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From: lairdkb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.windows.ms,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0 is here! vs Windows 3.0 vs NeXT/MACH
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Date: 8 May 91 02:15:06 GMT
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In article <-47gvh+@rpi.edu> barryf@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Barry B. Floyd) writes:
>[...]To date I am not aware
>of any "killer app's" uniquely suited to OS/2, that aren't available on
>Win 3.0 (e.g. Improv on the NeXT taking advantage of OO and Mach is 
>uniquely suited to that environment and isn't yet available on any other).

Here's one: Imara Document Retrieval System.

It uses SQL Server (networked), large file systems (HPFS, optical, ...) and
graphics.  OS/2 seems the logical choice for something as memory intensive
as this application.  They do not make a DOS version.

I've also heard that all of IBM's multimedia stuff runs under OS/2.

--kyler