about what motivated you to submit a nomination. I'm simply noting the irony that you didn't nominate yourself, after making such a boneheaded mistake and continuing to insist that you were right, even after the source of the error was clearly identified. > That I was wrong in A doesn't prove I was wrong in B, Irrelevant, given that I haven't claimed that you are wrong in B. I'm simply noting the irony that you didn't nominate yourself, for the reason given above. > much less that you are not a kook, What kind of person makes an order of magnitude error in a simple posting rate calculation and continues to insist that the calculation is correct, even after the source of the error has been identified? You should have nominated yourself, Roberto. > which everyone who has read your drivel already knows you are. The fact that you erroneously accused me of posting an average of 134 articles every day is not "drivel". The fact that you continued to insist that your calculation was correct, even after the source of the error was identified, is not "drivel". Rather, they are facts that show you to be more deserving of the nomination. > The award would have been just a cherry on the cake, a "official" > acknowledgement of your nuttiness. I'm not the one who botched the math, Roberto. You did. > Fear not, you're still a kook in my heart. What you have in your heart is irrelevant to me. The facts are relevant, and the facts are that you botched the math and didn't admit it until others agreed with my analysis. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: IFA B111 (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: tholenAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu 15-Oct-99 11:21:00 To: All 15-Oct-99 10:27:10 Subj: Re: Advocacy's Mosquito... From: tholenAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu Jason S. writes: >>>>> Tholen was *twice* nominated for Usenet Kook of the Month -- the first >>>>> time by Roberto Alsina back in 1997, >>>> Alsina is the person who accused me of posting an average of 134 articles >>>> every day, which was ludicrous. When he pointed to his alleged evidence, >>>> it became obvious that he didn't even bother to check the range of dates. >>>> Even then, he continued to insist that he was right, until others started >>>> getting on his case. How ironic that he nominated me rather than himself. >>> None of this changes the fact that you were nominated in 1997. >> It does demonstrate that person responsible did not have his facts >> straight and wasn't interested in getting them straight. > The critical fact -- your kookiness -- was correctly noted, Dave. Incorrect, given that there isn't any on my part to note. There is some on Roberto's part, however, namely his ridiculous accusation that I posted an average of 134 articles to USENET every day, and his failure to admit the error even after it was demonstrated to him. >> Rather coincidentally, you also relied on false information in the >> nomination that you prepared. > I relied on actual posts of yours, for the most part. What did you rely on for the rest, Jason, and just how much is "the most part"? >> Rather coincidentally, you also relied on false information in the >> nomination that you prepared. > Is that "false information," Dave? The National Lampoon relied on actual statements made by Richard Nixon. For example, Nixon said "I am not a crook." Except the National Lampoon left out a critical piece of information, namely "not". They thereby turned the actual statement into false information. You used a similar, though not identical, approach. >>>>> and the second time by me, for what turned out to be the February/March >>>>> 1998 KOTM contest (don't ask -- I don't know why). This second nomination >>>>> came in the wake of Tholen's notorious "kook and a queer" comment >>>> Actually, that's the wake of your notorious attempts to "get a rise" out >>>> of me. Put the onus where it belongs, Jason: on you, not me. >>> Typical Tholen attempt to obfuscate the *real* issue. >> Noting an important historical fact that you left out is not >> obfuscation. > Dave, the issue is your kookiness. What alleged "kookiness", Jason? That's rather ironic, coming from someone who spends time on USENET trying to "get a rise" out of others. >>>>> There was no evidence of tampering >>>> Incorrect. The voting deadline was extended, >>> ..which is not evidence of tampering... >> Prove that the outcome was not affected by the deadline extension. > The burden to prove that the extension affected the outcome lies on > your shoulders, Dave. You made a claim: back it up. You're the one claiming that the results of the ballot should be believed, Jason. The burden of proof is on your shoulders, not mine. >>>> and I know that at least one vote wasn't counted. >>> ..for a person who wasn't nominated, >> Which makes the fact that you received a vote even more significant. > Which explains why it wasn't counted. It does no such thing. Rather, it demonstrates more evidence of tampering. >>> so the alleged vote was a nullity. >> On the contrary, your actions earned you that vote. Too bad the >> significance is lost on you. > Even assuming arguendo that someone did vote for me, you got more > than enough votes to win. Prove that you didn't get more, Jason. Your actions certainly earned the disdain of several people in sci.astro. >>>>> Tholen claimed that someone named "Wayne Strang" (who was not even >>>>> nominated) >>>> Incorrect. Consult deja.com for proof. >>> Dave, the ballot has been reposted repeatedly. >> The result showing Wayne Strang's election was reposted. > Do you mean the post by the December 1997 Kook of the Month that > declared "Wayne Strang" to be the unanimous winner? I mean the post showing that Wayne Strang won. > Odd, since you claim that I got a vote, and I know that you got at > least one vote yourself. That was a different, unofficial, "tongue-in-cheek", tampered with, ballot, Jason. >>> "Wayne Strang" (whoever that is) was not on it. >> Incorrect. > Reference? Deja.com. >>> Now, it is possible that a nomination was made, >> More than just possible. One was indeed made. > Prove it, if you think you can. See the above-mentioned posting, Jason. >>> but the rules require a second, and it appears that no second was made -- >>> thus, he was not properly nominated under the rules. >> Then how did he manage to win? > He didn't, Dave. Incorrect, Jason. >>>>> won the election and complained that a vote cast by some unnamed person >>>>> allegedly for me was not counted. >>>> You want actual names, Jason? >>> Provide it, if you think you can. >> I said "names", Jason, not "name", thus your use of "it" is >> inappropriate. > Provide them, if you think you can. Having memory problems, Jason? Deja.com can help. >>>> Check the people who criticized you for >>>> your "campaigning" in sci.astro. >>> Are you alleging that these alleged people voted for me, Dave? >> The people are not alleged, Jason. You quickly left sci.astro after >> you were criticized multiple times. Consult deja.com if you can't >> remember their names. > I was never subscribed to sci.astro, Dave, so it is illogical to > claim that I "left" that group. You posted to sci.astro, Jason. You then disappeared after receiving considerable criticism. It is therefore not illogical to claim that you left. >>>> As for the person who contacted me >>>> privately to say that he voted for you, just what do you think the >>>> word "privately" means? >>> I imagine that it means that this alleged person allegedly sent you >>> an email. >> It means that I won't betray a confidence, Jason. > ..preferring to make typical Tholen unsubstantiated claims. On the contrary, the vote counter has the substantiation, Jason. >>>>> Tholen conveniently disregarded the fact that I was not nominated in >>>>> making this complaint. >>>> Doesn't change the fact that you received at least one vote, and quite >>>> possibly more, perhaps even the most. >>> And perhaps you were on the grassy knoll in Dallas in 1963, Dave. >> Non sequitur. > Whatever. Typical Jason S. >>>>> The second KOTM title that Dave won >>>> I haven't won any, Jason. >>> Incorrect. >> Still trying to foist your unofficial, "tongue-in-cheek", tampered >> results on the unsuspecting reader, eh Jason? > I simply refer to the poll that was taken by someone other than me > in CSMA earlier this year. They're not "my" results. Also tampered with. You and Edwin had thousands of votes that disappeared. >>>>> was started by someone calling himself "ZnU" who frequents >>>>> comp.sys.mac.advocacy. This person set up a CSMA Kook poll on one >>>>> of those polling websites that will run impromptu polls for anyone. >>>>> There were about 15 candidates (chosen arbitrarily by "ZnU") and >>>>> Tholen won the vote. >>>> Incorrect. You and Edwin both had thousands of votes that disappeared. >>> ..and the technical problems with the polling were straightened out >>> by the people who run that site. >> Evidence, please. > The fact that the persons who were tampering with the vote (running up > thousands of votes for me and Edwin) apparently could no longer run > up the vote to such an extent speaks for itself. How would you know whether those people even attempted to tamper with the vote after the alleged technical problems were straightened out? >>>> And from Eric Bennett: >>>> ] The other poll (csma KOTM) was not well protected against vote fraud. I >>>> ] had an amusing evening playing with their vote counting system to see if I >>>> ] could get around their belatedly instituted safeguards (which I did... >>> ..and Eric voted for Nathan A. Hughes, not for you, Dave. >> Irrelevant, Jason. It demonstrates that the poll was not protected >> against fraud. > No vote is completely protected against fraud, Dave. Prove it, if you think you can, Jason. I was in a meeting last night in which votes were taken. Eyes were open and hands were raised. Anyone could verify the count. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: IFA B111 (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: tholenAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu 15-Oct-99 11:28:11 To: All 15-Oct-99 10:27:10 Subj: Re: Advocacy's Mosquito... From: tholenAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu Eric Bennett writes (under a pseudonym): >> Impossible, given that deja.com does prove that I am correct. > Prove it, if you think you can. Yet again? Have you forgotten the last time already? >> That's not the "actual ballot". > Incorrect. Feel free to demonstrate how it's allegedly incorrect, if you think you can. >> Incorrect. > Taking reading comprehension lessons from Eric Bennett again, Dave? Obviously not. Taking identification lessons from Bob Dole, Eric? --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: IFA B111 (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jmalloy@borg.com 15-Oct-99 07:37:21 To: All 15-Oct-99 10:27:10 Subj: Re: Advocacy's Mosquito... From: "Joe Malloy" Something like is still trying to argue that he's *not* a Kook and tholened: > > Your lack of logic is astounding. > > Your lack of substantiation for the claim you just made is astounding. Your lack of evidence for the claim you just made is phenomenal, Tholane (where the heck did the extra "e" come from in you email address above?). Prove it, if you think you can. