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>
> :     Won't make a dent?  I'd call forcing them to stop charging OEM's
> for one
> : copy of their product for each computer shipped regardless of what was
> : shipped on it more than making a dent.  Let me make sure you're clear
> on that:
>
> : A Microsoft OEM ships a computer with OS/2 Warp Red installed and
> nothing
> : else.  (Red, BTW, no Win-OS/2 code shipped with OS/2)
> : OEM then pays Microsoft for one copy of MS-DOS and Windows.
>
> I'll say it again, slowly, so you can understand: OEMs are usually run by
> adults, who can read what they're signing. I'm willing to bet money that
> NOT ONE of them was forced at gunpoint to sign any deals with Microsoft.
>
> You have an amazing lack of understanding about the history of the
> industry and how the software market works. Are you even out of college
> yet? Where's your dogma come from? OS/2 user group meetings? Infoworld?
>
> Scott


Scott, grow up. You sound like some 15 yr old with one HELL of a big mouth.
And BTW if OS/2 is so bad, then take a look at this msg.

Taken from MIND LINK! on Sun Sep 17 17:10:27 1995

Sun Sep 17 08:38:54 1995
Message : #31975739    From: sha...@connix.com
Group   : Usenet.comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
Length  : 249 words
Subject : Re: Windows 95 & OS/2

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.

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!"

Hmm?

-=Shadow, TIP #997 'Team ASAP'
ASAP Web Page: http://www.connix.com/~asapcomp


Now you tell me Scott, if OS/2 is so bad as you make it sound(and man do
you ever go on) then how come Microsoft had made a MS Office for OS/2 then?
:-) I'll agree with Shadow, Microsoft makes great app's (Word and Excel and
others) but they just frankly suck at making OS's. Most everyone will agree
that OS/2 and WIN95 both have thier problem's. The way I see it

"You use whatever fucking OS you like and that's that" :-)

Ttul