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- From: dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell)
- Subject: Re: Some more misconceptions regarding OS/2 and NT
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- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 13:21:19 GMT
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- In a previous article, philipla@microsoft.com (Phil Lafornara) says:
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- >In article <1992Jul21.212437.25057@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
- >>MISCONCEPTION #3:
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- >>OS/2 2.0 and Windows NT are completely different
- >>
- >>NO. Although they are not (currently) compatible with each other, on
- >>a feature-by-feature comparison, one will find them more alike than
- >>different. The end-user, with a suite of OS/2 2.0 apps on one
- >>machine and a comparable suite of NT apps on the other machine, will
- >>notice little difference. Below are the major differences - note how
- >>neither is really superior to the other - just different.
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- > Also add support for symmetric multiprocessing, cross-platform
- >compatibility, and multi-user security to the list.
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- Why do Microsoft people keep spewing this crap?
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- Windows NT hopes to provide the above features in the future.
- OS/2 hopes to provide the first two features in the future, and
- currently provides multi-user security with some add on features.
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- The biggest difference between OS/2 and Windows NT that I see is that
- I'm running OS/2 on my computer at home right now. All of the other
- differences seem relatively minor except for the fact that OS/2 has
- a vasty superior interface.
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- Microsoft employees sound like broken records.
- They keep saying that Windows NT will be superior because some time
- in the future they promise to add a few new pieces of functionality,
- that are already in the works for OS/2.
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- Two companies are making the same promises.
- Only one has devilvered a useable product yet.
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- What should I choose?
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