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- Hello again. Followups directed to comp.os.os2.advocacy.
- As the previous post stated, this isn't a flame either.
-
- In <4inq00$9a3@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, compexpr@aol.com (CompExpr) writes:
- >Unfortunately my take on situation is IBM is not willing to do the right
- >job in getting OS/2 out there, and are likely to cut their losses and drop
- >support of the system altogether.
-
- Go talk to John Soyring or any other high ranking official in IBM's PSP
- department. IBM will continue to develop and support OS/2 as long as
- there is a market for it. Since OS/2 is heavily used in the US Government
- and the banking communities, it is clear that it will be a supported
- environment for many years to come. IBM is fully committed to keeping
- OS/2 a live and viable product on the Intel platform.
-
- >IF IBM were to somehow give ARDI some financial incentive to develop an
- >Executor/2, I think that would be great.
-
- Agreed! However, it remains unclear as to whether IBM is going
- to get Apple's official support to run Mac binaries under OS/2. If they
- do get that official support, funding from IBM for Executor/2 is unlikely.
-
- >except that there are much less
- >people using OS/2 than there are Windows, Windows NT and Windows 95. It's
- >unfortunate but true...
-
- I disagree, and have seen the numbers to prove it. Let's keep this out
- of c.e.m.executor, though. Take it to private email or comp.os.os2.advocacy.
-
- >I would like to see ARDI continue it's efforts to complete the
- >Executor/DOS, Executor Linux and Executor Next Step (Yes, there is
- >probably a smaller installed base of NextStep people than OS/2, but ARDI
- >has a desire to support/respect their roots.) ports.
-
- And I don't think that any of the OS/2 advocates want to see these
- ports disappear. Many OS/2 supporters are also Linux supporters,
- NeXTStep supporters, Solaris supporters, even Windows NT supporters.
- ARDI just shouldn't ignore the large OS/2 community.
-
- >By that time NT 4.0 will be out, as well as Win 97(?). Also at this point
- >IBM will either have released OS/2 4.0 or canned it.
-
- Merlin will be in beta within 6-8 weeks, perhaps even before Executor
- v2.0 is shipping. From past beta periods, it's generally 3-4 months
- for the GA code to be released.
-
- >Personally, since Executor/DOS runs reasonably well on OS/2, I'd be much
- >more interested in seeing a BeBox port of Executor..
-
- Don't even *try* to argue that there are more BeBoxes out there
- than OS/2 users. :)
-
- >I hope all the loyal OS/2'ers won't flame me, but I think we all want
- >Executor and ARDI to succeed, even if some of us don't get everything we
- >want!
-
- Clearly there is money to be made in the OS/2 market; just look at
- Stardock Systems, which only puts out OS/2 software, and is doing
- extremely well. I think ARDI would be wrong to neglect a market
- where they clearly could make a nice sum of money.
-
- Again, followups to comp.os.os2.advocacy please.
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