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- From: z_kupkams@ccsvax.sfasu.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy
- Subject: Re: DOS 6 Beta Looks for OS/2!!!!!!!!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.024108.2313@ccsvax.sfasu.edu>
- Date: 2 Jan 93 02:41:08 CST
- References: <1993Jan1.133731.2312@ccsvax.sfasu.edu> <1993Jan02.025323.15888@microsoft.com>
- Organization: Stephen F. Austin State University
- Lines: 108
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- In article <1993Jan02.025323.15888@microsoft.com>, philipla@microsoft.com (Phil Lafornara) writes:
- > In article <1993Jan1.133731.2312@ccsvax.sfasu.edu> z_kupkams@ccsvax.sfasu.edu writes:
- >>
- >> All this talk about FUD & Misinformation about OS/2 from Microsoft has
- >>some NEW Merit!
- >>
- >> I Recently talked to a Beta Tester of DOS 6.0. He Runs OS/2 with 2 Hard
- >>Drives, One FAT, One HPFS. He decided to Install the DOS 6.0 Beta on the FAT
- >>Partition, and got a Message saying, and I paraphrase:
- >>
- >>- OS/2 Detected! Due to the size of OS/2 you may wish to delete your OS/2
- >>files before installing DOS 6.0 -
- >
- > Interesting. What is the problem with that? If there was a
- > similar message that said "Autocad detected. Due to the size of
- > Autocad you may wish to delete your Autocad files before installing
- > DOS 6.0", whould that be bad too?
- >
- The Problem is simple. There is no need for such a message. If there
- was insufficient disk space, a simple "Insufficient Disk Space" would be
- enough. Unless of course you wanted to to spread FUD
-
- F-Fear- Fear that Using OS/2 and DOS on the same machine would be dangerous.
-
- Uncertainty - Make the User uncertain about using DOS and OS/2 at the same
- time.
-
- Doubt - Make the User Doubt OS/2, after all OS/2 didn't even say that there
- might be a problem, but DOS is so great that it warns a user of
- impending danger.
-
-
- >
- >>So The next time I hear a Micro$oftie say "IT's IBM spreading FUD not us" The
- >>DOS 6.0 Beta will immediately come to mind! It's Simply BULLS**T!!!!
- >
- > Why? The DOS 6 beta work with OS/2 installed, doesn't it?
-
-
- Yes Why???? Why even have such a message at all????
- ANSWER: FUD
-
- while( phil != UNDERSTANDS_FUD )
- read_fud_examples_again();
-
- /* This should keep Phil busy until Bill Gates gets a date */
-
- >
- >>I Truely Hope This Beta Tester sends this one to the FTC!!!!
- >
- > Please explain what in the above warning message is the
- > slightest bit anticompetitive. See if you can end your sentence
- > with fewer than four exclamation points.
- >
- >
- >>If this type of FUD and intentional Misinformation (apparently sanctioned by
- >>management at M$ ) continues, the FTC SHOULD!!!! FINE and Split M$!!!
- >
- > Please explain where in the above warning message is anything
- > that is "FUD and intentional Misinformation". Also explain
- > how fining and splitting MS would do anything positive in
- > this situation, which you apparently find so disturbing.
- >
- >
- >>This is intollerable! All of the Posts claiming "Why punish someone for being
- >>successful?", have no ground in light of this blatent attempt to halt advancement
- >>of technology!!
- >
- > Please explain why a warning message is a "blatent [sic] attempt
- > to halt advancement of technology".
- >
- OS/2 is technologically more advanced than DOS/Windoze. So Try to
- Scare the User ( read FUD above again ) until MS has something as good as OS/2,
- then say "Oh, you don't want that old DOG 6.0a ( 'a' version fixed numerous
- bugs that caused competitors apps not to run, oops. sorry Lotus & Borland )
-
- >
- >>Microsoft is doing what it does best, Trying (Lying) to Users of products of a
- >>competitor!
- >
- > What is the lie?
-
- Get a clue Phil. The above message is an obvious LIE! There was plenty
- of room on the drive where the Beta was being installed. OS/2 wasn't on it!
- That is the LIE!
-
- >
- >
- >>BTW does anyone know how to Contact the FTC or IBM Lawyers? :)
- >
- > I suggest a phone book. Prepare to be laughed at when you call.
- >
- >
- -Phil
- Why is that what they do to you??
-
- >
-
- >
- > --
- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- > Phil Lafornara 1 Microsoft Way
- > philipla@microsoft.com Redmond, WA 98052-6399
- > Note: Microsoft doesn't even _know_ that these are my opinions. So there.
-
- Michael Kupka
- These are my opinions, because MS can't Fire me
-
-