Xref: utzoo comp.os.msdos.misc:2034 comp.windows.ms:12495 comp.os.os2.misc:1313 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!mintaka!bloom-picayune.mit.edu!athena.mit.edu!fdq From: fdq@athena.mit.edu (Fred D Quintana) 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: Date: 9 May 91 20:53:01 GMT References: <1991May6.230021.24665@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <1991May8.193731.15929@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> Sender: news@athena.mit.edu (News system) Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lines: 34 In-Reply-To: yee@aix01.aix.rpi.edu's message of 8 May 91 21:08:01 GMT In article 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. Another thing is that it takes time > for developers to get products out.. In the meantime, you can only issue a > compatible release (like Lotus 1-2-3 for Widnows), which doesn't take advantage of OS/2.> Well, first of all, with the BCL (binary compatible layer) OS/2 should be able to run most well-behaved Win 3 applications. True, these won't take advantage of the true OS/2 stuff but it is an option. Second, try taking a look at the large quantity of win3 software available at cica.cica.indiana.edu. There are ~150 programs listed in the utilities directory (not including all the other directories). Win 3 has only been out for ~13 months. Considering the advantages OS/2 has over win 3 (such as the fact that OS/2 actually runs for extended periods of time without crashing) I have no doubt that os/2 will have its share of shareware applications. Fred -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Fred D. Quintana @ (617)225-7116) \ | | Internet: \ Never put off till tomorrow what | | UUCP: mit-eddie!mit-athena!fdq \ you can avoid all together. | | USnail: 362 Memorial Drive \ | | Cambridge, MA 02139 \ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------