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: no@spam.com 15-Oct-99 22:14:29 To: All 15-Oct-99 14:34:16 Subj: Re: IBM Warp Client 5 is under development From: "stan" Rick Lindsay wrote in message news:eyvaqfnlwhzcarg.fjmzip0.pminews@news.stardock.com... > From within IBM Austin comes word that there is really a development team working > on a new client.... > > > > > Rick Lindsay, Lindsay Computer Systems, http://www.jumpnet.com/~lcs > Austin, Texas. 512-719-5257. Asus based systems, Asus Products. > Advanced Systems. > This message is SHAREWARE, please register... > > > --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: lucien@metrowerks.com 15-Oct-99 12:16:07 To: All 15-Oct-99 14:34:16 Subj: Re: Navigator 4.7 is available!! OS/2 is behind again!! From: lucien@metrowerks.com In article <7u6ub4$jh0$1@news.hawaii.edu>, tholenAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu wrote: > Lucien writes: > > >> Mike Timbol writes: > > >>> Joseph wrote: > > >>>> OS/2 Java 1.1.8 implements Java 1.2 functionality. Bummer, > >>>> bummer. > > >>> It's also bullshit. > > >> Incorrect. OS/2 Java 1.1.8 does implement Java 1.2 functionality. > > >>> Download something like NetBeans, that requires > >>> JDK 1.2. Try to run it on OS/2. No dice. > > >> Irrelevant, given that Joseph did not say that OS/2 Java 1.1.8 > >> implements ALL of Java 1.2 functionality. It does implement SOME > >> of it, however. > > > On the contrary, your very own logic proves that he said exactly that > > (Re your argument from the "costly mistakes" thread of some years ago > > which you've conveniently forgotten here). > > I've not forgotten anything here. Ironically, you've forgotten > something, namely that my "very own logic" involved the usage of > "prevent", as in "prevent costly mistakes" or "prevent wild fires", > which you insisted was ambiguous. The quotation above does not > involve anything analogous to "prevent", which is why Timbol's > interpretation is incorrect, and also why your "on the contrary" > is incorrect. > Wrong. Go back and reread the thread to find out why. Lucien S. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Deja.com - Before you buy. (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: lucien@metrowerks.com 15-Oct-99 12:22:23 To: All 15-Oct-99 14:34:16 Subj: Re: Navigator 4.7 is available!! OS/2 is behind again!! From: lucien@metrowerks.com In article <38068348.D5723BDF@ibm.net>, Joseph wrote: > > > lucien@metrowerks.com wrote: > > > In article , > > josco wrote: > > > On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 lucien@metrowerks.com wrote: > > > > > > > In article <7u4cj4$7eb$1@news.hawaii.edu>, > > > > tholenAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu wrote: > > > > > Mike Timbol writes: > > > > > > > > > > > Joseph wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >> OS/2 Java 1.1.8 implements Java 1.2 functionality. Bummer, > > > > bummer. > > > > > > > > > > > It's also bullshit. > > > > > > > > > > Incorrect. OS/2 Java 1.1.8 does implement Java 1.2 functionality. > > > > > > > > > > > Download something like NetBeans, that requires > > > > > > JDK 1.2. Try to run it on OS/2. No dice. > > > > > > > > > > Irrelevant, given that Joseph did not say that OS/2 Java 1.1.8 > > > > > implements ALL of Java 1.2 functionality. It does implement SOME > > > > > of it, however. > > > > > > > > On the contrary, your very own logic proves that he said exactly > > that > > > > (Re your argument from the "costly mistakes" thread of some years > > ago > > > > which you've conveniently forgotten here). > > > > > > Semantics and syntax. > > > > > > What I said had a different meaning than what was edited and argued > > > against. Tholen's comment was consistent with what was meant and > > said. > > > > ... and it directly contradicts the logic he proffered in the "costly > > mistakes" thread years ago. > > Logic: > The science or art of exact reasoning, or of pure and formal thought, or of > the laws according to which the processes of pure thinking should be > conducted; the science of the formation and application of general notions; > the science of generalization, judgment, classification, reasoning, and > systematic arrangement; correct reasoning. > > I think you are misusing the word "logic". What you think is irrelevant. What you can demonstrate is relevant. > > I've already copied and saved this little screwup. We'll see if he > > figures it out. > > > > > BTW a person's logic, as I understand logic, argues possibilities. > > Logic > > > > As I recall, your skills with logic (as well as OS's and computers in > > general) are anemic at best. > > > > Last 4 years havn't witnessed much improvement on this score for you or > > Tholen. > > Look up the word logic. You might mean "argument" then again you might be > very sensitive and have a long memory. In that case you're mind is made > up. Attack Feel free to reread the "costly mistakes" thread, if you're interested; it's still archived on USENET. Of course, you'll be no more capable of understanding what was going on than Tholen was. Lucien S. > argument \Ar"gu*ment\, n. [F. argument, L. argumentum, fr. arguere to > argue.] 1. > Proof; evidence. [Obs.] > > 2. A reason or reasons offered in proof, to induce belief, or convince the > mind; > reasoning expressed in words; as, an argument about, concerning, or > regarding a > proposition, for or in favor of it, or against it. > > 3. A process of reasoning, or a controversy made up of rational proofs; > argumentation; > discussion; disputation. > > The argument is about things, but names. --Locke. > > 4. The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; > theme or topic; > also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem. > > You and love are still my argument. --Shak. > > The abstract or argument of the piece. --Jeffrey. > > [Shields] with boastful argument portrayed. --Milton. > > 5. Matter for question; business in hand. [Obs.] > > Sheathed their swords for lack of argument. --Shak. > > 6. (Astron.) The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends; > as, the altitude > is the argument of the refraction. > > 7. (Math.) The independent variable upon whose value that of a function > depends. > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Deja.com - Before you buy. (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: isxios@yahoo.com 15-Oct-99 12:39:27 To: All 15-Oct-99 14:34:16 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: isxios@yahoo.com (Isxios) On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 14:35:05, Bennie Nelson wrote: > There was a reason for that. Microsoft withheld the Win 95 license until the day > of Win 95's release. Why? MS was stipulating that IBM stop preloads of OS/2 > as a precondition for receiving the Win 95 preload agreement. IBM would not > cave on that point. > > Bennie Nelson Perhaps not up to that point, but they did, in my opinion, give in on that point, because it was at that point that IBM seemed to not just halt on Warp, but even started actively killing it. Warp3 was a groing OS. It was selling tremendously well, yet IBM stopped pushing it, just as it was taking off. Do you really think that was just a coincidence? Isxios --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: bCandid - Powering the world's discussions - http (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: isxios@yahoo.com 15-Oct-99 12:43:23 To: All 15-Oct-99 14:34:16 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: isxios@yahoo.com (Isxios) On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 22:05:41, jglatt@spamgone-borg.com (Jeff Glatt) wrote: > > I never heard any MS spokesman testify before the DOJ that "MS > stipulated IBM stop preloads of OS/2 as a precondition for receiving > the Win95 preload agreement". In fact, MS denied any such "demand", > despite your indication otherwise No, an MS spokesman would not testify to this. Someone from IBM did. But, of course, therein lies your problem, you will never believe anything that doesn't come out of the mouth of a Microsoft spokesperson. Isxios --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: bCandid - Powering the world's discussions - http (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com 15-Oct-99 09:40:02 To: All 15-Oct-99 14:34:16 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Marty Karel Jansens wrote: > > On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 22:48:58, Marty wrote: > > > Karel Jansens wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 17:25:34, Cameron wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Open source operating systems are the future of computing. Unless OS/2 is > > > > made open source, it has a very, very, very short future. > > > > > > > You're sort of preaching to the pope here. > > > Unfortunately, the chances of OS/2 ever getting open source are very > > > dim. > > > Bummer. > > > > IMHO, OS/2 going open source would be the worst thing that could ever > > happen to it. It would mean IBM dropping all support of it, industry > > dropping what remains of its support, and the maintenance of code put in > > the hands of unpaid hobbyists who are completely unfamiliar with it. It > > would also decentralize fixpacks and device drivers, and probably do > > some significant financial damage to Scitech who now has a pretty > > significant stake in OS/2. > > > > How is this the future of OS/2? > > > Well, that's what "they" said about Linux (and some are *still* saying > it). > You could be right, though. > > How about a BSD-like approach? I know many manufacturers ans ISV's > would love to have seen the BSD's take off instead of Linux, because > of the central guidance issue. Thing is, Linux was not pre-existing as a commercial closed-source product before it went open source. As much as people will deny it, OS/2 currently has a corporate userbase and support. Going open source will do serious damage to both of these existing areas. Perhaps if it was never sold commercially to begin with, I could see the benefits. But in its current form it has everything to lose and very little to gain from such a thing. - Marty --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: IBM Global Services North -- Burlington, Vermont, (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: gsf@ibm.net 15-Oct-99 13:49:11 To: All 15-Oct-99 14:34:16 Subj: Re: IBM's Marketing Skills From: Gilbert Saint-flour In <7u6j0q$6v$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, on 15 Oct 1999 at 06:53, mike@lionsgate.com said: >As I was driving home today, I was thinking about all the technology >that IBM has done that the marketing department has really screwed up. >I came up with these 4 examples.... >Microchannel, MWave, Token Ring, OS/2. You only have a partial view of what IBM is selling. Yes, poor marketing screwed up the things you mention, but IBM is very successful in other areas: S/390 mainframes, AS/400, RS/6000, Disk storage, Memory chips, Software, IT Services, etc. PCs are a commodity and IBM isn't very good unless they can have a large profit margin. Gilbert Saint-flour --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: @Home Network (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: pcguido@attglobal.net 15-Oct-99 14:13:09 To: All 15-Oct-99 14:34:17 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: pcguido@attglobal.net Jeff, Seek help. Not only are baring your soul on a ng for an OS you deny (made by a company you profess to despise); but; now you are talking to yourself _in_print_ as well! Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Guido In <380a2025.3594931@news.borg.com>, jglatt@spamgone-borg.com (Jeff Glatt) writes: ||Bennie Nelson ||the Win32 specifications have at ||least one major dichotomy: if a Win 32 executable requires a VxD ||driver, then it will not execute on NT. | |Huh?? What Win32 executables require a VxD driver? You don't link |Win32 apps with drivers. you know. It's not like a DLL. | |Oh christ, I'm talking programming issues with a typical OS/2 enduser. |It's hopeless, I know. They *never* learn any of this stuff. They just |spout half-baked nonsense based upon other uninformed hearsay. | ||MS was stipulating that IBM stop preloads of OS/2 ||as a precondition for receiving the Win 95 preload agreement. IBM would not ||cave on that point. | |No, what *really* happened was that IBM withheld payment for the |Windows 95 licenses until the last minute. IBM wasn't sure that it was |going to license Win95 until after IBM saw that a number of its |competitors had already signed up for it. It was only then that IBM |agreed to MS's asking price --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: josco@ibm.net 15-Oct-99 07:09:05 To: All 15-Oct-99 14:34:17 Subj: Re: Navigator 4.7 is available!! OS/2 is behind again!! From: Joseph lucien@metrowerks.com wrote: > In article <38068348.D5723BDF@ibm.net>, > Joseph wrote: > > > > > > lucien@metrowerks.com wrote: > > > > > > > What I said had a different meaning than what was edited and > argued > > > > against. Tholen's comment was consistent with what was meant and > > > said. > > > > > > ... and it directly contradicts the logic he proffered in > the "costly > > > mistakes" thread years ago. > > > > Logic: > > The science or art of exact reasoning, or of pure and formal thought, > or of > > the laws according to which the processes of pure thinking should be > > conducted; the science of the formation and application of general > notions; > > the science of generalization, judgment, classification, reasoning, > and > > systematic arrangement; correct reasoning. > > > > I think you are misusing the word "logic". > > What you think is irrelevant. What you can demonstrate is relevant. Whether you want to read the definition of the word "Logic" or not read it is your business. > > > > I've already copied and saved this little screwup. We'll see if he > > > figures it out. > > > > > > > BTW a person's logic, as I understand logic, argues possibilities. > > > Logic > > > > > > As I recall, your skills with logic (as well as OS's and computers > in > > > general) are anemic at best. > > > > > > Last 4 years havn't witnessed much improvement on this score for > you or > > > Tholen. > > > > Look up the word logic. You might mean "argument" then again you > might be > > very sensitive and have a long memory. In that case you're mind is > made > > up. Attack > > Feel free to reread the "costly mistakes" thread, if you're interested; > it's still archived on USENET. I might if it were at all interesting. > Of course, you'll be no more capable of understanding what was going on > than Tholen was. I understand you misued the word logic. What once went on between you an him is not interesting to me in the least bit. The thread was about Navigator 4.7. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: chris.downs@mailblock.gecm.com 15-Oct-99 14:22:11 To: All 15-Oct-99 14:34:17 Subj: Re: [README] New banners available From: chris.downs@mailblock.gecm.com (Chris Downs) On Wed, 13 Oct 1999 12:05:10 +0100, Paul Vigay wrote: >I don't think it's a case of being envious (although I wouldn't mind some of >his money...) but more a case of valuing one's freedom, choice and >independence. And did anyone see Gate$ statement on teletext? He admits "Microsoft's days are numbered". I don't remember the page, but a short search through the small stories section should find it ;-) --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Marconi Electronic Systems (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: b.l.nelson@larc.nasa.gov 15-Oct-99 10:42:15 To: All 15-Oct-99 14:34:17 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: Bennie Nelson Jeff Glatt wrote: > > >>>Bennie Nelson > >>>Win32 software written for hardware that is supported by VxD drivers > >>>will not work in NT. > > >>jglatt > >> It is not part of the "Win32 specifications" to produce "software > >> [specifically] written for hardware [drivers]". (Not that I believe > >> that you even have the slightest idea what you're talking about. I'm > >> sure that you're simply tossing around some buzz phrases that you once > >> heard some other OS/2 nutcase rambling about Windows, and thought that > >> it made for lovely sounding FUD). Indeed, it is part of the "Win32 > >> specifications" to produce software that is hardware independent. The > >> reason why there are things called "drivers" is to make that so. > >> Obviously, this most basic programming concept has gone completely > >> over your head. > > >Marty > >I think what he was trying to get at was the fact that there were > >historically, if not currently, several device drivers that existed only > >in VxD form and therefore would not work in NT. > > That's a driver issue, and has nothing whatsoever to do with Win32 > applications. For example, the Win32 program that I just wrote will do > MIDI output upon both NT as well as Win95. But, it will use entirely > different drivers upon both platforms. For that matter, it will use > entirely different drivers for different MIDI interfaces even under > the same operating system. That's because a properly written Windows > application is hardware independent. Bennie doesn't know this. > > Obviously, Bennie really doesn't know what he's talking about when he > uttered the quote about "Win32 software written for hardware that is > supported by VxD drivers", nor the technical considerations of such > issues. Actually, I know whereof I speak from experience. Sound cards were not always supported under NT because of the use of VxDs to access the hardware. This method is supported in Win 9x and not supported in NT. Any Win32 software written for that soundcard would not work because the soundcard could not be accessed. > > If someone were to fling around buzzwords as indiscrimately and > erroneously as Bennie does (and other OS/2 Advocates tend to do), > someone could derive all sorts of crazy, nebulous, buzzword-plagued > condemnations about OS/2's design. > > >Until recently, USB > >support was in this category among other things. Of course, with the > >new WDM this is no longer an issue. > > Drivers are ALWAYS an issue on any platform. It's a fundamental > "layer" of any operating system, and if you don't have the driver > support you need, you're in trouble. For example, with my program > above, it may even exhibit different levels of support and > performance, depending upon the particular drivers that are used with > the app. That's the way that things always are with drivers... > anywhere they are. > > But that's a support issue, not some alleged "design issue" about the > "Win32 specification" and some sort of supposed "software written for > hardware that is supported by VxD drivers". > > And frankly, an OS/2 user should be the last person to start trying to > denigrate the driver support of Windows. Historically, OS/2 driver > support has been as dismal as any operating system has ever seen. OS/2 driver support is better now than when Win 95 was released. As I recall, there was a huge list of thousands of devices not being supported in Win 95 during the beta. OS/2's support for devices is far better now than NT 4.0 when it was released. > > But you know, you can't tell these things to OS/2 zealots like Bennie. > They buy that esoteric IBM oddball product, and then they think that > makes them so "special" and "smart" that they can indiscriminately > grab a fistful of buzzwords and go around talking about issues of > which they know absolutely nothing. Bennie Nelson --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: ralsina@my-deja.com 15-Oct-99 15:30:15 To: All 15-Oct-99 14:34:17 Subj: Re: Advocacy's Mosquito... From: Roberto Alsina In article <7u70sk$l4g$1@news.hawaii.edu>, tholaneAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu wrote: I think I will indulge in some tholenisms, just for the bad old times' sake. > > You were not nominated because of the fact you present, but because > > of another. > > Irrelevant, given that I didn't say anything about what motivated you > to submit a nomination. The fact for which you were nominated is not the fact that motivated me to nominate you. Your comprehension problems continue. > I'm simply noting the irony that you didn't > nominate yourself, after making such a boneheaded mistake and > continuing to insist that you were right, even after the source of the > error was clearly identified. Being wrong is not kooky. Insisting on mistakes is not kooky. Even if what you say is true, it still makes no sense. > > That I was wrong in A doesn't prove I was wrong in B, > > Irrelevant, given that I haven't claimed that you are wrong in B. I'm > simply noting the irony that you didn't nominate yourself, for the > reason given above. Kooky reasons for a kook. I should have guessed that. > You should have nominated yourself, Roberto. Why? I am not a kook. Or at least I do not believe I am a kook. Why should I nominate a person I do not believe to be a kook? That only makes sense in the mind of a kook: you. > > which everyone who has read your drivel already knows you are. > > The fact that you erroneously accused me of posting an average of > 134 articles every day is not "drivel". Of course it is not. You didn't post that. I did. What you post is drivel. What I post isn't. > > The award would have been just a cherry on the cake, a "official" > > acknowledgement of your nuttiness. > > I'm not the one who botched the math, Roberto. You did. But you are the kook, Dave. > > Fear not, you're still a kook in my heart. > > What you have in your heart is irrelevant to me. But not to me, and that's why I share it with the world, kooky. Anyway, that was not the only time you argued with a computer program. Do you authorize me to show here the other one? -- Roberto Alsina (KDE developer, MFCH) Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Deja.com - Before you buy. (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: djohnson@isomedia.com 15-Oct-99 08:27:03 To: All 15-Oct-99 14:34:17 Subj: Re: IBM Warp Client 5 is under development From: "David T. Johnson" stan wrote: > > Rick Lindsay wrote in message > news:eyvaqfnlwhzcarg.fjmzip0.pminews@news.stardock.com... > > From within IBM Austin comes word that there is really a development team > working > > on a new client.... Ssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhh! Brad Wardell has assured us that IBM has indicated to him with a clear message that there will be no new client. > > > > > > > > > > Rick Lindsay, Lindsay Computer Systems, http://www.jumpnet.com/~lcs > > Austin, Texas. 