Xref: utzoo comp.emacs:10584 comp.os.os2:1826 comp.os.os2.misc:1058 Newsgroups: comp.emacs,comp.os.os2,comp.os.os2.misc Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!ubc-cs!unixg.ubc.ca!cheddar.ucs.ubc.ca!ballard From: ballard@cheddar.ucs.ubc.ca (Alan Ballard) Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0 is here!!! READ THIS, you'll be impressed. (was: Emacs) Message-ID: <1991Apr21.172311.19544@unixg.ubc.ca> Sender: news@unixg.ubc.ca (Usenet News Maintenance) Nntp-Posting-Host: cheddar.ucs.ubc.ca Organization: Computing Services, University of British Columbia References: <1991Apr21.121436.27064@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1991 17:23:11 GMT In article <1991Apr21.121436.27064@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> wayne@csri.toronto.edu (Wayne Hayes) writes: > >Don't do it!!! OS/2 2.0 is here and it's GREAT! Its 32 bit flat address >space will make porting the real Emacs much easier for whoever is doing >it. Unless of course you can't wait just a little longer for the Real Emacs. > It isn't really here yet. 4th quarter of 91 is the expected ship time, from what I've been reading. But lots of beta test copies should be going out really soon. But for the original question, waiting for 2.0 and then waiting for somebody to port emacs might be a bit long. 1.3 is here now, as are the various editors mentioned. And some of us think they are better than emacs. >Let me tell you it has some of OS/2's most vociferous >critics INTERNALLY saying things like "I'm finally proud to be an IBMer >again." There seem to be a lot of people getting whiplash from the sudden U-turn they're making about the future of OS/2. I'm already seeing "Windows is dead" messages on Compuserve. Alan Ballard | Internet: ballard@ucs.ubc.ca University Computing Services | Bitnet: USERAB1@UBCMTSG University of British Columbia | Phone: 604-822-3074 Vancouver B.C. Canada V6R 1Z2 | Fax: 604-822-5116