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- From: rhoward@matd.gatech.edu (Robert L. Howard)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy
- Subject: Re: DOS 6 Beta Looks for OS/2!!!!!!!!
- Message-ID: <rhoward.726024793@matd>
- Date: 3 Jan 93 01:33:13 GMT
- References: <1993Jan1.133731.2312@ccsvax.sfasu.edu> <1993Jan02.025323.15888@microsoft.com> <1993Jan02.094926.14462@donau.et.tudelft.nl> <1993Jan2.220817.1977@itsmail1.hamilton.edu>
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- Organization: Georgia Tech Research Institute
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- jmalloy@itsmail1.hamilton.edu (Joseph T. Malloy) writes:
-
- >In article <1993Jan02.094926.14462@donau.et.tudelft.nl> linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl (Erik van Linstee) writes:
- >>>>
- >>>>- OS/2 Detected! Due to the size of OS/2 you may wish to delete your OS/2
- >>>>files before installing DOS 6.0 -
-
- >>If DOS is advanced enough to detect the presence of potential
- >>disk hoggers (what does it do? Keep a database?) it should
- >>certainly be smart enough to tell if there is room enough.
- >>If it finds too little room, it should just say so, ....
- :
- > There are a number of people, believe it or not, who try
- >OS/2 2.0 and decide it's not for them
- :
- > Microsoft has already
- >had a package deal out in the marketplace for PS/1 (and other True Blue
- >machines) that are/might be equipped with OS/2 (DOS 5 and Windows 3.1
- >for a 'package' price). This wording (which doesn't quite ring true, as
- >far I as can determine, but who knows?) might just be to alert someone
- >to make a decision: keep OS/2 or not?
-
- But there is where the (alleged) FUD comes in. Why should this
- person have to make a decision at all? If there is enough disk
- space then fine, keep quiet. If not, let me know BUT don't go
- presuming to tell me what to remove.
-
- If I decide that OS/2 is not for me, I should also be able to decide
- if it is more convenient to leave on the hard drive or trash it.
-
- Before folks scream about anti-Microsoft sentiment how many of
- you would be pleased if when installing Lotus 123 (say you want
- to just try it out or something) you got a message...
-
- Microsoft Excel detected! You should delete this before proceeding.
-
- I would be mad enough to package those disks right back up and
- return the software. NO VENDOR has the right to tell me what
- is good for my computer...
-
- Robert
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