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- From: "roger ramsey" <roger.ramsey@canrem.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: win nt support in
- Message-ID: <1992Aug16.1480.25158@dosgate>
- Date: 16 Aug 92 19:12:46 EST
- Reply-To: "roger ramsey" <roger.ramsey@canrem.com>
- Distribution: comp
- Organization: Canada Remote Systems
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- Wen-chun Ni wrote on 08-13-92 regarding WIN NT SUPPORT IN OS/2:
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- WN>The support of Windows 3.0/DOS is used to ease the pain of *migrating*
- WN>the users into the OS/2 2.0 kingdom.
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- Judging by personal experience and the postings of others, this migration
- strategy causes more pain than it is worth.
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- WN>If you like Windows NT, go get the CD ROM and leave us alone.
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- I believe quite a few developers are in the process of doing just that.
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- WN>If I were the person in charge of OS/2, my first goal is to make
- WN>OS/2 2.0 slim enough, rather than bloat it by adding the other
- WN>nonsense like Windows x.y or DOG 6.0.
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- I believe this was tried with OS/2 1.x (in the form of version 1.3).
- Judging by the masses of OS/2 users we have in computerdom today, I would
- say that this marketing ploy was wildly successful - NOT!! IBM can thank
- God they left marketing managers of your ilk behind (if indeed they have).
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- Roj
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- ■ WinQwk 2.0 a#473 ■ Windows NT: The concepts behind OS/2 in the right hands
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