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From: lance@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Daniel A Lentz)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Real Applications
Message-ID: <7026@vax1.acs.udel.EDU>
Date: 19 Nov 90 21:42:02 GMT
Reply-To: lance@vax1.udel.edu (Daniel A Lentz)
Organization: University of Delaware
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	I was just sitting here, designing a new background color for PM,
when suddenly it struck me that _everything_ I use for OS/2 is just a port
from DOS or UNIX.  Is this the same all over?  Has anyone any programs 
that *require* OS/2's neat features, or is it, at this point, just a decent
GUI?  I use EMACS, LaTeX (which is bound), and others, but it seems that there
isn't one software package which makes it any more than a luxury -- something
like 1-2-3 and dBase did for DOS... 
	Specifically, though, if anyone has some sort of mathematical software
(mathematica, macsyma, ANYTHING!) for OS/2, I think the platform would begin
to be more popular--especially in the university environment...

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