512-719-5257. Asus based systems, Asus Products. > > Advanced Systems. > > This message is SHAREWARE, please register... > > > > > > --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: b.l.nelson@larc.nasa.gov 15-Oct-99 11:55:25 To: All 15-Oct-99 21:58:13 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: Bennie Nelson Isxios wrote: > > On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 14:35:05, Bennie Nelson > wrote: > > > There was a reason for that. Microsoft withheld the Win 95 license until the day > > of Win 95's release. Why? MS was stipulating that IBM stop preloads of OS/2 > > as a precondition for receiving the Win 95 preload agreement. IBM would not > > cave on that point. > > > > Bennie Nelson > > Perhaps not up to that point, but they did, in my opinion, give in on > that point, because it was at that point that IBM seemed to not just > halt on Warp, but even started actively killing it. Warp3 was a groing > OS. It was selling tremendously well, yet IBM stopped pushing it, just > as it was taking off. Do you really think that was just a coincidence? > > Isxios According to IBM's Gary Norris' testimony at the trial, IBM was denied access to Win 95 for the purpose of preloading it on IBMs PCs. MS held out until 11:45 PM on Aug 24th. Win 95 was released at midnight, fifteen minutes later. IBM did not agree at that point to MS' demands. Two years later, IBM released Warp v4 and publicly announced Netscape for OS/2. MS retaliated. This is also covered in Norris' testimony. Some URLs covering these aspects of the case are: http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,1014850,00.html http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,1015008,00.html http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,1014993,00.html IBM did not give up on Warp v3, but followed it with Warp v4. That was quite a stunning product given the level of MS' offerings. IBM did not give up on Warp, in my estimation. They were coerced into it, if the DOJ's case is correct. Regards, Bennie Nelson --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: ralsina@my-deja.com 15-Oct-99 15:59:19 To: All 15-Oct-99 21:58:13 Subj: Re: Advocacy's Mosquito... From: Roberto Alsina In article <7u6vvg$kk8$1@news.hawaii.edu>, tholenAntiSpam@ifa.hawaii.edu wrote: > Roberto Alsina writes: > > >>> I wrote: > > >>>> Jason S. wrote: > > >>>>> Tholen was *twice* nominated for Usenet Kook of the Month -- the > >>>>> first time by Roberto Alsina back in 1997, > > >>>> Alsina is the person who accused me of posting an average of 134 > >>>> articles every day, which was ludicrous. When he pointed to his > >>>> alleged evidence, it became obvious that he didn't even bother to > >>>> check the range of dates. Even then, he continued to insist that > >>>> he was right, until others started getting on his case. How > >>>> ironic that he nominated me rather than himself. > > >>> Well, Dave, that should show you that you are not universally seen > >>> as the beacon of pure reason and thought you apparently think you > >>> are. > >>> Well, Dave, that should show you that you are not universally seen > >>> as the beacon of pure reason and thought you apparently think you > >>> are. > > >> Illogical, given that the above historical account doesn't do > >> anything to contradict any assumption about what people see. > > > As long as you claim I am not people, what you just said may make sense. > > What I said makes sense regardless of whether I claim you are people > or not. Nevertheless, given that you are not plural, you are not > people. I am part of the people. Excuse my bad english. Now, if I am part of the people, let me show you why what you said makes no sense: My claim: ----- Well, Dave, [Your KOTM nomination] should show you that you are not universally seen as the beacon of pure reason and thought you apparently think you are. ----- Let's break that into pieces: [a] I say you apparently think you are a beacon of pure reason and thought. [b] I say that since I don't see you as one, you are not universally seen as one. Since [a] is not a statement of fact but of my personal opinion, you can not deny it. You can however claim my opinion is wrong, and that you are not a beacon of pure reason and thought (BOPRAT for short). If you are not a BOPRAT, then you are accepting [b], since you are part of the universe, and my overall premise is correct. But you didn't do that. You said ----- Illogical, given that the above historical account doesn't do anything to contradict any assumption about what people see. ----- If I am part of the people, "people" as a whole can not see you in a way different than my own. Part of the people may, of course, but not "people", which presumes a universal agreement by all parts of the people, of which I am one. Since the historical account shows that I don't see you as a BOPRAT, it contradicts directly an assumption that "people" see you as a BOPRAT. That's why I said that nominating you for KOTM should have shown you that "people" doesn't see you as a BOPRAT, and thus, you should not have that assumption about how people see you. Therefore, the historical account does something to contradict the specific assumption about people seing you as a BOPRAT, and your statement makes no sense. Clear enough for you? > >>> BTW: you were nominated for being stupid enough to argue with Eliza. > > >> Incorrect. I wasn't stupid enough to argue with Eliza. I was > >> responding to a real person who was inserting responses generated > >> by an Eliza program. I realized that. Others realized that I > >> realized that. You did not. How ironic that you should mention > >> being "stupid enough". Exactly how do you explain your math error > >> and the long delay in admitting to it? > > > I need not explain anything to you. > > Then explain it to the readers. I need not explain anything to the readers either. > > That you are still pissed about it 2 years after the fact shows you > > are indeed a grudgy old fellow, and that you have indeed not grown > > out of it. > > Same old Alsina. Even after I explained to you that Jason S. brought > you up, not me, I never said you brought me up. I never said Jason didn't brought me up. Stop saying it, we all agree. > here you are, still trying to put the onus on me. For the things you did brought up? Yes. > Irrelevant, given that my response does have a connection to what > I'm replied to. I can't parse that. > The fact that you're here, responding to me, raises > interesting questions about your own motivations. Just how did you > manage to stumble across a reference to you in this newsgroup? I notice all references to me in USENET. > >>> PS: they weren't 134 a day, > > >> Then why did you claim there were, > > > Because I was wrong, Dave, just as I admitted years ago. > > Not right away. Never said I did. > >> and why did you persist with your > >> claim, even after your error was clearly pointed out? > > > For the reasons I gave in 1997. > > Do you really think those so-called reasons are any less illogical > now than they were back then? They haven't changed. Why do you expect their logic qualities to have changed? > >>> but they sure felt like it. > > >> That wasn't your argument at the time. You insisted on actual > >> numbers back then, not feelings. > > > It is my argument of today. > > Ah, your argument du jour. Of course. Why should I use an argument of 1997? Do you feel that writing in french makes you look more correct? > Interesting that your "feeling" has a precision of 134. Not necessarily. > Others tend to use "dozens", or "umpteen", or > some other non-specific term when referring to such feelings. I don't think I would have felt different with anything from, say, 100 up to 150. > You > were specific down to the single posting, and used flawed mathematics, > not feelings, to try and substantiate it. You are confusing 1997 and 1999. As you said, in 1997 I was not talking about feelings. I am doing it now, and I have not substantiated it in any way, much less with flawed mathematics. > You dug yourself into a > hole back then, and I see you're doing it again, in a feeble attempt > to save face. At least I have a face to save, Dave. > >>> PPS: preemptive Tholen argument response: they felt like that to me, > > >> Irrelevant, given that you didn't refer to feelings back then, but > >> instead actual numbers. > > > In case you haven't noticed, the date of this thread is 1999. > > I have noticed. Of what relevence is it? You made your error back > then. And that was not on this thread. > > What are you, some sort of librarian of ancient anger? > > What makes you ask that? Curiosity. > What are you, someone who seeks out any > reference to you in any newsgroup? Someone who has software to do that for him, actually. > Exactly what drew your attention > to this newsgroup after so long a silence? A reference to my name. I do it to keep track of arguments I am involved in. > >>> that's subjective, personal opinion, > > >> The numbers you referred to are not. > > > Who's talking about that? > > I am. That's how to be accurate about the history. Then you didn't understand me. When I said "that's subjective, personal opinion" I was not talking about the numbers. I was talking about what I said in a recent post. Therefore your response was a non sequitur. > >>> so save it for the winter. > > >> I'll deal with you whenever you choose to respond, Roberto. > > > I'll deal with you whenever I have no need to be useful to society. > > Exactly how does changing your argument (your argument du jour) > benefit society, Roberto? In no way. That's why I only do it when I am not needing to be useful. Reading comprehension problems, Dave? -- Roberto