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- From: gyan@unixg.ubc.ca (Gyan P. Sinha)
- Subject: Re: INSIDE OS/2 mag (Was Re: I like Pournelle)
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- Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
- References: <9208110533.AA23393@SPUNKY.CS.NYU.EDU> <rick.33.713554348@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu> <1992Aug13.230011.22707@ugle.unit.no> <1992Aug14.133730.1@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 19:23:07 GMT
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- In <1992Aug14.133730.1@eagle.wesleyan.edu> ttullio@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes:
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- >Speaking of incompetent and poorly written...
- >Has anyone else but myself read the trial issue of INSIDE OS/2, offered with
- >your OS/2 package? Actually, the question is: Has anyone else been insulted
- >and astonished by the utter awfulness of this publication? 8 pages of drivel,
- >all available in the OS/2 manuals and on-line help. Vague, to the point of
- >misleading, and in a few small cases, simply WRONG! I suppose that for someone
- >who has never touched a PC before, it could be tangentially useful... (But how
- >many first-time PC owners are running OS/2?)
-
- > / /\
- >Tom Tullio / / / 2 I always said I wanted to
- >Wesleyan University / / \ be someone --
-
- Moi! I sent in the card for my free "trial, no-obligations" issue, and
- was dissapointed with the mag, and frightened by the 39$ invoice sent
- to me. I called, emphasized the phrase in quotes to the operator and
- got out of the deal, but the second issue was already in the mail.
-
- As pointed out, there is nothing there that's not in the on-line docs
- or can be found in a book such as Using OS/2 2.0, for a lower price
- probably. One of the articles was a long tome on how resizing windows
- required "motor control" and then went on to explain how to do it
- using the system set-up options!!
-
- I was very pleased at my decision to be not included in the list of
- suckers for the year 1992.
-
- Gyan P. Sinha
- UBC, Vancouver.
-