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- From: cvadrtbc@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu (Srikanth Viswanathan)
- Subject: Re: The Future of OS/2
- Organization: California Polytechnic University, Pomona
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- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 02:57:00 GMT
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- In article <LJ6DoB1w164w@netlink.cts.com>, trekkie@netlink.cts.com (Bryce Newall) writes...
- >I have been seriously considering buying OS/2 v2.0 for about 2 weeks now.
- >However, I heard from a friend up in San Francisco that Microsoft will no
- >longer be licensing the code required for OS/2 to run Windows programs. In
- >effect, Microsoft is cutting their losses and trying to run IBM's operating
- >system into the ground. I would like to know if there is any truth to this,
- >'cause if there is, then I don't think I'd bother with OS/2, in spite of how
- >wonderful it sounds. Any comments?
- >
-
- I believe this is well into the future, IBM doesn't intend on having Windows
- compatibility for ever, I think it's going to end in September of 1993. That
- more than a year away. Even if you have tons of Windows programs, why not
- try OS/2 and judge for yourself? What have you got to lose? You can always
- return it if you don't like it? Besides, do you think that NT is going to
- run Enhanced mode Windows code? Not according to Mark Ryland of MS.
-
- Srikanth
-