Alsina (KDE developer, MFCH) Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Deja.com - Before you buy. (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: b.l.nelson@larc.nasa.gov 15-Oct-99 11:48:05 To: All 15-Oct-99 21:58:13 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: Bennie Nelson Jeff Glatt wrote: > > >>>>>Bennie Nelson > >>>>>the Win32 specifications have at > >>>>>least one major dichotomy: if a Win 32 executable requires a VxD > >>>>>driver, then it will not execute on NT. > > >>>> Huh?? What Win32 executables require a VxD driver? You don't link > >>>> Win32 apps with drivers. you know. It's not like a DLL. > > >> >> Oh christ, I'm talking programming issues with a typical OS/2 enduser. > >> >> It's hopeless, I know. They *never* learn any of this stuff. They just > >> >> spout half-baked nonsense based upon other uninformed hearsay. > > >> >Win32 software written for hardware that is supported by VxD drivers > >> >will not work in NT. > > >> It is not part of the "Win32 specifications" to produce "software > >> [specifically] written for hardware [drivers]". (Not that I believe > >> that you even have the slightest idea what you're talking about. I'm > >> sure that you're simply tossing around some buzz phrases that you once > >> heard some other OS/2 nutcase rambling about Windows, and thought that > >> it made for lovely sounding FUD). Indeed, it is part of the "Win32 > >> specifications" to produce software that is hardware independent. The > >> reason why there are things called "drivers" is to make that so. > >> Obviously, this most basic programming concept has gone completely > >> over your head. > > >Are you saying that you are unaware of the restrictions placed upon > >developers by MS? If I had written the answer below and Jeff had written the question above, Jeff would have come back with "note, no answer." Jeff, do I get to fill in the blank, since you didn't answer the question? > > Oh this is precious. A technically-illiterate OS/2 *enduser* > attempting to lecture programmers upon what MS does and doesn't > provide to developers. You've done quite a job of filling in a personal description of me with so little information. Quite a work of fiction you have going there, too. You'll criticize me as "illiterate" and you are willing to denigrate my character and abilities when you are quite ignorant of what I am like and what my abilities are. > > >VxDs, which are supported by Win 9x, are not > >supported in NT, period. > > And this has exactly what to do with your statements such as "if a Win > 32 executable requires a VxD driver, then it will not execute on NT." > or "Win32 software written for hardware that is supported by VxD > drivers will not work on NT"?? Some Win32 software is written for hardware that is accessed via a VxD type device driver. Some hardware manufacturers bundle their own applications with the hardware. Example: sound card with midi and audio applications. > > Win32 executables are *not* VxDs. (Do you even know what a VxD is? For > laughs, we should hear you explain to us what it is, and what it does. > I'm sure that would be a riot!) And Win32 executables are hardware > independent (unless you're talking about some specialized vertical app > that is specifically written to work with only one, particular driver, > for whatever reason. But that isn't even close to being a typical > Win32 app. Indeed, that's the sort of app that not only DOESN'T MS > "restrict" developers to writing, as you apparently misbelieve, but > actually recommends strongly against). > > Nevertheless, like so many other typical OS/2 Zealots, your FUD is as > behind the times as the aging niche product you seek to promote. > You've apparently never even heard of the Windows Driver Model. > Typical. Why did Microsoft create that? And why did MS pledge to merge Win 9x and NT into one common platform? Precisely because of the incompatibilities between Win 9x and NT. And why is MS having such a tough time achieving the common code base for Windows? Because the consumers would have to ditch a lot of investments in software that currently runs on Win 9x that wouldn't be supported. And much of that software would be Win32 software. > > The only real "dichotomy" here is between reality and your idea of > what reality is. The real dichotomy is between Win 9x and NT. > > >> As a person who has written both Win32 application software as well as > >> drivers, I could explain to you how this all works, but I have > >> absolutely no confidence that you'd be able to understand much of it, > >> and worse, I strongly believe that your somewhat-unnatural "love" for > >> OS/2 will blind you into believing nothing but the worst possible, > >> least realistic FUD about Windows, some of which you're spewing right > >> now. While not necessary, I will insert a little personal history. In 1988, I taught myself how to program in x86 assembler. The reason? I wanted to write a real time MIDI program and needed an MPU401 device driver. The MIDI program and device driver were written in assembler for performance reasons. The program generated harmony in real time based upon the notes played on a MIDI capable instrument. This was no simple program, either. The harmonies were written according to Bach's rules of harmony and up to eight different keys could be used per song. The melodies would always be correct for the key being played: the program would detect modulations and modulate accordingly. It also allowed the keys to be entered. The program was not limited to the standard major and minor keys. This was not a sequencer. I wanted something that was totally dynamic. My wife played keyboards and loved to use it. She said it was really amazing. She would play something using a piano voice, for instance, and my program would generate harmony melodies played on, say, a flute. In essence, it would "jam" with her. It always played in the keys she wanted and followed her lead. As a further aside, I've written thousands of lines of code in many programming languages: from IBM 370 assembler to fourth generation languages; from PC assembler to REXX. > >> > >> By all means, feel free to get as technical as you'd like on the > >> subject of Win32 applications interfacing to VxD's. I have absolutely > >> no doubt that I'll be able to debunk any specific statements you make Jeff, I would welcome the opportunity to have a decent technical exchange with you. You have consistently shown your inability to do so. Instead you've repeatedly revealed the weakness of your positions by resorting to personal attacks and insults. If your technical positions were worth anything, you wouldn't have to try to disguise them with such drivel. > > >You have yet to disprove anything I have said. Submit a URL that > >shows how one goes about installing in NT any Win32 software requiring > >one or more VxDs. > > Again. You don't know what you're talking about. Win32 software > doesn't require "one or more VxDs". Win32 software is platform > independent. Go to my web site and you can download plenty of programs > that I've personally written which run under both NT and 95/98. Not > only that, they work with a WIDE VARIETY OF DRIVERS AND HARDWARE. > These are programs which do extensive I/O through drivers. (Do you > know what I/O is, Bennie?) And yet, they are still hardware dependent. > Fortunately, I know how to write Win32 programs which you appear to > erroneously believe are impossible to write, or exceptions to the > rule, or which programmers are restricted from writing by MS, and any > of the other technically-illiterate FUD you OS/2 zealots like to toss > around indiscriminately and blindly. > > My own software disproves your allegations about NT and Win32 and > Windows drivers, etc. And I'm hardly the only programmer who writes > Win32 stuff that runs on both NT and Win95/98. There are *lots* of > such Win32 programmers and programs. You just don't know about them > because you're hopelessly out of touch with the reality of Win32. You > apparently live in this nightmare dreamworld where you can't install a > Win32 application unless you have some sort of VxD mysteriously > written for that specific application. > > You're loony. Your FUD is loony. The mere fact that you think such > ridiculous claims of yours need to be disproven is testament to how > far out of touch you are with reality. > > >> (not that I expect you to get any more specific than your laughably > >> nebulous, unsubstantiated claim that there is something "eerie" about > >> the "Win32 specification" regarding VxDs). And I'll likely make you > >> look like the technically illiterate fool that so many OS/2 zealots > >> are nowadays > > >Actually, I'll give MS credit for NOT supporting VxDs in NT. They > >are a source of instability and numerous "blue screen" crashes in > >Win 9x. But, on the other hand, this situation does cause some > >confusion for those who want to use Win 32 software. Not all Win32 > >software that runs in Win 9x will run in NT. > > Hahahahah! Actually that is true. And by "explaining" why you think > that's so, you reveal how technically ignorant you truly are. > > The reason why some (actually, few -- mostly game software that uses > DirectX versions higher than 3.0 -- and that will change with NT 5) > Win32 software that runs in Win9X doesn't run in NT has ABSOLUTELY > NOTHING TO DO WITH DRIVERS. You are incorrect here. I gave VxDs as ONE EXAMPLE of incompatibilies in the Windows achitecure. I did not say or imply that it was the only one, or even, the most important one. It was simply the one I chose. > > As I said before, I *could* explain all of this to you, but I doubt > that you'd understand much of it, and worse, I believe that, due to > your zealous "love" for OS/2, you would deliberately choose not to > believe anything but the worst possible FUD about Windows, regardless > of how little resemblance to reality it bears (such as your above > statements about Win32 executables. Out to lunch, you are). > > >The court records for the trial contain testimony that disproves > >your statement. > > So you erroneously assume. And you've offered no proof to the contrary. Try this URL: http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,1014850,00.html This article tells how Gary Norris explains to the court that MS did not allow IBM access to Win 95 until 15 minutes before the midnight launch of Win 95 on August 24th, 1995. Why? Because IBM would not agree to cut back shipments of OS/2 and replace them with Windows. > > But then, that appears to be how you "determined" what causes a > particular Win32 program not to run under NT. You sure as hell didn't > arrive at your deduction by gleaning it from proper, technical > documentation. > > And now, you're just looking more and more silly and uninformed as you > pursue a technical discussion that is clearly over your head You are just as mistaken about this as you are about the testimony at the MS vs DOJ trial. If you need any further assistance finding the facts, just ask. I've got other URLs that also support my position. Bennie Nelson --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: bbarclay@ca.ibm.com 15-Oct-99 12:11:07 To: All 15-Oct-99 21:58:13 Subj: Re: Software Choice = Warp 5? From: Brad BARCLAY Darin McBride wrote: > > On Mon, 04 Oct 1999 11:56:42 -0400, Brad BARCLAY wrote: > > > I would never think of you as someone who would be in favour of > >offering "less" (well, except maybe in those cases where less is more... > >:). > > Less Tim Martin! > > :-) Someone in another thread mentioned that Tim has been in a serious accident. If this is true, then my best wishes go out to him for a speedy recovery. Brad BARCLAY =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Posted from the OS/2 WARP v4.5 desktop of Brad BARCLAY. E-Mail: bbarclay@ca.ibm.com Location: 2G43D@Torolabs --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: IBM Toronto Labs, DB2 for OS/2 Install Developer (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jmalloy@borg.com 15-Oct-99 13:09:22 To: All 15-Oct-99 21:58:13 Subj: Re: Advocacy's Mosquito... From: "Joe Malloy" Oy, something claiming to be a tholened: > > Prove it, if you think you can. > > Yet again? Have you forgotten the last time already? You only *think* you have "demonstrated" something. It's baseless claim, though, and as a result deserves a "prove it, if you think you can" response. