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- From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Christopher Mauritz)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: MS Access does not run on OS/2 2.0
- Message-ID: <9301103976@ritz.mordor.com>
- Date: 10 Jan 93 17:07:18 GMT
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- Mohammed Mannan (mmannan@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu) wrote:
- OS/2> I have recently bought the MS Access package (couldn't help it so cheap).
- OS/2> During installation, it replaced some of the dlls, citing, I may have some
- OS/2> outdated ones. Now, whenver I run Access, OS/2 goes crazy and I have to
- OS/2> reboot.
- OS/2>
- OS/2> MS Access is supposed to run on windows 3.0 (it says so on the packaging) and
- OS/2> OS/2 runs windows 3.0 applications. What happened?
- OS/2>
- OS/2> Anyone know if win 3.1 will run on top of OS/2, instead of running on
- OS/2> top of DOS?
-
- Are you surprised? In light of Microsoft's previous antics to derail users
- who try to use OS/2 (or Lotus products) I have decided not to purchase any
- more of their software. Why should I patronize a company who goes that
- "extra mile" to break something just because I am not using their OS or
- their applications?
-
- Chris
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