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Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0 is here! READ THIS, you'll be impressed
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Date: 24 Apr 91 14:34:50 GMT
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>From what I've heard the NT in OS/2 NT stands for New Technology and is MS's
>plan for the future of OS/2 / DOS.  It is supposed to be high end stuff, with
>miraculous unheard of new features.  OS/2 2.0 is just a step along the way
>towards NT.  I wouldn't start lining up in software stores for it quite yet,
>though (to understate the fact).

The NT OS/2, which will be OS/2 3.0, is to run on other machines.  I
believe the first will be MIPS based systems and then RS 6000, Sparcs
and so on.

					Bill Yow
					yow@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov

My opinions are my own.