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: Use-Author-Address-Header@[127.1] 15-Oct-99 13:00:27 To: All 15-Oct-99 21:58:13 Subj: FUD Wars: Microsoft warps reality From: "www.angelfire.com web2news.pl" FUD Wars: Microsoft warps reality [ http://lists.essential.org/1998/am-info/msg01529.html ] The Steve Bartko Incident (astroturf) [ http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/content/pcmo/0414/306632.html ] Dvorak on astroturf [ http://www.zdnet.com/sr/columns/foley/980805.html ] Foley on Waggener-Edstrom tactics [ http://slashdot.org/features/99/04/23/1316228.shtml ] Slashdot on Mindcraft [ http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/DailyNews/mslinux990428.html ] ABC on Mindcraft [ http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/04/27/mindcraft/ ] Salon on Mindcraft [ http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/petrel/980420np.htm ] Nick Petreley on astroturf [ http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/17745.html ] Wired: Is MS Preening in Public Posts? (astroturf) [ http://features.linuxtoday.com/stories/8890.html ] Handling the Microsoft Certified Professional [ http://linuxtoday.com/stories/8186.html ] The War - Paul Ferris [ http://www.nacs.net/~heller/ms/ms_linuxmyths.html ] Linux Myths rebuttal by Hebrank Full text at: http://www.angelfire.com/nj2/edcurry/fudwars.html Posted with: http://www.angelfire.com/ca4/mccluretroy/web2news.html http: www angelfire com nj2 edcurry fudwars html web2news.pl --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: mail2news@nym.alias.net (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: ink@inconnu.isu.edu 15-Oct-99 11:58:14 To: All 15-Oct-99 21:58:13 Subj: Re: McCoy Digest From: Craig Kelley jansens_at_ibm_dot_net (Karel Jansens) writes: > On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 20:42:09, "Drestin Black" > wrote: > > > gee, guess at least you have a choice, Linux just crashes as soon as you > > press the power on button. > > > > (I mean, if we are going to believe your pathetic silliness, then we gotta > > believe mine too right?) > > > > Incidentally, this is the screen you get after pressing power button: > > > > Loading Linu............ click, machine off. > > You can't run the sources, dummy. > > BTW, does it say on the license agreement of NT somewhere: "Remove > sense of humour before attempting to run this operating system?" No, that's in the EULA for Outlook (it is a dim one, after all). Oh yeah, almost forgot: -- The wheel is turning but the hamster is dead. Craig Kelley -- kellcrai@isu.edu http://www.isu.edu/~kellcrai finger ink@inconnu.isu.edu for PGP block --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Idaho State University (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jmalloy@borg.com 15-Oct-99 13:07:05 To: All 15-Oct-99 21:58:13 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: "Joe Malloy" > you will never believe anything that doesn't > come out of the mouth of a Microsoft spokesperson. And you believe everything that an IBM spokeman has to say. You're no better than you claim he is. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jglatt@spamgone-borg.com 15-Oct-99 18:22:01 To: All 15-Oct-99 21:58:14 Subj: Re: IBM's Marketing Skills From: jglatt@spamgone-borg.com (Jeff Glatt) >mike@lionsgate.com >No other company in the computer business has blown the >marketing sooo badly. Incorrect. Obviously, you've never heard of the Amiga and CBM. (That's not surprising. Many people didn't hear about it due to CBM marketing. If they did hear about the Amiga, it was likely from Amiga True Believers, which really left a bad taste in many people's mouthes). Perhaps if more Team OS/2 people *had* been aware of what happened to the Amiga, they wouldn't have gone down that same path, with the same ultimate results. This is, of course, exactly what I warned people about when I first entered this newsgroup 4 years ago. I could see that things weren't proceeding with OS/2 exactly where they were with the Amiga in 1985. And sure enough. OS/2 today is pretty much exactly where the Amiga was in 1989. At the risk of spoiling a good story, I should tell you that the Amiga's story does *not* have a happy ending. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jglatt@spamgone-borg.com 15-Oct-99 18:00:12 To: All 15-Oct-99 21:58:14 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: jglatt@spamgone-borg.com (Jeff Glatt) >> >>>Bennie Nelson >> >>>Win32 software written for hardware that is supported by VxD drivers >> >>>will not work in NT. >> >>jglatt >> >> It is not part of the "Win32 specifications" to produce "software >> >> [specifically] written for hardware [drivers]". (Not that I believe >> >> that you even have the slightest idea what you're talking about. I'm >> >> sure that you're simply tossing around some buzz phrases that you once >> >> heard some other OS/2 nutcase rambling about Windows, and thought that >> >> it made for lovely sounding FUD). Indeed, it is part of the "Win32 >> >> specifications" to produce software that is hardware independent. The >> >> reason why there are things called "drivers" is to make that so. >> >> Obviously, this most basic programming concept has gone completely >> >> over your head. >> >Marty >> >I think what he was trying to get at was the fact that there were >> >historically, if not currently, several device drivers that existed only >> >in VxD form and therefore would not work in NT. >> That's a driver issue, and has nothing whatsoever to do with Win32 >> applications. For example, the Win32 program that I just wrote will do >> MIDI output upon both NT as well as Win95. But, it will use entirely >> different drivers upon both platforms. For that matter, it will use >> entirely different drivers for different MIDI interfaces even under >> the same operating system. That's because a properly written Windows >> application is hardware independent. Bennie doesn't know this. >> Obviously, Bennie really doesn't know what he's talking about when he >> uttered the quote about "Win32 software written for hardware that is >> supported by VxD drivers", nor the technical considerations of such >> issues. >Actually, I know whereof I speak from experience. Of really??? Just much "Win32 software" have you personally "written for hardware that is supported by VxD drivers". I have a web site containing a dozen such programs that I've personally written. That's why I know the FUD you're attempting to promulgate is so much inaccurate hot air from someone who thinks he knows-it-all but is obviously waaaaaaaaaaay over his head here, and doesn't really know what he's talking about. Show me the money, and then you won't be such a load of foolish, misguided hot air. >Sound cards were not always supported under NT This is, of course, a completely inaccurate statement (unless you're talking about some early beta of NT akin to OS/2 1.0. I mean, at some early point, OS/2 didn't support such things as JAVA, zip drives, higher video resolutions, etc, etc, etc. But that still doesn't explain why you're making flat-out-erroneous, unproven statements about Win32 as it exists today). Obviously, you are completely unaware of NT's Kernel Mode Drivers and its implementation of MCI. I have no doubt that you know absolutely nothing about the details of NT's driver structure. Have you ever even opened Art Baker's book to page 1??? I doubt it. Here it sits right next to my computer -- one of the books that I'm currently reading. If you're going to insist upon talking about NT drivers, maybe you read it to clear up your misconceptions, such as the one above). >because of the use of VxDs to access the >hardware. Um, you are apparently completely unaware that some sound card support under Win 9X doesn't use VxDs. For example, my Roland RAP-10 audio card is using a Win 3.1 driver under Win 9X which is NOT a VxD. Again, you simply do not know what you're talking about. Your ideas of what are "true" and "false" about Win32, NT drivers, and other such Windows issues are obviously based upon uninformed hearsay and inaccurate FUD (no doubt disseminated from other technically illiterate and uninformed OS/2 zealots). I'll say it again because it bears noting the extent of your fanaticism. I *could* explain all of this stuff to you so that you'd actually know the truth instead of your distorted, inaccurate version, but I doubt that you'd understand it, and much worse, I'm convinced that your overzealous "love" for OS/2 has made you hellbent upon believing only the absolute worst FUD about Windows which anyone can conjure up, regardless of accuracy and any sense of perspective. To be sure, your own FUD is far from accurate, and obviously lacks the perspective of being spoken from personal experience with these programming issues, despite your undemonstrated claim otherwise. >This method is supported in Win 9x and not supported in NT. Um, NT drivers have plenty of access to the same hardware as VxDs, and can do the same things with that hardware, thereby providing a device independent (ie, typical) Win32 application the same support. Obviously, you don't know what you're talking about. I guess that's why you've been unable to provide even one example to buttress your uninformed FUD, and cite it as typical, whereas I have an entire web site of software that refutes your bogus depictions about "Win32 software" and I cite countless other