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- From: jemenake@zeus.calpoly.edu (Joe Emenaker)
- Subject: Re: OS/2 Win3.1 support *better* than MS!
- Message-ID: <1992Aug29.064554.152730@zeus.calpoly.edu>
- Organization: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
- References: <ignacij.714930723@meishan.animal.uiuc.edu> <1992Aug27.161548.42606@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <1992Aug28.130127.11855@wes.on.ca>
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 06:45:54 GMT
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- tomh@wes.on.ca (Tom Haapanen) writes:
- >thompson@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
- >> Well, the bigger packages get, the more enticing 32 bit code becomes.
- >> So in order to use something the OS/2 has (32 bitness), the product
- >> is made incompatible with OS/2. Chances are that these vendors
- >> will recognize that 32 bitness along with all the other features OS/2
- >> provides are what they need for these growing packages.
- >
- >Sure, 32-bitness is an advantage. But the choice isn't quite so simple
- >for developers -- there is also the option of doing a fast Win32 port
- >and selling the product for Windows NT and Windows 3.1 + Win32s.
- >
- >If I were IBM, I'd be *intensively* lobbying the ISVs to make sure they
- >are putting at least as much effort into their OS/2 versions as any Windows
- >NT development. Whether they are actually doing anything like this...
-
- I read in a file that supposedly came from IBM that the folks at Boca are
- planning on releasing a package that will convert your Windows code into
- OS/2 code. I don't rememeber if it just converted the source-code, or if it
- converted the source and then compiled directly to exes, but they
- definitely made it sound like it would be very trouble-free. As long as
- it's not priced too high, we MIGHT be able to expect a flood of OS/2 ported
- programs after that conversion kit ships.
-
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