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From: brian@NCoast.ORG (Brian Keith Gaiser)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 or Windows: which to develop for?
Message-ID: <1991Feb21.035636.24842@NCoast.ORG>
Date: 21 Feb 91 03:56:36 GMT
References: <1991Feb14.120802.3737@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
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In article <1991Feb14.120802.3737@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> drz@csri.toronto.edu (Jerry Zarycky) writes:
>The subject line sums up our predicament.
>Now that the fallout from the Wall Street Journal article has spread,
>the "management" types choose to ignore the seminar that Microsoft had
>the next day.  Management is demanding that our software be ported from
>OS/2 to Windows because they think that our customers will be demanding
>Windows programs.  Argh!  Now to port from a pre-emptive multitasking
>system to one that isn't will pose us a few problems.  And then to wait
>for the 32-bit version of Windows to come out while 32-bit OS/2 2.0
>is supposedly around the corner doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
>
>So, my question is: what is (are) the time frame(s) of the release of
>Win32 versus the release of OS/2 2.0?
>
>I don't expect anyone to really know, or that someone who knows would 
>actually release this kind of information, but it makes me feel better
>to ask!
>
>Is anyone else struggling with this kind of question, and if so, what
>are you considering to do?
>
>Thanks for any replies,
>
     
        I recently attened a Personal Computing conference held by the 
        Gartner Group (a large consulting organization that predicts trends 
        in all aspects of IBM computing). 

        The time frame for IBM's OS/2 2.0 is 3rd or 4th quarter 1991. 

        Microsoft's Win32 is still a year or two off.  (We must endure Windows
        version 3.1 to version 3.99999z beta with much hype first) 
 
        Gartner Group said that Microsoft had good direction, but it's ability
        to deliver was in question with all that is on it's plate (i.e. making
        Windows Work with LANS , and the whole LAN manger mess) 
 
        Gartner said that the best direction was OS/2.  

        Gartner said that getting from 16bit Windows 3.xx to 4.0 (OS/2 like)
        will be major (like buying all new applications just as with the DOS 
        to OS/2 migration)  

        Gartner said that the only thing us developers have to consider is
        the PM API's.   
   
        They believe that the Windows API will prevail.   

        The suggestion is to try to keep on going with OS/2 , but try to 
        isolate your PM API code in some way (keep it modular, simple or even           use some OOP to generate the API stuff. 

        The other suggestion is stay with windows if you are already there 
        or if your company is technology shy.  

        ( My Note ***   I think the "WINDOWS RIDE" is gonna get rough!) 

That's what I heard, anyhow. 
 

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