Win32 software as likewise. >Any Win32 software written for that soundcard would not work because >the soundcard could not be accessed. Win32 programmers don't write for *a* soundcard. We write for all soundcards. I *write* such Win32 software. It accesses the soundcard under both NT and Win 9X. I know what I'm talking about. You obviously haven't written any such software. That's undoubtably why you don't know what you're talking about. >> If someone were to fling around buzzwords as indiscrimately and >> erroneously as Bennie does (and other OS/2 Advocates tend to do), >> someone could derive all sorts of crazy, nebulous, buzzword-plagued >> condemnations about OS/2's design. >> >Until recently, USB >> >support was in this category among other things. Of course, with the >> >new WDM this is no longer an issue. >> >> Drivers are ALWAYS an issue on any platform. It's a fundamental >> "layer" of any operating system, and if you don't have the driver >> support you need, you're in trouble. For example, with my program >> above, it may even exhibit different levels of support and >> performance, depending upon the particular drivers that are used with >> the app. That's the way that things always are with drivers... >> anywhere they are. >> >> But that's a support issue, not some alleged "design issue" about the >> "Win32 specification" and some sort of supposed "software written for >> hardware that is supported by VxD drivers". >> >> And frankly, an OS/2 user should be the last person to start trying to >> denigrate the driver support of Windows. Historically, OS/2 driver >> support has been as dismal as any operating system has ever seen. >OS/2 driver support is better now than when Win 95 was released. As I >recall, there was a huge list of thousands of devices not being supported >in Win 95 during the beta. OS/2's support for devices is far better now >than NT 4.0 when it was released. Ah, so then your recent FUD about the reputed current "design" and state of Win32 is actually based upon some preliminary betas of NT and Win 9X. I see. That explains a lot. It explains why you don't know what you're talking about today. Incidentally, driver support for both Win9X and NT are better than OS/2 *now*. But I guess that when one is living in the past like you are, what's happening right now doesn't really matter. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: b.l.nelson@larc.nasa.gov 15-Oct-99 14:45:29 To: All 15-Oct-99 21:58:14 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: Bennie Nelson Jeff Glatt wrote: > > >> >>>Bennie Nelson > >> >>>Win32 software written for hardware that is supported by VxD drivers > >> >>>will not work in NT. > > >> >>jglatt > >> >> It is not part of the "Win32 specifications" to produce "software > >> >> [specifically] written for hardware [drivers]". (Not that I believe > >> >> that you even have the slightest idea what you're talking about. I'm > >> >> sure that you're simply tossing around some buzz phrases that you once > >> >> heard some other OS/2 nutcase rambling about Windows, and thought that > >> >> it made for lovely sounding FUD). Indeed, it is part of the "Win32 > >> >> specifications" to produce software that is hardware independent. The > >> >> reason why there are things called "drivers" is to make that so. > >> >> Obviously, this most basic programming concept has gone completely > >> >> over your head. > > >> >Marty > >> >I think what he was trying to get at was the fact that there were > >> >historically, if not currently, several device drivers that existed only > >> >in VxD form and therefore would not work in NT. > > >> That's a driver issue, and has nothing whatsoever to do with Win32 > >> applications. For example, the Win32 program that I just wrote will do > >> MIDI output upon both NT as well as Win95. But, it will use entirely > >> different drivers upon both platforms. For that matter, it will use > >> entirely different drivers for different MIDI interfaces even under > >> the same operating system. That's because a properly written Windows > >> application is hardware independent. Bennie doesn't know this. > > >> Obviously, Bennie really doesn't know what he's talking about when he > >> uttered the quote about "Win32 software written for hardware that is > >> supported by VxD drivers", nor the technical considerations of such > >> issues. > > >Actually, I know whereof I speak from experience. > > Of really??? Just much "Win32 software" have you personally "written > for hardware that is supported by VxD drivers". I have a web site > containing a dozen such programs that I've personally written. That's > why I know the FUD you're attempting to promulgate is so much > inaccurate hot air from someone who thinks he knows-it-all but is > obviously waaaaaaaaaaay over his head here, and doesn't really know > what he's talking about. I'm not spreading "fud." How can what you've written be taken seriously, when MS has admitted that Win 9x and NT are competing and incompatible implementations of Win32? They have been intending and working for years to merge these two platforms. They haven't succeeded. As I have said, NT's nonsupport of VxD type drivers is good. And any software that requires hardware that is ONLY supported via a VxD driver will not work in NT. That's a minor issue, anymore. > > Show me the money, and then you won't be such a load of foolish, > misguided hot air. What's the URL for your site? > > >Sound cards were not always supported under NT > > This is, of course, a completely inaccurate statement (unless you're > talking about some early beta of NT akin to OS/2 1.0. I mean, at some > early point, OS/2 didn't support such things as JAVA, zip drives, > higher video resolutions, etc, etc, etc. But that still doesn't > explain why you're making flat-out-erroneous, unproven statements > about Win32 as it exists today). MS still provides hardware compatibility list for NT. It's very existence proves that there are devices that are not supported by NT. If NT supported every device, there would be no need for a hardware compatibility list. > > Obviously, you are completely unaware of NT's Kernel Mode Drivers and > its implementation of MCI. I have no doubt that you know absolutely > nothing about the details of NT's driver structure. Have you ever even > opened Art Baker's book to page 1??? I doubt it. Here it sits right > next to my computer -- one of the books that I'm currently reading. If > you're going to insist upon talking about NT drivers, maybe you read > it to clear up your misconceptions, such as the one above). > > >because of the use of VxDs to access the > >hardware. > > Um, you are apparently completely unaware that some sound card support > under Win 9X doesn't use VxDs. For example, my Roland RAP-10 audio > card is using a Win 3.1 driver under Win 9X which is NOT a VxD. Nowhere in any statement I have made did I state or imply that ALL soundcard devices have VxD drivers for Win 95 support. How well do games run in NT that require DirectX 6? > > Again, you simply do not know what you're talking about. Your ideas of > what are "true" and "false" about Win32, NT drivers, and other such > Windows issues are obviously based upon uninformed hearsay and > inaccurate FUD (no doubt disseminated from other technically > illiterate and uninformed OS/2 zealots). > > I'll say it again because it bears noting the extent of your > fanaticism. I *could* explain all of this stuff to you so that you'd You say that, but nothing you've written gives a hint that you are able to deliver on this promise. I would welcome an intelligent, courteous technical exchange with you. > actually know the truth instead of your distorted, inaccurate version, > but I doubt that you'd understand it, and much worse, I'm convinced > that your overzealous "love" for OS/2 has made you hellbent upon > believing only the absolute worst FUD about Windows which anyone can > conjure up, regardless of accuracy and any sense of perspective. You "conviction" is quite misplaced. I own four copies of Windows. Win 3.0, Win 3.11, and two copies of Win 95. Win 3.0 is not in use, but the other three are installed and are regularly used in my household. I also have three copies of Warp v4 and one copy of Linux installed. At work, I have NT 4 and Warp 4 installed on my desktop system, and I am System Administator for a server running NT Server. I support Windows NT, Win 95, and Win 98 on desktops in our department. > > To be sure, your own FUD is far from accurate, and obviously lacks the > perspective of being spoken from personal experience with these > programming issues, despite your undemonstrated claim otherwise. Is that a confession? Were you looking in the mirror when you wrote that? It sure describes your "contributions" to this newsgroup. > > >This method is supported in Win 9x and not supported in NT. > > Um, NT drivers have plenty of access to the same hardware as VxDs, and > can do the same things with that hardware, thereby providing a device > independent (ie, typical) Win32 application the same support. This is quite true. Nothing I have stated has denied that. The point here is that to provide support for both Win 9x and NT, when a VxD has been developed for Win 9x, another device driver must be developed. After all your blusteriness has dissipated, you've admitted that I'm right. > > Obviously, you don't know what you're talking about. I guess that's > why you've been unable to provide even one example to buttress your > uninformed FUD, and cite it as typical, whereas I have an entire web > site of software that refutes your bogus depictions about "Win32 > software" and I cite countless other Win32 software as likewise. You've not supplied one counter example. You've merely alluded to their existence. Besides, all of those examples do not establish that my point is wrong. All I'd have to do is provide one example. > > >Any Win32 software written for that soundcard would not work because > >the soundcard could not be accessed. > > Win32 programmers don't write for *a* soundcard. We write for all > soundcards. I *write* such Win32 software. It accesses the soundcard > under both NT and Win 9X. I know what I'm talking about. If you go back and look at my statement, I clearly indicated that the software was bundled by the manufacturer of the card. This is a common occurrence: proprietary software written for a propietary hardware device and supplied in the package with that device. > > You obviously haven't written any such software. That's undoubtably > why you don't know what you're talking about. I have written hundreds of programs, thousands of lines of code, using many programming languages. You obviously have me confused with someone else. > > >> If someone were to fling around buzzwords as indiscrimately and > >> erroneously as Bennie does (and other OS/2 Advocates tend to do), > >> someone could derive all sorts of