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From: kjh@pollux.usc.edu (Kenneth J. Hendrickson)
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Subject: Re: OS/2 vs. Unix
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Date: 18 Mar 90 02:02:26 GMT
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In article <18459@boulder.Colorado.EDU> wallwey@boulder.Colorado.EDU (WALLWEY DEAN WILLIAM) writes:
>One last thing, rumor has it that Bill Gates is trying to get OS/2
>rewritten in C so that it can be easily transported to new machines.
>	Dean Wallwey

What language did they write OS/2 in?  Why wouldn't they write it in C?

P.S.	I used to have the utmost respect for Microsoft.  After learning
	unix a short time ago, I can now see that MS-DOS is a terrible
	kludge.  Why can't Microsoft just do it right: make the price on
	Xenix comparable to the price of MS-DOS, and let MS-DOS die the
	terrible death that it deserves?  God knows that Microsoft could
	make lots of money selling Xenix directly.  Just think of all
	the bucks that could be made selling Xenix to _everybody_, and
	selling _everybody_ new versions of software they already have
	that run under Xenix.

Ken Hendrickson N8DGN/6      kjh@usc.edu      ...!uunet!usc!pollux!kjh