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- From: 177wardell@gw.wmich.edu
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- Subject: Re: Is OS/2 a dead end?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.220517.7490@gw.wmich.edu>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 22:05:17 EST
- References: <1jk2tbINNa5p@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <1jkg58INNj3f@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <C18A7s.3rq@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1993Jan24.122036.11172@actrix.gen.nz>
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- In article <1993Jan24.122036.11172@actrix.gen.nz>, Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
- > In article <C18A7s.3rq@news.cso.uiuc.edu> nap42487@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Nishith A. Patel) writes:
- >>
- >> It appears the OS/2 advocates were really hoping OS/2 would become successful,
- >> and when it didn't, they start saying things about how those that put down
- >> OS/2 will somehow be haunted by what they said when OS/2 rises from the dead
- >> and makes them look like idiots. Sort of a desparation argument.
- >>
- >> DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. If you bought OS/2 hoping this would happen, you certainlytook a long-shot chance. Just think of it as a DOS multitasker.
- >>
- >> BTW, by successful, I mean mainstream, not 1.5 million users.
- >
- > You're a bit behind the times.....it's 2 million plus in the first 9 months
- > and the best release yet is about to hit the streets.
- >
- > Word is getting out that OS/2 is a *good thing*.
- >
- > Consider: Those 2 million OS/2 users had to *find* the damn thing in order to
- > run it. I have been checking out Computer Shopper and just about every
- > computer vendor in there ships DOS and Windows with their machines.....yet
- > millions have pitched both and run OS/2.
- >
- > The distribution channel generally has assumed that OS/2 2.0 was dead before
- > it started.......but IBM sold 2,000,000 plus copies anyway. Think of what
- > would have happened if the vendors actually tried to sell OS/2!
- >
- > There are still a lot of folk around who think Windows is dross and won't
- > touch it.
- >
- > Steve
- >
- About 1/3 of our systems now ship out with OS/2 2.0 preinstalled.
- We never thought OS/2 would be on any machines a year ago.
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- -Brad
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- > --
- > Steve Withers - Wellington, New Zealand |
- > Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz | Space for rent.
- > +64 4 478 4714 | - cheap rates, nice location.
- > **** Happy user of OS/2 b2.1 **** |
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