crazy, nebulous, buzzword-plagued > >> condemnations about OS/2's design. If someone were to fling around insults as indiscrimately and erroneously as Jeff does (and other Winvocates tend to do), someone could derive all sorts of crazy, nebulous, buzzword-plagued condemnations about OS/2's supporters. > > >> >Until recently, USB > >> >support was in this category among other things. Of course, with the > >> >new WDM this is no longer an issue. > >> > >> Drivers are ALWAYS an issue on any platform. It's a fundamental > >> "layer" of any operating system, and if you don't have the driver > >> support you need, you're in trouble. For example, with my program > >> above, it may even exhibit different levels of support and > >> performance, depending upon the particular drivers that are used with > >> the app. That's the way that things always are with drivers... > >> anywhere they are. > >> > >> But that's a support issue, not some alleged "design issue" about the > >> "Win32 specification" and some sort of supposed "software written for > >> hardware that is supported by VxD drivers". It is a design issue. Win 9x provides a different architecture for hardware support than NT. > >> > >> And frankly, an OS/2 user should be the last person to start trying to > >> denigrate the driver support of Windows. Historically, OS/2 driver > >> support has been as dismal as any operating system has ever seen. > > >OS/2 driver support is better now than when Win 95 was released. As I > >recall, there was a huge list of thousands of devices not being supported > >in Win 95 during the beta. OS/2's support for devices is far better now > >than NT 4.0 when it was released. > > Ah, so then your recent FUD about the reputed current "design" and > state of Win32 is actually based upon some preliminary betas of NT and > Win 9X. I see. That explains a lot. Not a good inference to draw from my statement. What else can we conclude? How about: OS/2 is supposed to be dead, and hardware device support is one way to prove that OS/2 is dead. BUT, OS/2's device support now is better than Win 95 and NT 4 when they were released. Can we conclude then that Win 95 and NT were Dead On Arrival? Obviously not. But, if Win 95 and NT were not labelled "dead" given the level of device support when they were released, why should OS/2 be considered dead when it's current level of device support exceeds the device support of those two products when they were released? > > It explains why you don't know what you're talking about today. > > Incidentally, driver support for both Win9X and NT are better than > OS/2 *now*. But I guess that when one is living in the past like you > are, what's happening right now doesn't really matter. OS/2 supports more than an adequate number of devices. Furthermore, the devices supported by OS/2 tend to be the better quality devices. I don't care that OS/2 doesn't support every sound card or every video card or every printer. I don't need one of each. What I want is high quality products that are not a source of instability and problems. With OS/2, if the product is supported, it's more likely than not to be a trouble-free experience. You cannot say that for Win 9x. Bennie Nelson --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net 15-Oct-99 17:34:10 To: All 15-Oct-99 21:58:14 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net (Karel Jansens) On Fri, 15 Oct 1999 13:40:04, Marty wrote: > Karel Jansens wrote: > > > > On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 22:48:58, Marty wrote: > > > > > Karel Jansens wrote: > > > > > > > > On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 17:25:34, Cameron wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Open source operating systems are the future of computing. Unless OS/2 is > > > > > made open source, it has a very, very, very short future. > > > > > > > > > You're sort of preaching to the pope here. > > > > Unfortunately, the chances of OS/2 ever getting open source are very > > > > dim. > > > > Bummer. > > > > > > IMHO, OS/2 going open source would be the worst thing that could ever > > > happen to it. It would mean IBM dropping all support of it, industry > > > dropping what remains of its support, and the maintenance of code put in > > > the hands of unpaid hobbyists who are completely unfamiliar with it. It > > > would also decentralize fixpacks and device drivers, and probably do > > > some significant financial damage to Scitech who now has a pretty > > > significant stake in OS/2. > > > > > > How is this the future of OS/2? > > > > > Well, that's what "they" said about Linux (and some are *still* saying > > it). > > You could be right, though. > > > > How about a BSD-like approach? I know many manufacturers ans ISV's > > would love to have seen the BSD's take off instead of Linux, because > > of the central guidance issue. > > Thing is, Linux was not pre-existing as a commercial closed-source > product before it went open source. As much as people will deny it, > OS/2 currently has a corporate userbase and support. Going open source > will do serious damage to both of these existing areas. Perhaps if it > was never sold commercially to begin with, I could see the benefits. > But in its current form it has everything to lose and very little to > gain from such a thing. > > - Marty You are - of course - right. But we can dream, yes? After all, for us, the SOHO-munchkins, an open-source OS/2 would be like heaven on earth: (almost) as stable as linux, nice polished look-and-feel, plenty apps already (contrary to what some claim) and several good development tools. It would be nice to start building from such a base. But, like you say: the only losers would be IBM and the fortune 500. Karel Jansens jansens_at_attglobal_dot_net |---------------------------------------------------| | boot options | | | | Please choose from list | | | | | |---------------------------------------------------| NT-vocates made trouble, so here's the first P. C. sig-line. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jglatt@spamgone-borg.com 15-Oct-99 18:03:19 To: All 15-Oct-99 21:58:14 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: jglatt@spamgone-borg.com (Jeff Glatt) >Warp3 was a groing >OS. It was selling tremendously well No, it wasn't. That's just something which some OS/2 Advocates would like to believe. The reality is that, in its entire lifetime, OS/2 never even sold as many units as NT sells in one year now. And NT is "a growing OS". That puts it into proper perspective. OS/2 is, and has always been, a niche market item. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jglatt@spamgone-borg.com 15-Oct-99 18:07:16 To: All 15-Oct-99 21:58:14 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: jglatt@spamgone-borg.com (Jeff Glatt) >> I never heard any MS spokesman testify before the DOJ that "MS >> stipulated IBM stop preloads of OS/2 as a precondition for receiving >> the Win95 preload agreement". In fact, MS denied any such "demand", >> despite your indication otherwise >No, an MS spokesman would not testify to this. Someone from IBM did. >But, of course, therein lies your problem, you will never believe >anything that doesn't come out of the mouth of a Microsoft >spokesperson. And therein lies your problem, you will never believe anything that comes out of the mouth of anyone who doesn't think that Microsoft is satan incarnate --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jglatt@spamgone-borg.com 15-Oct-99 18:10:14 To: All 15-Oct-99 21:58:14 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: jglatt@spamgone-borg.com (Jeff Glatt) >pcguido@attglobal.net >Jeff, > >Seek help. >Not only are baring your soul on a ng for an OS you deny (made by a >company you profess to despise); but; now you are talking to yourself >_in_print_ as well! Phil Caveman, Seek an eye doctor, and then a brain specialist. Apparently, you're unable to see replies, including even your own reply to me. Obviously, either your brain\eyes are malfunctioning, or you are incredibly stupid (and since I've read your ridiculous posts, the latter isn't out of the question) --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: alliem@_nospam_wtjam.net 15-Oct-99 14:28:12 To: All 15-Oct-99 21:58:14 Subj: Re: Revenge of the OS/2 User and Linux From: Hobbyist On comp.os.os2.advocacy, jansens_at_ibm_dot_net posted : > Karel Jansens > jansens_at_ibm_dot_net > > |---------------------------------------------------| > | boot options | > | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | > | Please choose from list | > | | > | | > |---------------------------------------------------| The sig is still just as idiotic. Why bother to alter it? --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: b.l.nelson@larc.nasa.gov 15-Oct-99 15:42:18 To: All 15-Oct-99 21:58:15 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: Bennie Nelson Hobbyist wrote: > > On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Bennie Nelson posted : > > > OS/2 driver support is better now than when Win 95 was released. As I > > recall, there was a huge list of thousands of devices not being supported > > in Win 95 during the beta. OS/2's support for devices is far better now > > than NT 4.0 when it was released. > > What kind of pathetic advocacy is this? > > How long has OS/2 Warp 3 and 4 have been released and you have to be > comparing driver availability to the 32bit windows offerings when they > were just released? The point I'm making here is the opposite: if Win 95 and NT were not considered dead when they were released and their device support was not as good as OS/2's is now, why is device support considered a negative for OS/2, now? How long had Windows been around in various flavors prior to the release of Win 95? And, NT 4 was so bad that MS had to release NT Compatability Tool v1. Warp's support for devices is very good. That is a turnaround from the OS/2 1.x and 2.0 days when OS/2 was considered the os for PS/2s (or, in other words, hardware from IBM). Bennie Nelson --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: alliem@_nospam_wtjam.net 15-Oct-99 14:33:15 To: All 15-Oct-99 21:58:15 Subj: Re: IBM re-evaluating consumer PC business From: Hobbyist On comp.os.os2.advocacy, Bennie Nelson posted : > OS/2 driver support is better now than when Win 95 was released. As I > recall, there was a huge list of thousands of devices not being supported > in Win 95 during the beta. OS/2's support for devices is far better now > than NT 4.0 when it was released. What kind of pathetic advocacy is this? How long has OS/2 Warp 3 and 4 have been released and you have to be comparing driver availability to the 32bit windows offerings when they were just released? --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Dept. of Surgery, UHWI (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +============================================================================+