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- From: "roger ramsey" <roger.ramsey@canrem.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: i've seen nt......
- Message-ID: <1992Aug16.1480.25157@dosgate>
- Date: 16 Aug 92 19:12:45 EST
- Reply-To: "roger ramsey" <roger.ramsey@canrem.com>
- Distribution: comp
- Organization: Canada Remote Systems
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- Steve Withers wrote on 08-14-92 regarding I'VE SEEN NT......AND I'L:
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- SW>OS/2 will do for you on your 386SX/20MHz with 6Megs what NT needs a
- SW>486/50 with 16 megs to do.
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- Running OS/2 on that particular configuration is a recipe for disk
- thrashing and slowness (I base this on personal experience). Microsoft at
- least has stated that the requirements for NT (as a server platform) are
- somewhat higher. Also, you should expect your estimation of the resources
- necessary to run NT to reduce a fair bit from what you have stated:
- performance tuning and the removal of debug code ight just a tiny little
- bit to do with that.
-
- SW>Having used both, I know which I prefer. I also suspect that many,
- SW>many other people will reach the same conclusion.
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- Not if they run Windows applications.
-
- SW>Once the OS/2 apps are available
-
- Ah - the phrase I have been listening to constantly for the last five
- years (with little change in status, I might add).
-
- SW>BTW, the MS presenter also said that Presentation Manager support
- SW>will be incorporated in NT in 1993. Is this recognition that OS/2 V2 is
- SW>a viable market presence?
-
- More likely it is there for the same reason IBM put Windows support in
- OS/2: to steal market share. Now in the case of PM there is a lot less
- market share to steal, but...
-
- Roj
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