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- From: ADUNSMUI@TOROLAB6.VNET.IBM.COM (Al Dunsmuir)
- Message-ID: <19920728.091632.659@almaden.ibm.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 11:59:15 EDT
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: The Future of OS/2
- Reply-To: SPOOLIST
- Organization: IBM Canada Laboratory Ltd, Toronto, CANADA
- Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not those of IBM
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- <26JUL199218573755@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu>
-
- In <26JUL199218573755@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu> Srikanth Viswanathan writes:
- >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
- >
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- X-X-From: ADUNSMUI@TOROLAB6.VNET.IBM.COM (Al Dunsmuir)
- References: <LJ6DoB1w164w@netlink.cts.com>
- <26JUL199218573755@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu>
-
- In <26JUL199218573755@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu> Srikanth Viswanathan writes:
- >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
- >
-
- Srikanth,
- I forwarded your note to someone who could give an authorative answer,
- and his reply follows my signature.
-
- Al Dunsmuir Internet: adunsmui@torolab6.vnet.ibm.com
- CODE Development II + TEAM OS/2 Voice: (416) 448-3315
- IBM Canada Laboratory Ltd, Toronto, CANADA
-
- OS/2 V2: Why settle for anything less?
- =========================================================================
- To: ADUNSMUI--TOROLAB6 Al Dunsmuir
-
- From: John A. Soyring Director, Personal Systems
- Software Development Programs
- T/L 678-2400
- Subject: Re: The Future of OS/2
-
- Al, please post the following reply to Srikanth Viswanathan:
-
- Srikanth Viswanathan,
-
- IBM has the intellectual property rights,
- the skills and the resources to provide compatibility with
- the popular industry API's in the future, including Windows 3.1 and beyond.
- However, today we see almost all the innovation going into 32-bit API's. The
- 16-bit Windows API seems to be stabilized (that is, very few changes seem
- to be coming in the future -- opinion based on industry reports.)
-
- We are promoting use of the 32-bit API's. OS/2's 32-bit API's are
- commercially available today, and we are promoting use of these API's
- aggressively.
-
- John Soyring
- Director, IBM Software Development Programs
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- Al Dunsmuir Internet: adunsmui@torolab6.vnet.ibm.com
- CODE Development II + TEAM OS/2 Voice: (416) 448-3315
- IBM Canada Laboratory Ltd, Toronto, CANADA
-
- OS/2 V2: Why settle for anything less?
-