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- From: varga@trenton.edu (John Varga, Team OS/2)
- Subject: Re: I will NEVER buy Windows 95 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-( Who really gives a shit what you buy
- Message-ID: <1e7cc$14b23.347@news.csra.net>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 01:11:11 GMT
- References: <1d7cc$16392e.2b6@news.inf.net> <30f8988b.9954388@nntp.ix.netcom.com> <30f8c93c.918044@news.sasknet.sk.ca> <4dap0r$oe5@news.netvoyage.net> <4dc5lj$l50@pith.uoregon.edu>
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- wharmon@oregon.uoregon.edu (Will Harmon) wrote:
-
- >Well Bud,
-
- >You have fun running an OS that IBM is abondoning in the consumer market. And,
- >even though I don't want to become known as a MS only fan, I do appreciate MS
- >attention to backward compatibility no matter what direction they're OS's take.
- >OS2 was a great product, but IBM is no longer marketing it for the average Joe
- >so how long do you think it will be available to you?
-
- Hmmmm...let's see. IBM is releasing Warp II (Merlin) in the second
- quarter of 96 and Warp for PowerPC is coming out in 97. Yeah, sure
- they're abondoning it for Joe Schmoe. And what does "marketing for
- the average Joe" have to do with anything? OS/2 will be available to
- anyone willing to buy it. Regardless of its user focus, Warp is
- technically superior to win95; and that makes it the OS of
- choice for the PC power user (and Linux, too).
-
-
- >Will
- >In article <4dap0r$oe5@news.netvoyage.net>, joebev@netvoyage.net says...
- >>
- >>In <30f8c93c.918044@news.sasknet.sk.ca>, odd@home.sleeping.com (Oddity)
- >writes:
- >>>Mechanic@the.shop (unknown) wrote:
- >>>
- >>>>On Sun, 14 Jan 1996 04:57:46 GMT, Clancy Cain <indep@oz.sunflower.org>
- >>>>wrote:
- >>>>
- >>>>>vfiscus@mcn.net (Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL) writes:
- >>>>>>
- >>>>>> I don't need to buy Windows 95 to watch my DISK
- >>>>>> space disappear or to see my programs run slower.
- >>>>>>
- >>>>>>
- >>>>>> I can hit my computer with a hammer for free, and watch it HAPPEN!!
- >>>>>>
- >>>>>>
- >>>>>>
- >>>>>
- >>>>>
- >>>>>Get a big hammer.
- >>>>>
- >>>>
- >>>well good luck with 16 bit apps.. enjoy whalloying in nothingness
- >>
- >>Hmm. Guess you never heard of all the native OS/2 apps that have been
- >>32-bit LONG before Windows 95 even existed. I am now using only
- >>OS/2 apps on my machine. Contrary to the myth Windows supporters have
- >>created, there are plenty of OS/2 apps available. They are just not
- >>on the retail shelves.
- >>
- >>Have fun running a deadend OS that MS won't upgrade because they want you
- >>to move to NT. Have fun spending more money for 95 versions of your
- >>apps that cost more and do less.
- >>
- >>JOE BEV
- >>joebev@netvoyage.net
- >>
- >>*************************************
- >>The Joe Bev "Voice Guy" Web Page:
- >>http://www.otterspace.com/~cybrgphx/joebev
- >>
- >>The "Willoughby" Cartoon Web Page:
- >>http://www.otterspace.com/~cybrgphx/joebev/willnprof.html
- >>*************************************
-
-
-
- John Varga, Team OS/2
- http://www.trenton.edu/~varga/
- *Tune In To Sanity FM*
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