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Re: Windows 95 & OS/2

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From: Eugen... Eugen Woiwod
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 00:00
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In article <43he7h$a...@comet.connix.com>, sha...@connix.com writes:
>
> Msg-ID: <43he7h$a...@comet.connix.com>
> References: <DEy66...@hr.ns.nl>
> Posted: 17 Sep 1995 15:18:09 GMT
>
> Org.  : ASAP Computers (http://www.connix.com/~asapcomp) using OS/2 Warp
>
> In <DEy66...@hr.ns.nl>, Illya Vaes <iv...@hr.ns.nl> writes:
> >T Maund <gat...@u.washington.edu> writes:
> >
> >Would you mind telling the rest of the world where all those apps are
> (present
> >tense), 'cause I've only seen Office 95. Or is that enough?
> >There are more OS/2 apps than NT and Windows 95 apps combined. It
> *might*
> >change, but this is the way it is. The *only* absence is the vendor
> Microsoft.
> >(And that includes games)
>
> Actually, you're ALMOST right.  Aparently, MS was pretty worried about
> Win-95 last year, because a friend of mine who works there brought home a
> nice little toy - MS Office for OS/2.  Let me tell you - That's a NICE
> product!  The way it should be: MS makes great apps, but can't do shit
> for an OS - they oughtta just make their killing on apps for someone
> else's OS.


Holy shit! Microsoft actually made something for OS/2? :-)
Maybe someone should convince Bill Gates(that's for any Microsoft
employee's who read this and run OS/2 <g>) that they should team up with
IBM. Microsoft can make the good stuff, like Excel and Word for OS/2, and
IBM can continue making OS/2.

>
> Also, while on the line with Tech. Support to help diagnose a really
> strange MS-Word bug in one of our customer's machines, the tech support
> guy accidentally told me to 'Hit both mouse buttons and tell me what's in
> the Window List'.  He also slipped and said 'Go to the Drives fol... I
> mean exit Windows and run ChkDsk.'  Maybe he's just used to OS/2 at home,
> but it made me think...  When I said "What're you running over there,
> OS/2?" he said "OS/2? Yeah, right!"


Maybe they run OS/2 at work, and when Bill Gates might come by to see his
loyal lemming's <g> they quit OS/2 and run WINDOWS right away :-)

Ttul
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From: Eugen_...@mindlink.bc.ca (Eugen Woiwod)
Subject: Re: Windows 95 & OS/2
Date: 1995/09/17
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