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- From: bill@unixland.natick.ma.us (Bill Heiser)
- Subject: Re: OS/2 2.1? (Why it may cost) READ THIS!!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.175627.4452@unixland.natick.ma.us>
- Organization: Unixland Public Access Unix (508) 655-3848
- References: <62740@mimsy.umd.edu> <1992Dec14.094803.12759@waikato.ac.nz> <OLAVT.92Dec14003146@ulrik.uio.no>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 17:56:27 GMT
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- olavt@ulrik.uio.no (Olav Torvund) writes:
- >future make Windows support an option. Past 1993 I will probably not
- >need Windows support anymore, so why pay MS for it? Making Win support
- >an option from let us say OS/2 2.2 or 3.0 can also boost the
- >development of OS/2 applications, assuming that OS/2 will have a well
- >established critical user base by then.
-
- Do you really think this will be the case? I wonder if most people
- will either stick with DOS, or DOS+Win3.1, until WinNT comes out?
- Jumping to OS/2 in between, while an interesting diversion for
- us techie types, may not be interesting to the average user.
-
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