Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!bu.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!apple!sun-barr!rutgers!njin!gould From: gould@pilot.njin.net (Brian Jay Gould) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: OS/2 is dead? Summary: OS/2 is growing Keywords: OS/2 Message-ID: Date: 13 Dec 90 20:26:01 GMT References: <28775@usc> <14887@ogicse.ogi.edu> <5074@trantor.harris-atd.com> <1990Dec13.170613.19556@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> Organization: NJ InterCampus Network, New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 30 I agree that Windows and OS/2 are merging. Generally, only because programs written for Windows will be portable to OS/2 with very little effort. If you look at the stuff written for Windows 3.0 (as opposed to ported from something else or something earlier) you get some clean window handling DDE, network support and such. OS/2 is not DOS. OS/2 brings the HPFS so we can finally get rid of the DOS FAT file system and its silly file naming space. HPFS386 brings us some file system security (currently available only with LAN Manager). OS/2 brings us true multitasking. I can't understand why someone would want multi-user support on their desktop workstation. Giving the input-focus window top CPU priority makes a lot of sense to me. I don't want to login to my workstation, and I certainly don't want other users logging into my workstation through the network. OS/2 1.x really is a dog. No disagreement there. But, I'll bet (any takers?) that you will see orders for OS/2 2.0 in quantities 5-10 times that of current levels. I know of several local companies ready to order hundreds of copies when it is released. For those of you convinced that OS/2 is dying, please print your prediction and leave it (signed) in a public place for about a year. -- -- Any disclaimers made for me, by me, or about me - may or may not accurately reflect my failure to be reflecting the opinions of myself or anyone else. ************************************************* * Brian Jay Gould - Professional Brain-stormer * *************************************************