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- From: msmith@netcom.com (Martin P. Smith)
- Subject: Re: MS Access does not run on OS/2 2.0
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.065343.4113@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
- References: <1993Jan10.045541.18890@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu> <9301103976@ritz.mordor.com> <C0nswB.80x@unix.portal.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 06:53:43 GMT
- Lines: 40
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- In article <C0nswB.80x@unix.portal.com> avi@shell.portal.com (Avi Schwartz) writes:
- >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 outdated ones.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)
-
- If it doesn't work seamless then it is not much use to me. The 2.1 beta has
- made some great strides in seamless performance making my new modus operandi
- where I run everything sseamless.
-
- BTW why does it not work seamless and I also am wary of a piece of software
- that replaces operating system files because they MAY be out of date.
-
- Martin smith
- msmith@netcom.com
-
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