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- From: benezra_a@spcvxb.spc.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Is OS/2 a dead end?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.222421.4974@spcvxb.spc.edu>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 03:24:21 GMT
- References: <enk2.62.727572369@po.cwru.edu> <5JLqXB9w165w@tcscs.UUCP>
- Organization: St. Peter's College, US
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- > Average computer users will not be willing to or may not be able to copy with
- > these "minor" glitches. When Windows or dos crashed and average computer user
- > does a reboot, he's generally back at the dos command line within a minute
- > or two (depending on his config/autoexec), or back at windows in another min
- > or so. With OS/2, when it reboots, particularly after a crash or unexpected
- > shutdown, it takes upwards of 5 to 30 minutes depending on your hard drive
- > size and configuration.
-
- Are you kidding? 5 to 30 minutes?! Are you sure your computer is plugged in?
- If that were true, there wouldn't be anyone here to talk to. Where did you
- get this gem from? Redmond?
-
- Alan Benezra
-