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sha...@connix.com writes:

[ wrapping lines at 80 columns *would* be nice ]

>>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.

Though I still don't think that Gates is man enough to swallow his pride and
sell OS/2 apps again, the ISVs on the OS/2 side should be *prepared* for this.
It is typical MS behaviour to surprise everyone like this, and we all know how
people follow MS apps.

>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!"

:-)
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