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

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From: jef... Jeffrey Gustafson
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 1995 00:00

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bad...@phylo.life.uiuc.edu (Jonathan Badger) writes:

>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. 

	Don't forget Lemmings for OS/2 due 6-30-95!

-- 
Jeffrey Gustafson
jef...@netcom.COM
3316 West Clark Avenue
Burbank, CA 91505-2903

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