Xref: utzoo comp.os.msdos.misc:1974 comp.windows.ms:12391 comp.os.os2.misc:1259 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!cbnewsm!cbnewsk!jfv From: jfv@cbnewsk.att.com (j.f.van valkenburg) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.windows.ms,comp.os.os2.misc Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0 is here! (speed of OS/2) Summary: Big Blues blues Keywords: OS/2? Message-ID: <1991May8.123348.18697@cbnewsk.att.com> Date: 8 May 91 12:33:48 GMT References: <1991May3.171742.9966@serval.net.wsu.edu> Distribution: na Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 31 In article , yee@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Crimson Avenger) writes: > I am very surprised that IBM is trying to sell OS/2 based on speed. WHO > really cares if Excel for OS/2 outbeat Windows by 30 SECONDS???????????? > wonderful with Windows, and maybe IBM is following that path. > > What do I use windows for? Multi-tasking communications, applications, > and doing program development. I would like better application protection. > > > -- > -- Robert aka Crimson Avenger (yee@rpi.edu or crimson_avenger@mts.rpi.edu) > Once a hacker, always a hacker. (usere3jp@rpitsmts.bitnet) From your use for windows, it sounds like you are describing an older operating system - UNIX. Its been multi-tasking,multiuser for 20 years. It also has been available for every cpu from the 808x -> ?? Why reinvent the wheel? ------------------------ James F. Van Valkenburg a.k.a. "van" AT&T Attmail: !jfv jfv@cbnewsk.att.com Atlanta, GA. Voice 404-873-7920 =============================================================================== ---- Standard Disclaimers included -- Just another grunt at AT&T ---- ===============================================================================