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- From: rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari)
- Subject: Re: More advertising
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.181546.1151@wam.umd.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 18:15:46 GMT
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- In article <8230@lib.tmc.edu> jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec29.155440.23938@wam.umd.edu> rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari) writes:
- >>>"With an operating system that can run all of your DOS, Windows, and OS/2
- >> ^^^
- >> Pull this word.
- >
- >You're being unnecessarily pedantic - there's NO OS that meets the criterion
- >you're holding OS/2 up to.
-
-
- So we're agreed that using the word "all" is a lie, right? So
- *pull the word*.
-
-
- >> Can't we be honest? OS/2 takes more than 30 megs of HD space
- >
- >Hahahaha. It can be installed quite nicely in less than 30.
-
-
- Sure, if you choose to forego DOS or Windows support. Note that
- I am aware that you can do without all of the piggish junk that
- OS/2 installs--chess, terminal, blah--but OS/2 + DOS + WIN + Swap
- isgoing to be 30 megs or more-- a LOT more on a 4 or 6 meg
- system.
-
-
- >> and a lot more than 4 megs of RAM. This is part of the problem--
- >> you can't solve it by promoting the same lies. Come on, OS/2
- >> *needs* at least 6 to function -- sluggishly! -- but 4 is a
- >
- >It works just fine in 6. This is yet more FUD.
-
-
- Bullshit. OS/2 in 6 "works" but it does not "work just fine".
- It's sluggish, and it runs the DOS and Windows programs promoted
- above dog slow. Still, like I said, change it to 6 (instead of
- four) and I would have no objection. Imagine the ridicule MS
- would get if they promoted Windows 3.1 on a 8 mhz AT with 2 megs
- of RAM.
-
-
- >> joke (yes, I've tried it post SP). If IBM would allow you to boot
- >> w/o the WPS, it might be better, but that pretty much makes the
- >> system useless. (There's only so much benefit you get from OS/2
- >> wit one fullscreen prompt).
- >
- >I guess you didn't try SET RUNWORKPLACE=CMD.EXE, then, did you? It allows you
- >to take advantage of everything but the WPS; in particular, you get all of the
- >PM support and multitasking facilities.
-
-
- OTOH, it also makes the system a pain in the ass to use. IBM
- needs to come out with an alternative, non-piggish fewer-featured
- shell if they want to make 4 and 6 meg users really happy.
-
- They've done a so/so job with the SP--it certainly performs better
- under 4 megs than the GA did, but better than "useless garbage"
- is still not very good. Maybe "bearable to play with but useless
- for general work" is a good way to describe the SP on 4 megs.
-
-
- >--
- >Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can
- >jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu | adequately be explained by stupidity.
- > "Brought to you by the letters O, S, and by the number 2." -- Mike Levis
-
-
- --
- Blaming society for your problems is like blaming clouds for rain.
- ---
- Do I even need to point out that my views do not represent
- those of my employer, institution or relations?
-