Re: Windows 95 & OS/2

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From: syd... Scott Butler
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 00:00

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Wayne Hixson (cyg...@halcyon.com) wrote:
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:OS/2 was NOT repeat NOT the 'better mutlitasker'! On Pentiums, performance was 
:about equal to Win 95. On slower machines, Win 95 was BETTER!!! Less 
:degradation! The results are documented in great detail in PC Magazine which 
:hit the shelves today.

Well, "reality" and "Team OS/2" seem to have little in common. Say that 
Windows 95 has better industry support and runs more apps, and they come 
back with, "Well, it runs DOS and Windows AND OS/2, so it's got more 
apps." One of them even claimed a million native OS/2 apps (yeah, right - 
"Hey, Joe in accounting wrote a cool football pool manager in Visual 
Rexx. That counts, right?"). 

Say that OS/2 is a failure, and they'll either cite the huge "installed
base" or say that those cruel unfair bastards at Microsoft don't play fair
(never thinking that perhaps IBM might have something to do with OS/2s
demise). 

Face it: Windows 95 and Windows NT are better. Windows 95 has better 
backwards compatibility, it's faster, it's MUCH easier to setup and use, 
and it has better networking support built in. Windows NT is SMP, 
portable, more robust, more secure, and has better networking support.

But these issues aside: Windows is far more succesful in the marketplace. 
There's NO WAY you can claim that about OS/2. OS/2 is a failure. Look 
what happened to OS/2s patron saint, Lee Reiswig. 

It's over. Windows has won decisively. Get used to it.

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From: syd...@skypoint.com (Scott Butler)
Subject: Re: Windows 95 & OS/2
Date: 1995/09/10
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