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From: tholen@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (David Tholen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.windows.ms,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0 is here! (speed of OS/2)
Message-ID: <12934@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>
Date: 9 May 91 02:58:26 GMT
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In article <q18gr0f@rpi.edu>, yee@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Crimson Avenger) writes:

> Well, you maybe able to afford all of the OS/2 applications, BUT some of us
> aren't as rich or resourceful as you.  Take shareware products, some 
> shareware are some of the best work of arts, rivaling commerical developers.
> If you can't run your shareware in the OS/2, where can you run them in?  
> Probably mostly likely in the DOS compability box.  Do I expect most shareware
> developers to migrate to OS/2?  Of course NOT!.  What kind of shareware?  
> Games, utilities, application packages.

You might want to scan the contents of the various OS/2 archives that exist.
There is probably more shareware for OS/2 than you think.  Editors, paint
programs, communications programs, games, UNIX utilities that have been
ported to OS/2...  And if you count the DOS shareware that runs in the
compatibility box...