My one and only encounter with OS/2 was in '94 or so, and when I found that
it took my system adminsitrator almost a whole day to install the contents
of the five or six pounds of diskettes, I decided it would be my last. It
took me about 45 minutes to restore the DOS/Win3.11.
I guess it doesn't take much to kill an OS.
Dick
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From: <THETechnoid_at_home.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 6:16 PM
Subject: Re: OT! RE: Nuke Richmond (Long)
> My OS/2 box routes internet traffic for seven other machines pulling a
> total of 770kbps off my cable modem while running this mailer, eight or
> more copies of netscape, playing MPEGS off of the internet and burning a
> cd all at once. I routinely have uptimes measured in weeks not hours
> though since this is also my personal computer in addition to being the
> burner and router, I mess with it a lot. Swapping cdrom drives or cards
> requires a reboot.....
>
> My point is that OS/2 is everything Microsoft has been saying both Win9x
> and NT are combined plus a lot (like a good, stable design). It is easier
> to use than any other operating system short of 9x and has a FAR better
> GUI than Windows or anything else at all.
>
> I've heard even really smart people (who obviosly had never laid eyes on
> OS/2) say that 'it sucks' or other derogotory things. This is mostly FUD
> and propoganda from MS, but also, IBM couldn't sell and operating system
> if they included a free PC with it.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jeff
>
> >And for the most part that's what Windows delivers, albeit sometimes very
> >poorly. I can be playing Casino99, listening to Napster tunes, surfing
> >the web, checking my e-mail, have a telnet session open, and have Outlook
> >Express open, all concurrently. But then when I close down Casino99
> >while Napster is playing a tune, Napster crashes. Then it causes other
> >shit to go haywire sometimes, resulting in the need to reboot. This is
> >on a Dell Dimension 4100. A nice box.
>
> >If I would trade convenience for stability and run Linux instead, I could
> >do all these things, only faster, better, and cheaper (in terms of less
> >medication for my high blood pressure caused by every Windows reboot).
>
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