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- From: robs@hardy.u.washington.edu (Robert Suh)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy
- Subject: Re: OS/2 bigot meets NT....
- Message-ID: <1992Dec25.110655.27320@u.washington.edu>
- Date: 25 Dec 92 11:06:55 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec24.215617.10946@zooid.guild.org> Mark Kovarski <kovarski@zooid.guild.org> writes:
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- >
- >NT was slow on system a but performed comfortably with 32 MB RAM. On the other
- >hand, on system a OS/2 flies, and I mean it. OS/2 with 32 MB is also fast,
- >which is quite obvious. Did I also mention that I managed to crash NT in about
- >1.5 minutes. As I said, I am not longer supporting NT due to several reasons.
- >I also talked to a person who runs the recent NT and he also runs it with 32
- >MB RAM. LAN Manager NT requires a minimum of 16 MB of RAM.
- >
- >Please, could you tell someone like me why OS/2 users should switch to NT? I
- >wish I could tell you otherwise but NT has a very limited future, if any at
- >all. There is *no way* in the world that you can justify telling a user to
- >spend hundreds of dollars to get additional RAM with accelerator cards just to
- >run NT. Just trust me, NT doesn't offer ANYTHING to a user that OS/2 doesn't.
- >
- >Best Regards,
- >Mark K.
-
- Well, I can name lots of reasons...
-
- 1) C2 Security - I know lots of places that Security of data on the PC or
- LAN is a MUST. Can't have someone just walk up to a PC/Node and take a look
- at all the data on it.
-
- 2) Cross Platform - Wouldn't it be nice to be able to sit in front of either
- a PC, MIPS, Alpha, or almost any other system (Thanks HAL ) and know that
- Windows NT has the ability to run on it? I know thats a BIG Plus for some of
- the larger mixed - environment workplaces.
-
- 3) Win32s - What more to say?
-
- 4) Multiuser support - Albeit, not so great as some variants of UN*X, but it's
- a lot better than what OS/2 offers 'out of the box'.
-
- etc...
-
- And YES, I've used OS/2 v2.0 on my Home PC (386/33mhz; 8megs) for awhile.
- Liked the DOS support, but I use more Windows applications than DOS, so
- nothing runs Windows Apps as well as Windows 3.1. :)
- (It was refreshing to be able to Download some stuff in the background,
- while formatting disks in the foreground. But Alas, I buy Pre-formatted disks
- and Windows multitasking suits me fine. :) ).
-
- But PLEASE, don't respond to this trying to convince me and the world, that
- OS/2 is more superior to Windows. I know that OS/2 is superior in a lot of
- aspects compared to Windows, but I ( and the other millions of Windows users)
- find Windows perfectly acceptable. (BUT, If I ever have the need to
- format floppies in the background, OS/2 2.0 would be my first choice. <g>)
-
- "Back, I tell you, Back.. *WHUMP* *THUMP*."
-