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- From: michael.hagerty@spacebbs.com (Michael Hagerty)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
- Subject: Re: os/2-the user's view
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- Date: 18 Aug 92 18:01:00 GMT
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- Reply-To: michael.hagerty@spacebbs.com (Michael Hagerty)
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- DT. From: tholen@galileo.ifa.hawaii.edu (Dave Tholen)
- DT.
- DT. Roger Ramsey writes:
- DT.
- DT. > None of the Microsoft products I use are bug free either. However, if I
- DT. > recall correctly, IBM was the company that mdae a big deal about shipping
- DT. > OS/2 2.0 on time and bug free. I don't recall Microsoft making such a
- DT. > statement openly about their products in recent history.
- DT.
- DT. I do recall them advertising their FORTRAN compiler as being "GSA certified
- DT. to be correct and complete". Well, either GSA's testing is woefully
- DT. inadequate, or else Microsoft is hyping their product as badly as anybody
- DT. else.
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- Curious... When I reported the fact that backspace does not accurately
- count records (discovered by a co-worker), the tech support wienie was
- totally unconcerned. His comment was, "Engineering is currently working
- on FORTRAN for Windows and probably won't get to this bug for a good
- while." So much for validation... Mostly FUD. Regards, Mikey
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