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- From: avi@shell.portal.com (Avi Schwartz)
- Subject: Re: MS Access does not run on OS/2 2.0
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- References: <1993Jan10.045541.18890@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu> <9301103976@ritz.mordor.com>
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 22:24:11 GMT
- Lines: 28
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- In article <9301103976@ritz.mordor.com> ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Christopher Mauritz) writes:
- >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 outdated ones.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?
- >
-
- Relax. As much as I don't like MS, I don't like to see them bashed for no
- fault of theirs.
-
- MS-Access works just fine under OS/2 2.0 GA+SP and under OS/2 2.1 when
- run in full-screen mode. It doesn't work in seamless mode though. You must
- have some other problem that is not related to MS-Access.
-
- -- Avi (avi@shell.portal.com or avi@cup.portal.com)
-