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From: dwebster@cs.arizona.edu (Dave E. Webster, Jr.)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0 is here!  READ THIS, you'll be impressed
Summary: Call me a skeptic, but ...
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Date: 21 Apr 91 20:38:03 GMT
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In response to the (totally objective) pre-release OS/2 2.0 announcement:

It slices, it dices, it makes your bed for you too!  And if you dial
our 1-800 number before midnight, we will also include these free
Ginsu knives ....  8-}.

There is an old saying about things which appear too good to be true,
and another one regarding the relative birth rates of suckers.  I well
remember the heralding of the original OS/2 version and how flat it fell
after actual release.  Many of the features promised then are (apparently)
being included, but let's wait for six months after actual public release
before we decide, eh?

Dave.

"Fool me once, shame on you.  Fool me twice, shame on me."