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OS/2..Win 95 -- Some actual facts that will affect gaming

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From: bad... Jonathan Badger
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 00:00

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In an attempt to inject some facts into this flame war:

1) According to PC Week, IBM has stated that contrary to previous
   reports, there will be no version of OS/2 that will support Win'95
   apps -- ever! 

2) Most major software developers are currently developing Win'95 only games.
   It will be only a matter of time before most new games are
   Win'95 only, just as most new games today are CD-ROM only. People may
   whine at first at having to purchase Win'95, just as people whined about
   having to purchase a CD-ROM drive, but in the end they will relent. 

It is irrelevant whether or not you think OS/2 is superior to
Win'95. Without Win'95 support, OS/2 will rapidly become useless except for
running old programs. And please don't tell me "there are hundreds of native
OS/2 programs". Yes, for things like parakeet breeding management. But on
the gaming front, there exists precisely one native OS/2 commercial game, with
only two more planned. Clearly without Win'95 support, OS/2 is doomed as
a gaming platform. 

I am not pleased with this situation. But it is clear that IBM is no longer
willing to seriously develop OS/2 if it refuses to add Win'95 support.

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From: bad...@phylo.life.uiuc.edu (Jonathan Badger)
Subject: OS/2..Win 95 -- Some actual facts that will affect *gaming*
Date: 1995/06/26
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