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From: nbladt@aut.UUCP (Norbert Bladt)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer
Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0 WHEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Date: 24 Sep 90 10:07:03 GMT
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cfoughty@digi.lonestar.org (Cy Foughty) writes:


[Text about OS/2 2.0 (and waiting for it) deleted]

>I don't know what is taking so long. In the time that you have worked on 
[Text deleted]
>for the whole project. I don't understand why it is taking soooooo long.

Imagine, they are trying to use a real programming language (C) instead
of MASM (if that rumour is right, which I expect, considering the
announcements of MS and IBM for further OS/2 development) !
"Just" changing the underlying CPU from '286 to '386 (or '486) must not take
sooooooo much time, right ?
Rewriting the code, however, in order to port it to other hardware, i.e.
i960 (or was it 860 ?), is one factor which increases the amount of time
(and money) they have to spent greatly. The other factor might be that
they would like to functionally enhance OS/2 a lot. For better shape against
other OSs (you mentioned one of them) or operating environments (Win 3.0).

Not waiting for it (and don't have it),

Norbert Bladt.
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