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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: <1992Dec14.180011.4559@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> <1992Dec14.092052.9234@cs.brown.edu>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 18:00:11 GMT
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- wcn@cs.brown.edu (Wen-Chun Ni) writes:
-
- >I'd like to pay for the OS/2 2.x to IBM, *but*, thanx, no Windows 3.1.
- >I don't need that dog. All I need is native OS/2 software.
-
- Well, I can appreciate that viewpoint ... we go through the same thing
- in the UNIX world. For example, DELL bundles a DOS emulator in their
- SVR4 Unix, even though a large number of people don't care about it.
-
- However in this case (bundling Win3.1 support into OS/2), I think it
- is important that they do so. One of the main reasons some people
- are able to use OS/2 is the fact that it effectively *merges* Windows
- and DOS ... and a lot of us are not willing to commit to OS/2 at this
- point. By continuing to provide Windows support, IBM is able to still
- sell OS/2 to people like me, because we can continue to buy DOS or WIN
- apps, and use them in the OS/2 environment.
-
- I see your point, though, maybe it should be an *option*, but I definitely
- don't think they should *drop* Win support.
-
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