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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: <1993Jan2.225717.2321@ccsvax.sfasu.edu>
- Date: 2 Jan 93 22:57:17 CST
- References: <1993Jan1.133731.2312@ccsvax.sfasu.edu> <1993Jan02.025323.15888@microsoft.com> <1993Jan02.094926.14462@donau.et.tudelft.nl> <1993Jan03.000730.23120@microsoft.com>
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- In article <1993Jan03.000730.23120@microsoft.com>, philipla@microsoft.com (Phil Lafornara) writes:
- > In article <1993Jan02.094926.14462@donau.et.tudelft.nl> linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl (Erik van Linstee) writes:
- >>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?
- >>
- >>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.
- >
- > Once again, we don't have the actual text of the warning
- > message. What we do have is essentially a diatribe by a person
- > who uses too many exclamation points.
- >
- >
- >>If it finds too little room, it should just say so, not
- >>indicate anything as a potential problem. It is silly to
- >>give messages like, X detected. If there are many X's which
- >>one would be the problem? If there are no X's then what to
- >>do? No piece of software should be a smartass, let the user
- >>decide what he does and does not need.
- >
- > There are good reasons why DOS 6 should inform you that
- > it might be incompatible with the other operating systems you
- > have installed on your system. I hope it gives a similar message
- > if you install on a system that contains Windows NT.
- >
- > -Phil
- >
-
- Good reasons??? Give us a good reason why NT refuses to install if
- it detects OS/2? This started with the October Beta. not with earlier ones.
-
- If you are going to say something like well NT needs to be there first, give a
- good reason. NT is supposed to run on HPFS and FAT right?
-
- OK, I don't have the exact text of the message, but the tester told me that DOS
- 6 suggested that OS/2 be deleted. That much was very clear. He was shocked by
- that message.
-
- Michael Kupka
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