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From: cmdbyk@pmvax.weeg.uiowa.edu (Karl Boyken)
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Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0 is here!
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Date: 13 May 91 00:53:48 GMT
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In article <1991May11.023152.29974@amd.com>, phil@brahms.amd.com 
(Phil Ngai) writes...


>>I think we can see the fate of OS/2 if we look at its hardware analog,
>>the MCA machine.  When IBM introduced the PS/2, it touted its bus as
> 
>You can prove anything by analogy, including how clueless you are and
>that you haven't got a better argument.
> 
Okay, how about these clues:

1)  At last year's Software Development 90 conference in Oakland, two
    pre-conference seminars were offered:  one in C++, and one on OS/2.
    The C++ conference sold out; the OS/2 conference had to be canceled
    due to lack of interest.  During the rest of the week, the OS/2
    sessions were very poorly attended.  (If anyone was at this year's
    SD 91, I'd like to hear from them how OS/2 fared; a lot can change in
    a year.)

2)  Until a couple months ago, I worked for one of the fastest-growing
    software publishers in the nation; I'm still in touch with the 
    programming staff there.  To date, they have no plans to develop
    OS/2 apps.  To their knowledge, none of their competitors are developing
    OS/2 apps.

3)  Out of all the programmers I know, across three commercial and one
    educational shop, only one is using OS/2, and that is as an environment
    to develop DOS apps.  (Hi, Mark!  :))

4)  A quick scan of this weekend's want ads in two papers turned up 
    absolutely no ads for OS/2 programmers.

If you have any clues, I'd be happy to hear them.

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