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- From: lbv2@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (BRIAN PAUL VAN LIEU)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy
- Subject: Re: Upset about IBM misinformation.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.172657.37725@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 17:26:57 GMT
- Organization: Lehigh University
- Lines: 53
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- >> [A hell of a lot of bitching about IBM deleted here.]
- >>
- >>
- >> That was very nice bit of ranting, Brian. Now how about a similar
- >>article about the lies and distortions of Crapsoft...er, Microsludge...er,
- >>damn, just can't get it right...Microsoft. You could break it up into
- >>a four or five part series.
- >>
- >
- >This is they typical reaction I get from OS/2 zealots. I make a thought
- >out article, complete with facts and references showing that IBM
- >has been doling out misinformation in an organized manner, and what do
- >I get? Cracks about MS. The vast bulk of MS-bashing in c.o.o.a has
- >no factual basis. If if it were true, why does this let IBM off
- >the hook?
- >
- >Brian
- >--
- >C. Brian Sturgill Windows, WfW, Windows NT and some OS/2 2.0
- >University of Utah information available via anonymous ftp to
- >Center for Software Science easy.cs.utah.edu. Also all my Tidbits posts.
- >brian@cs.utah.edu; CIS: 70363,1373 Windows NT SDK: $69; (800) 227-4679
- >
- Wrong Brian. The point is you put down OS/2-actually, I feel you really
- just want to attack IBM (this is you right, but be logical)-, and you do
- not balance the scales properly. MS has its fair share of screwups, and
- questionable press. I know its hard to tell with all of the crap being
- written about NT. The last 4 writeups on magazines on NT had nothing but
- praise. Two did not even mention OS/2 as a comparabe system.
-
- I am not saying IBM has not tainted anything. If they have, yes, I want to
- know about it. But don't be so defensive if people question you about NT.
- I would love to gather up the data on NT, and post something similat, but
- the truth is that I have neither the time, nor the resources to do it.
-
- You *always* seem to dig up any dirt on OS/2, but put no effort in
- clarifying some of the MS crap.
-
- If you are not going ot be fair, expect some harsh criticism.
-
- Your post, however, I though to be quite interesting, and I do not doubt
- that some, if not most might be true...
-
- cheers,
-
- bvl
- --
-
- Brian P. Van Lieu
- Lehigh University-AXP
- lbv2@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu
-
- OS/2 2.0...anything else is just a DOS.
-