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- From: pprior@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Paul A Prior)
- Subject: Re: Why not OS/2 ???? Hmmmmmm
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- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 00:11:13 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep2.152049.7982@colorado.edu> doug@shako.Colorado.EDU (Doug McKnight) writes:
- >> 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
- >
- >
- >Ah, the youth of today...........
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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- Ahh,, the old farts who never watched Animal house... <G!>
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