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- From: cherborth@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca (Chris Herborth)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Message-ID: <H.ea.UG_EVPa2RJ2@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca>
- Organization: InterZONE Design
- Subject: Re: OS/2 for the PC
- References: <H.ea.o3KuEmskWp2@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca><8FV5wB8w165w@status.gen.nz><H
- <H.ea.0NtcEE6&Epg@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca>
- <1993Jan19.012804.13784@bsu-ucs>
- Reply-To: cherborth@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca
- X-Software: HERMES GUS 1.04 Rev. Sep 5 1992
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 21:57:18 EST
- Lines: 35
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- In <1993Jan19.012804.13784@bsu-ucs>, 01mbmccabe@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu writes:
- > > More people aren't using OS/2 becuase:
- > >
- > > a) OS/2 1.x was _terrible_... even worse than Windows 3.0
- > > b) People using DOS aren't aware of the fact that it'll do DOS
- > > better than DOS can; not to mention the added functionality
- > > they'll be getting (multitasking, a GUI, etc).
- > > c) People using DOS/Windows are convinced that, "Oh well, Windows
- > > is pretty sucky, OS/2's probably just as bad. Might as well
- > > stick with what I have now."
- > > d) MS has brainwashed people into thinking Windows is "cool" and
- > > "the way of the future".
- > > e) People are too lazy (and too stupid) to install any software
- > > onto their system, beyond the stuff that came with it in the
- > > first place (betcha there's a million DOS 3.3 users still out
- > > there).
- > > f) They were too intimidated by the installation diskettes...
- > > there's ~29 of them.
- >
- > So...If I ever were to become infected with the clone-virus, but I did not
- > become lazy or stoopid, OS/2 would likely be the best choice for me if my
- > primary uses for the computer are wordprocessing, and T-comm; secondary are
- > programming and games-playing?
-
- Yes. If you ran into a nasty game (ie, Ultima VII), you could boot DOS
- to run it, and go back to OS/2 when you're done playing (especially if
- you kept a 20M or 30M partition for DOS, and the rest for OS/2).
-
- Add DTP to the above list of primary uses, and you've pretty much got me
- (add raytracing and animation to the secondary uses)... IMHO OS/2 is
- the only logical choice, unless you're utterly in love with Micro$oft.
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- Chris Herborth
- cherborth@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca
-