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- From: doug@shako.Colorado.EDU (Doug McKnight)
- Subject: Re: Why not OS/2 ???? Hmmmmmm
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.152049.7982@colorado.edu>
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- Reply-To: doug@shako.Colorado.EDU (Doug McKnight)
- Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
- References: <1992Aug31.232140.631@u.washington.edu> <92245.233235REE700A@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 15:20:49 GMT
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- > Why not buy OS/2 1.x, uprade to OS/2 2.0, use the "blank" disks
- > and qualify for the free upgrade to OS/2 2.1, 3.0, etc. Now, how
- > many sdisks do you get for your $20? Besides, the next version may
- > run well! Furthermore, if we all invest at least $20, (a) IBM will
- > have some revenue to further their development, (b) the apparent
- > installed base will be larger & OS/2 apps will eventually appear
- > and (the best reason - c) IT WILL THOUGHROUGHLY PISS OFF MICROSLOTH
- > and possibly make them release WIN32 and NT (Not There, Not True,
- > Not Today, Not Tomorrow...)
- > I vote $20 to scare Microsoft out of complacency, who's with me!
- > "Come on, was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?"
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- > Jeff Andle
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- Ah, the youth of today...........
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