Xref: utzoo comp.os.msdos.misc:1998 comp.windows.ms:12436 comp.os.os2.misc:1275 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!veritas!amdcad!brahms!phil From: phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) 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 Message-ID: <1991May8.214231.28026@amd.com> Date: 8 May 91 21:42:31 GMT References: <1991May6.171205.9611@watson.ibm.com> <066gx8m@rpi.edu> <1991May7.164109.13128@amd.com> <-47gvh+@rpi.edu> Sender: usenet@amd.com (NNTP Posting) Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Lines: 12 barryf@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Barry B. Floyd) writes: >compelled to run what I got on top of OS/2. Unless some mighty special >magic is performed by OS/2, I suspect Win 3.0/DOS app's running on top >of OS/2 will not perform better than running as is in their native >environment. You're ignoring the high performance file system, multi-threading (format a floppy while doing something else) and a superior DOS box. But I've already said this, you just don't bother to read. -- The enemy of my enemy is my friend.