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From: pdcst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Patrick Champion)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2
Subject: Re: HPFS
Message-ID: <20244@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: 26 Oct 89 01:19:16 GMT
Reply-To: pdcst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Patrick Champion)
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	For GOOD technical discussions on the workings of OS/2, I find that
Microsoft's own magazine "Microsoft Systems Journal" is the best.  Right 
from the horses mouth so to speak.  Two of the people were I work subscribe
to it and I read it when I have time.  BTW, I am not associated in any way
with Microsoft.  I do like OS/2 the more that I look at it though.

	For instance, many people complain how big OS/2 is, how much memory it
eats up, how much disk space, etc.  This ain't nothin' compared to the 
enourmous monstrosity of UNIX that IBM has for the PS/2.  For a complete unix
system with ftp, uucp, cc, the standard utilities, mail, a primitive stop gap
substititue for Motif, and of course the AIX kernal, you pay an enourmous 
amount:
	Price: $7000.00  
			(this is without the Pascal + Fortran compiler, and
			the IBM mainframe interface program/library)

	Size: approx 60 Megabytes
			(70 M if you include the above compilers + program)

	Ram:  Not sure, but the Model 70 was loaded with 8 Meg.


	In the face of these requirements, OS/2 has my vote anyday.

Patrick Champion	(Of course, my views are purely my own)