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- From: nap42487@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Nishith A. Patel)
- Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0
- References: <1992Dec16.142858.29060@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> <1992Dec17.185823.8331@cci632.cci.com>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 03:00:06 GMT
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- rom@cci632.cci.com (Rudynell S. Millian) writes:
-
- >>I am rather annoyed by the boasting about Window NT which is not
- >>on the market. And I certainly don't think Microsoft represents
- >>the future of software industry. I do believe those major software
- >>developers (Lotus, Borland, etc.) should abandon windows and jump on
- >>OS/2 because they are help Microsoft to bury themselves. This fact
- >>can be seen that Microsoft is the only company making money from
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >>Windows products.
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- > It certianly seems to be that way. I think you might have stumbled upon
- >a pretty good strategy here. Borland, Wordperfect, Lotus are all in bad shape,
- >mainly because of Microsoft. According to PC Mag's list of best selling
- >software ( first January '93 issue ), 8 of the top 15 products are MS products.
-
- > If it is true that the software makes the operating system, then
- >it makes good business sense for the big three to gradually shift resources
- >to OS/2 2.x products, and away from Windows products. Being that OS/2 offers
- >technical advantages over Windows, the native OS/2 2.x applications are
- >bound to be more powerful. The end result will be that interest will shift
- >from MS prodocts to OS/2 products, boosting OS/2's share of the market and
- >the profit margins for the big three. The big three will be free to compete
- >fairly among themselves, since IBM will concentrate on developing OS/2 2.x,
- >leaving the application development to application developers.
- > So how will NT fit in this scenario? DOS users, which currently form
- >the largest market segment, will find that it is far less expensive to
- >migrate to OS/2 2.x than to NT. OS/2 2.x's ability to run most existing DOS
- >applications will protect their investment. Most Windows users will go with
- >NT, because MS will most likely make it dirt cheap for them to do so.
-
- This is a great strategy, but first they have to wait for the general attitude
- towards OS/2 to change. Lack of applications isn't the only thing the press
- and others are complaining about.
- Unless they take a chance and hope the people change their mind about OS/2 in
- general after seeing the great new apps. I think they should just try it.
- As the preceding poster has implied, they are hurting themselves by making
- Windows more popular. If they loose against Microsoft, they should consider
- starting over. No better way to start over than try a new platform, one
- where MS is basically out of the picture. They can create some really nice,
- advanced apps for OS/2, which would attract a DOS user more than Windows apps
- will. As for NT, I do not think DOS users will be too inclined to switch to
- it, so that shouldn't be a problem.
-
- Probably the biggest obstacle to the big three taking a chance is the fact that
- the strategy, whether intended or not, backfired for developers of 1.x apps.
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